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Modi claims BJP turned Cong ‘Loot’ East policy into ‘Act East’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed the Congress, saying the party had adopted the ‘loot’ east policy while the BJP had turned it into the ‘Act East’ policy. Addressing a rally in Agartala, the Prime Minister said Tripura has witnessed pioneering transformations under the BJP government. Modi said...
EC flags low voter turnout in migrant population states
The voter turnout in the 2019 General Elections was lower in states with larger immigration rates and populations, a report of the Election Commission has revealed. The highest voter turnout as of now in India’s General Elections was in 2019 at 67.4 per cent, while almost 30 crore electors...
Phase-1 voting in Bengal marred by violence as BJP, TMC workers clash
West Bengal witnessed political violence once again on Friday as Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri seats went to polls in Phase 1 of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. Both BJP and Trinamool Congress (TMC) accused each other of hurting their poll agents and workers and disrupting the electoral process...
Akhilesh predicts INDIA Bloc clean sweep in western UP
Asserting that “winds of change” are blowing from western Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said there will be an INDIA bloc “clean sweep” from Ghaziabad to Ghazipur. He also urged the people to ensure that their votes are not divided and asked them to guard...
Modi says Mamata obstructing BJP’s Ram Navami plan
The Ram Navami debate has once again taken the centre stage in Bengal politics. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi, attacked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for “trying to obstruct BJP’s Ram Navami’s plan and opposing CAA”, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) announced to organise a Ram Navami ‘shobha yatra’ in Howrah...
Ram Navami political heat rises on eve of voting
Hours after the alleged Ram Navami clash in Murshidabad, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury met with protests as he went to a hospital to meet the injured. The Bharatiya Janata Party supporters allegedly gheraoed the Berhampore MP and started sloganeering. A clash between BJP and Congress workers was also...
TMC manifesto promises to drop CAA, NRC
The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha election 2024 promising to repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and stop the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) across the country if the opposition’s INDIA bloc comes to power...
BJP MP sparks row with speech on Modi-Yogi
Days before the Lok Sabha elections voting, Bharatiya Janata Party (MP) Mahesh Sharma sparked a controversy by saying that those who don’t consider Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath as “their own” are “traitors”. “Those who do not consider Modi and Yogi as their...
Rahul Gandhi ‘spoon-fed kid’, says Ghulam Nabi Azad
Refuting the claims that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is putting up a “brave fight” against the BJP, Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that his actions suggest otherwise and alleged Gandhi is “hesitant” to contest from the BJP-ruled states. He further alleged that...
Ex-RBI governor claims being ‘pressurised’ by UPA FMs
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday attacked the Congress party over former RBI Governor Duvvuri Subbarao’s claim that the finance ministry under Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram used to pressurise the RBI. In his recent book ‘Just A Mercenary?: Notes from My Life and Career’, Subbarao has said that the...
Hemant Soren moves bail plea, alleges conspiracy
Last Updated: April 16, 2024, 21:57 IST Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren moved a bail petition before a special court in Ranchi on Tuesday, alleging that his arrest by the ED was politically motivated and part of a well-orchestrated conspiracy to coerce him to join the BJP. The special...
Tejashwi questions absence of Nitish Kumar at BJP rallies
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday questioned the absence of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar from the BJP’s election rallies in the state. The former deputy chief minister remarked while referring to the absence of Kumar, the JD(U) president, from rallies addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Gaya...
Modi claims credit for killing terrorists in their own turf
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday claimed that under the “strong” BJP government at the Centre, security forces were dealing with terrorists in their home turfs. “Atankwadiyon ko ghar mein ghus ke maara (terrorists were eliminated in their own homes),” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a public rally...
Rahul promises caste-based census in various sectors
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that if the party wins the upcoming general elections, they will carry out a caste-based census in various institutions such as industries, media, bureaucracy, and others. “We will check every institution, such as media, companies, bureaucracy, to see if there is any...
Banerjee to take action against IT officials for stopping copter
Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday threatened to take legal action against Income Tax officials for allegedly stopping the trial run of the helicopter he used during a raid the previous day. The Trinamool Congress on Sunday claimed that its general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s helicopter was raided by...
EC orders removal of Murshidabad top cop over violence
The Election Commission of India on Monday ordered the removal of the deputy inspector general of police in West Bengal’s Murshidabad, following repeated incidents of violence. The action was taken over lack of supervision to prevent more incidents, sources said. According to the sources, two violent incidents were reported...
AAP leader meets Kharge on INDIA common programme
AAP leader Sanjay Singh met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence here on Sunday and urged him to come up with a common minimum programme for the INDIA bloc in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Singh said he sought Kharge’s support after he was released from jail and...
Cong questions lack of accountability for old Modi guarantees
The Congress trashed the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll manifesto on Sunday as a “jumla patra” full of rhetoric, with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantee is a ”warranty of jumlas” as he has failed to fulfil his past promises. The opposition party also accused Modi...
