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Shinde denies meeting Pawar. rubbishes photo
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said that rumours are spread that he had met NCP president Sharad Pawar a day before. “My photo with NCP chief Sharad Pawar is being made viral. There was no such meeting. Please don’t believe in rumours,” Shinde tweeted. Shinde’s rebellion with...
DMK’s Raja warns against forcing Tamilnadu to secede
DMK, the ruling party of Tamil Nadu, has raised a secessionist demand if the state is not given autonomy. Party MP A Raja, in the presence of DMK president and Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, in fact, warned the Centre to give Tamil Nadu more rights or else...
Cong protest against Noida cops ‘protecting’ TV anchor
Congress workers staged a protest outside a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida Tuesday night in connection with a case related to the airing of a doctored video of party leader Rahul Gandhi. The Congress workers alleged that the Noida police obstructed the process of arresting TV anchor...
Ajmer Dargah cleric held for call to ‘behead’ Nupur Sharma
A cleric of the Ajmer dargah, who on camera allegedly offered his house to anyone who beheads now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remark against Prophet Mohammad, has been arrested, police said on Wednesday. The Ajmer police had registered an FIR against ‘khadim’ Salman Chisti on...
‘Auto outpaced Mercedes’, says Shinde in dig at Uddhav
Apparently referring to his humble past when he used to drive an autorickshaw to earn living, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday took a dig at Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, saying an autorickshaw has outpaced Mercedes car. “Autorickshaw outpaced Mercedes (car)… because this is a government of...
Aaditya Thackeray spared from disqualification out of ‘respect’
The Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena hasn’t given Aaditya Thackeray’s name for disqualification even though he defied the party whip to support the government during the floor test on Monday. Reason: “Out of Respect for Bal Thackeray”. Chief whip of the Shinde-led faction Bharat Gogawale told ANI, “We...
Mumbai court warrant against Raut in defamation case
A court here on Monday issued a bailable warrant against Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut after he failed to appear before it in connection with a defamation complaint filed by former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya’s wife Medha Somaiya. The Sewri metropolitan magistrate’s court had last month issued a process...
BJP resolution hails ‘historic’ SC clean chit to Modi
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday in its political resolution at its national executive meeting highlighted the “historic” Supreme Court judgement clearing Narendra Modi in the Gujarat riots of 2002 and demanded an apology from the Congress while also slamming the party for “negative politics”, and cited development as...
BJP picks up NCP leader’s son-in-law for Speaker
BJP has picked up Rahul Narvekar as the candidate for Maharashtra assembly speaker. Election for the post, if needed, will be held on July 3, when a special two-day session of the Assembly, called to allow the new Eknath Shinde-led government to prove its majority, begins. The opposition Maha Vikas...
Modi called Fadnavis to ask him to accept deputy CM post
Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis knew Eknath Shinde will be the next chief minister of Maharashtra, and it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who called Fadnavis and told him that he should take charge as the rebel leader’s deputy, sources in the party told News18. In a big twist...
Uttarakhand CM says uniform civil code soon
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said all states should enact a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) like Uttarakhand is going to. Addressing an event in Udham Singh Nagar district, Dhami said that a committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of retired justice Ranjan Prakash Desai...
CM Shinde says Fadnavis has a ‘big heart’
Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, who was sworn in as chief minister on Thursday, praised Devendra Fadnavis for his ‘big heart’ in providing him the opportunity to become CM. “Fadnavis has shown a big heart by giving me the opportunity to become chief minister,” Shinde said. He thanked...
Governor asks Mamata to withdraw ‘Jihad against BJP’ call
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to withdraw her alleged comment declaring that the Trinamool Congress will observe July 21 as “a day of jihad against the BJP”. In a letter to Banerjee, Dhankhar claimed that such an “authoritarian and undemocratic” statement...
Hoardings highlight TRS-BJP war ahead of Modi Hyderabad visit
The political heat in Telangana is at its peak ahead of the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, and Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda to Hyderabad. The BJP top trio will be in the city to attend the party’s national executive committee meeting...
M’rashtra adds to BJP boon before 2024 Lok Sabha polls
With a political ‘coup’ in Maharashtra aimed at damaging for good the political future of Uddhav Thackeray, the Bharatiya Janata Party gets a leg-up on its rivals ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and will be in power simultaneously in the three big states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,...
Stung by poll loss, Mann takes aim at ‘corrupt’ ex-ministers
Under pressure after popular singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s killing and a shock defeat in the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab is planning to target former Congress ministers whose roles have come under a cloud in different corruption cases to try and negate...
AIADMK leadership crisis mars civic poll chances
The current leadership stand-off gripping the AIADMK is scuttling aspirations of grassroots cadre to win local body seats in an upcoming bypoll as both leaders – O Panneerselvam and Edappadi Palaniswami – must sign off on formal nomination papers for the elections. Including Panneerselvam’s signature on the nomination papers...
Uddav plays emotional card in bid to win over rebels
Reaching out to dissident Sena MLAs once again, Maharashtra chief minister Uddav Thackeray urged them to return to Mumbai and hold talks with him, saying it’s not “too late”, but rebel leader Shinde remained unmoved and asserted the legislators backing him are firm on taking forward Hindutva. The fresh...
