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Hacking of Instagram accounts of Priyanka Gandhi’s children to be probed
Within days of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi alleging that the Instragram accounts of her children were hacked in an apparent attempt by the government to snoop not just on politicians but their families, top sources in the IT Ministry told CNN-News18 that a suo motu complaint will be lodged...
Priyanka asks ‘sisters’ of UP to bring change
Congress General Secretary In-charge of Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in a tweet on Wednesday said that sisters of the state will bring change in UP politics. Quoting from the famous Amitabh Bachchan blockbuster ‘Deewar’ she said, “I have sisters who will bring change in politics.” She said that...
Ex-Punjab minister booked under drugs Act
Former Punjab minister and senior SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia was booked under the NDPS Act, triggering allegations of political vendetta from his party. A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered against him on the basis of a 2018 status report of a...
Mulayam’s photo with Mohan Bhagwat spices up UP politics
A photo of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has gone viral on social media, just ahead of the crucial elections in the politically crucial state and creating a buzz in UP politics. Two days after Mulayam Singh Yadav’s son Akhilesh Yadav launched an...
TMC upbeat ahead of Kolkata civic poll results
The counting of votes for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election has begun with the opposition BJP alleging rigging and demanding a re-poll in all 144 wards. The KMC election witnessed sporadic incidents of violence on Sunday with a crude bomb hurled outside polling stations in the central part...
Punjab asks Centre to speed up sacrilege bills approval
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Monday wrote to the Centre, asking for obtaining presidential assent for two bills passed by the state Assembly in 2018 for ensuring stringent punishment for those involved in desecration incidents. Randhawa wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah for ensuring assent...
Competition Commission clears Tata’s Air India acquisition
Competition Commission has approved Tata Group’s proposed acquisition of Air India, Air India Express and AISATS. Talace Pvt Ltd, part of Tata Group, is to acquire 100 per cent stakes in Air India, Air India Express and 50 per cent shareholding in Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt Ltd...
Opposition rejects Govt’s 4-party meet to resolve RS logjam
There is no resolution in sight for the stalemate in the Rajya Sabha over the suspension of 12 MPs as a united opposition on Sunday rejected the government’s outreach to resolve the logjam. Top sources in the opposition told PTI they will not attend the Monday morning meeting convened...
Bommai remark triggers rumours of his exit
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in an emotional address to the people of his constituency Shiggaon in this district said nothing is permanent in this world including posts and positions, fuelling speculation in some quarters about his possible exit. “Nothing is eternal in this world. This life itself is...
Sidhu sees plot to disturb Punjab peace
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday condemned the alleged sacrilege attempts at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and at a gurdwara in Kapurthala, saying conspiracies are being hatched to disturb peace in the state. He also said “deliberate and malicious acts” intended to outrage religious feelings...
Minister calls Sidhu ‘political mercenary’
A senior minister in the Channi government carried out an all-out attack on Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday, acusing him of creating divisions in the party. Upset by Sidhu’s remarks at a rally yesterday, Minister for Technical Education Rana Gurjeet Singh issued a hard-hitting statement against...
Another sacrilege incident in Punjab leads to uproar
Another sacrilege issue has come to light in Punjab after a man was beaten to death for an act of “desecration” in Darbar Sahib – the Golden Temple. A man hailing from Uttar Pradesh jumped golden grills inside the sanctum sanctorum, picked a sword and reached near the place...
RJD to launch protest against Bihar unemployment
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Saturday hit out at the Nitish Kumar government for the “top to bottom” corruption in Bihar and said that the party will soon launch a state wide protest against growing unemployment. The leader of the opposition said RJD will also organize a...
Shah says Modi has given a corruption-free Govt
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a corruption-free government in the last seven years and no one can question its intention when a decision is taken, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Addressing the annual general meeting of FICCI, Shah also said one of the greatest achievements...
Karnataka ex-speaker faces backlash over rape remark
Former Karnataka speaker and senior Congress MLA KR Ramesh Kumar on Friday apologised for his controversial “when rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy” remark that sparked a row in Karnataka on Thursday. Taking to Twitter, Kumar wrote, “I would like to express my sincere apologies to everyone for...
Siddaramiah vows to block anti-conversion bill in assembly
Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday accused the ruling BJP in Karnataka of trying to divert the attention of the people from real issues by bringing in emotive ones like “Love Jihad, Anti Conversion” with an aim to implementing its “hidden agenda”. Expressing confidence about the Congress coming to...
New prohibition of child marriage amendment bill on Dec 20
The government is likely to introduce the prohibition of child marriage amendment bill unifying the age of marriage of different communities to ensure a uniform marriage age on December 20. A s of now, the legal age of women to get married is 18 while that for men is...
Pro-RSS mag says BJP, Mamata share ‘Cong-mukt Bharat’ dream
An article in an RSS-linked Bengali magazine has stirred up a hornet’s nest by claiming that both BJP and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee share the dream of “Congress-mukt Bharat” (Congress-free India). While the BJP distanced itself from the article in ‘Swastika’ calling it “baseless” and far from...
