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6 suspended BSP MLAs to join Samajwadi Party today
Six rebel MLAs of the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will officially join the Samajwadi Party on Saturday in the presence of party chief Akhilesh Yadav at SP headquarters in Lucknow. The rebel BSP MLAs were already been suspended by Mayawati after they sided with SP during the Rajya...
Shaktikanta reappointed RBI Governor for another term
Shaktikanta Das has been reappointed as governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for another term of three years. The decision was approved by the appointments committee of the cabinet late on Thursday. The re-appointment will be effective from December 10, 2021 when Das’ current term ends as RBI...
Facebook changes name to Meta
Facebook Inc is now called Meta, the company said on Thursday, in a rebrand that focuses on investing in the “metaverse,” a shared virtual environment that it bets will be the successor to the mobile internet. The name change comes as the world’s largest social media company battles criticisms...
Congressional Diwali celebration is a hit
Washington: Hindu-American culture has enriched the United States and the world, US lawmakers said during the annual Diwali celebrations at the Congress. “We have come a long way as a community where someone can easily say today as I do, that I am a proud Hindu-American, that I am...
All eyes on Mamata’s Goa visit, Rahul coming on 30th
Amid bitter relations between Congress and TMC, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is beginning her election campaign for Goa on Thursday while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will start his campaign in the state from October 30. Relations between Congress and TMC have turned sour, even though the two...
Congr members seek change to ‘teetotaller rule’
Congress’ rule of being a teetotaller and using khadi triggered a discussion in the AICC meeting on Tuesday, where a majority agreed that there should be an amendment to reflect the evolving times. The party’s old-time rules left some red faces at the meeting. According to a report in...
Lalu back in action as he pushes for RJD revival
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is back in Bihar politics after recuperating from his illness in New Delhi following release from jail on bail in fodder scam related cases in April this year. Lalu has already geared up for the upcoming bypolls to two seats in the state and...
Amarinder announces party, no name yet
Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said he was ready to float his political outfit but had not decided on the name and symbol yet as he presented his roadmap for the future while also clarifying on his meetings with Home Minister Amit Shah which...
Sonia Gandhi stresses need for discipline, unity
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday emphasised on the need for discipline and unity, saying strengthening the organisation must override personal ambitions. Chairing a meeting of top party leaders to evolve a strategy for assembly elections in five states early next year, she said the party must redouble its...
Mamata says BSF jurisdiction move affront to federal structure
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday criticised the Centre’s move to extend the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force, alleging that it is an attempt to interfere into the federal structure of the country. The BJP-led central government had amended the BSF Act to authorise the...
UP Cong leaders join TMC, Mamata promises visit
Two senior Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh, including party stalwart Kamalpati Tripathi’s grandson, on Monday joined the Trinamool Congress, while West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she is likely to visit that poll-bound state after the Chhat Puja. The two leaders, Rajeshpati Tripathi and his son Lalitpati Tripathi,...
‘Order’ asking UP health dept staff to watch PM event alleged
The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday cited a purported order issued by the Varanasi district magistrate, instructing the health workers to watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s programme in the district over television and other modes. Chief Medical Officer Dr BB Singh said there was an order from the above...
Delhi Cong begins ‘Pol Khol Yatra’ ahead of civic polls
Ahead of next year’s municipal corporation elections, the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday commenced the ‘Pol Khol Yatra’ to expose the “empty promises” of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the AAP dispensation in Delhi. DPCC president Anil Chaudhary along with other Congress workers took to...
Amarinder seen in Hindu-wooing gambit
Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s announcement to float a new party and ally with the BJP has set tongues wagging about his intentions ahead of the 2022 assembly election. Many in the Congress believe that Captain is trying to woo Hindus in urban areas, who make up...
MP Cong loses another MLA to BJP
In yet another jolt to the opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh, party MLA Sachin Birla on Sunday joined the ruling BJP, days before the bypolls to Khandwa Lok Sabha seat and three Assembly constituencies in the state. He is the 27th Congress legislator to have joined the BJP since...
Punjab Cabinet opposes extension of BSF jurisdiction
Opposing the Centre’s move to extend the BSF’s area of jurisdiction in the state, the Punjab Cabinet on Monday said law and order is a state subject and the police force is capable of dealing with any situation. The Union government has amended the BSF Act to authorise the...
Opposition putting hurdles in development, says Nadda
Accusing opposition parties of trying to put hurdles in the government’s agenda of development, BJP president J P Nadda said on Monday that his party members have worked for the nation keeping in mind not only “political indicators” but also “social indicators”. In his address at the BJP’s national...
Amarinder to meet Amit Shah in 3rd visit to Delhi in a month
Amid growing speculations that he is set to launch his own political party and may even forge an alliance or seat adjustment with the BJP in election-bound Punjab, former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh is set to meet Amit Shah in Delhi on Monday. This will be his third...
