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Mamata says caste-based Census OK if there is consensus
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she will accept a nationwide caste-based census if all political parties reach a consensus on the matter. Banerjee’s statement came at the backdrop of a 10-party delegation from Bihar headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Amarinder Singh to meet farmer leaders
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will on Tuesday meet farmer leaders over sugarcane prices and clearance of pending dues as the agitation over the issues entered its fourth day on Monday, impacting rail services and road traffic. Farmers have blocked a national highway and rail tracks over the issues...
BJP seeks treason charges against Sidhu aides
A day after Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh slammed advisers to PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu over their remarks on Kashmir and Pakistan, the BJP upped the ante seeking ‘treason’ charges against the two. The demand came at a time when Sidhu reportedly summoned the advisers, Malwinder Singh...
Congress raps Chouhan govt over bad roads
As the local civic agencies have been filling potholes on the roads of state capital Bhopal after directives from Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Congress party has intensified attacks on the state government over poor condition of the roads. One of the Congress MLAs and former minister PC Sharma...
363 MPs, MLAs face criminal cases, says poll rights group
A total of 363 MPs and MLAs face criminal charges that, in case of conviction, will lead to their disqualification under the Representation of People Act, poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said. Thirty-nine ministers at the Centre and in states have also declared criminal offences that...
Infighting sees Chhattisgarh Rajiv Bhavan inaugurated twice
In Chhattisgarh Congress, factionalism continues to prevail. The ribbon-cutting of Rajiv Bhawan was done twice in Sarguja. Health Minister TS Singh Dev inaugurated the Bhawan first, then food Minister Amarjit Singh Bhagat inaugurated again. TS Singh Deo said that it used to happen during Ajit Jogi’s tenure. These days...
Deve Gowda rues Rajya Sabha incidents
Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Sunday rued the unruly scenes in the Rajya Sabha and wastage of the recently concluded Parliament session without any debates on issues affecting people, saying he had not seen anything like it in his 30 years as a parliamentarian. After the...
Amarinder warns Sidhu advisors over ‘anti-national’ remarks
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday came down heavily on two of Congress’s state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu’s advisors for making “atrocious and ill-conceived” remarks on “sensitive national issues like Kashmir and Pakistan”. Moreover, he asked the advisors to “stick to giving advice to Punjab Congress...
Official Taliban websites go offline
Taliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents official messages to Afghans and the world at large in five languages went offline abruptly Friday, indicating an effort to try to squelch them. It is not immediately clear, though, why the sites in the Pashto, Urdu, Arabic, English and Dari languages...
BJP MLA calls for ‘Talibani style’ attack on TMC leaders
A ruling BJP MLA in Tripura, Arun Chandra Bhowmik, has stoked a controversy by allegedly saying that his party activists should counter Trinamool Congress leaders in Talibani style if they land at Agartala airport. The saffron camp, however, said it is the MLA’s version and not that of the...
FIRs over BJP’s Mumbai rally for Covid violations
At least seven first information reports (FIRs) for alleged violation of COVID-19 norms were registered in Mumbai on Thursday against the organizers of the BJP’s ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’, an official said. Cases were registered at Vile Parle, Kherwadi, Mahim, Shivaji Park, Dadar, Chembur and Govandi police stations under section...
Women Congress MPs allege being abused
Two female Congress MPs broke down in Raipur on Wednesday as they narrated the scuffle that took place in Parliament on August 11. MPs Chhaya Verma and Phulo Devi Netam accused the Centre of being anti-women and termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah as ruiners...
Subhas Sarkar defends ‘dark complexioned’ Tagore remark
Minister of State (Education) Subhas Sarkar, who courted controversy for saying “Rabindranath Tagore’s complexion was dark compared to others in his family”, on Wednesday insisted that his remarks will “only increase respect” for the Nobel laureate. “Keep a record of whatever I have said (about Tagore). I will give...
Biden scrambles to limit credibility loss
WASHINGTON: When President Joe Biden appeared in the White House East Room on July 8 to stress that the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan was proceeding apace, he declared that a Taliban takeover of the country was not inevitable. Five weeks later, the Taliban is in charge, scenes of chaos...
Sasikala audio rattles AIADMK
“It’s the wish of the party cadres that I become the third-generation leader of the AIADMK party”, uttered VK Sasikala in a new audiotape that has surfaced on social media, adding to the woes of the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. The expelled AIADMK leader, who is celebrating her 67th...
Parliament disciplinary panel recommendations to be crucial
Speculations are rife about what the mandate will be of the Parliamentary Special Committee which is in the process of being constituted to look into the ruckus incident on the last day in Rajya Sabha. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu is looking at all possible legal options so that this...
MP minister wants cow rearing mandatory for contesting polls
A minister in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government in Madhya Pradesh has backed cow rearing act (gaupalan kanun), saying those public representatives aspiring for polls should compulsorily rear cows. Raising this demand, Minister for New and Renewable Energy and Environment Hardeep Singh Dang has said that he would write...
Hindus, Sikhs take refuge in Kabul Gurdwara
Many Hindus and Sikhs have taken refuge in Kabul’s Karte Parwan gurdwara after Afghanistan fell into the hands of the Taliban, DSGMC president Manjinder Singh Sirsa claimed on Monday. The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee chief said he was in touch with the president of the Gurdwara Committee of...
