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Sin to stay silent when Constitution trampled upon: Sonia
As India enters the 75th year of independence, the Congress Monday said party chief Sonia Gandhi has urged people to introspect what freedom means and told them it is a “sin” to remain silent when fundamental rights and the Constitution are “trampled upon”. She also said the country’s democracy...
TMC sees Mamata as key architect of Modi ouster plan
The Trinamool Congress Sunday vowed to oust the government at the Centre after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and asserted that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be one of the key architects of the change of guard. The ruling TMC, in an editorial in its mouthpiece Jago...
Sibal backs Sonia’s Opposition unity move
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday welcomed party chief Sonia Gandhi’s initiative of bringing like-minded political parties together, but urged her to strengthen her own party, saying no Opposition unity is possible without it. Sibal, however, said he along with other leaders of the “Group of 23″, who...
Tamil Nadu announces tax cut of Rs 3 on petrol
Tamil Nadu finance minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, presenting his maiden budget to the assembly on Friday, said the government has decided to cut tax on petrol by Rs 3 per litre. “I am happy to inform the house that this government has decided to reduce the effective rate of...
Farm stir leadership seen acquiring political hues
Despite assertion by farmer leaders that the protests against the Centre’s three farm laws were apolitical, the claims were being severely tested on the ground as a section of the leadership seems to be veering towards a ‘political intervention’ as the state assembly elections draw nearer. Contrasting views seem...
Modi eyes Varanasi project as potential UP narrative
The Ram Temple in Ayodhya may only be ready by the end of 2023 but another project close to the prime minister’s heart — the Kashi Vishwanath Dham Project in Varanasi — will be compete by this November and a grand inauguration of the same may be done by...
Yogi warns BJP workers to be wary of social media
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while speaking to BJP workers said social media at present was like a “belagaam ghora ”, and urged BJP workers to “train and prepare” to control it. According to a report by The Indian Express, Adityanath warned the party workers that they...
Verdict reserved in UP Dy CM fake degree case
The ACJM Court Prayagaraj has reserved the decision after hearing in the alleged fake degree case of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. The court will now give its verdict in this matter on August 11. Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya is accused of contesting 5 different...
Congress says party’s official account blocked by Twitter
The Congress on Thursday alleged that the party’s official Twitter account as well as that of a large number of its leaders and workers have been blocked by the microblogging site. This comes close on the heels of the blocking of party leader Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account after he...
Mamata-led regional party alliance on the way
Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi on Sunday said that an alliance of regional parties under the leadership of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in the making to oust the BJP from power at the Centre in 2024. The Independent MLA from Assam also claimed that Banerjee has...
Portfolio allocation aggravates Karnataka BJP dissent
Unhappy turncoat ML As continue to haunt the BJP government in Karnataka, days after portfolio allocation was done. After MTB Nagaraj, MLA Anand Singh gave way to speculations by not stepping into his office at Vidhana Soudha for four consecutive days. On Wednesday, Singh flew to Bengaluru for an...
Opposition releases video on Pegasus uproar
The opposition’s strategy of speaking on the Pegasus snooping row and farm laws during discussions of bills in the Rajya Sabha has now been compiled in a three-minute video in an attempt to make the government listen to their demands, leaders said on Sunday. The video, released by the...
Hints of farm laws withdrawal ahead of UP poll
A BJP leader has supported farmers’ agitation against the three new farm laws and said that the BJP-led central government could withdraw them keeping in mind Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. “The demands made by the farmers are right. Keeping in mind the assembly polls and anger among the farmers,...
Salman Khurshid among 38 in Cong UP poll panel
Gearing up for the Assembly polls next year, the Congress on Wednesday constituted the election committee for Uttar Pradesh, which includes state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu and former Union ministers Salman Khurshid, Rajeev Shukla and R P N Singh. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved the proposal of...
Rahul Gandhi bats for rewards to sportspersons
Enough of video of phone calls, now sportspersons should get rewards as promised, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Monday in an apparent swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In an Instagram post, he posted screenshots of media reports claiming that Olympians in the past had not been paid...
Slug fest over renaming of Indira canteens
Amid the ruling BJP’s attempt to change the name of Karnataka’s infamous Indira canteens, named after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Congress and BJP leaders indulged in a Twitter spar on Saturday. Ex-CM Siddaramaiah asked the BJP government not to get into ‘petty politics’ over the same issue. BJP...
Bommai denies confusion over cabinet, portfolios
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said there is no confusion regarding cabinet expansion and portfolio allocation and that he would talk to all those who have issues and will resolve it. Amid simmering discontent within the party with several Ministerial aspirants not making it to the cabinet...
TN white paper blames AIADMK for financial ‘mismanagement’
The DMK government in Tamil Nadu on Monday released a White Paper on the state’s finances and highlighted the fiscal imbalance and mounting debt created by the “mismanagement by the previous AIADMK government”. Finance minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan blamed the previous AIADMK government’s “lack of political will and...
