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Kejriwal promises free power to Punjab farmers
Arvind Kejriwal’s promise of free power in Punjab on Tuesday on the lines of Delhi addresses a troubling poll issue in the northern state where consumers have been paying high electricity bills and are upset on this count before elections, both with the former Akali Dal-BJP regime as well...
Sanjay Raut meets Udhav, Sharad Pawar separately
Uddhav Thackeray with Sanjay Raut Raut held discussions with the CM at the latter’s official residence “Varsha” for nearly two hours before calling on Pawar at his residence, sources said. PTI Mumbai Last Updated:June 28, 2021, 23:36 IST FOLLOW US ON: Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on...
SAD-BSP alliance suffers setback as two BSP leaders exit
Ahead of assembly polls in Punjab, the BSP-SAD alliance suffered two major blows. While former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) state president Rachhpal Raju was expelled by the party, BSP’s OBC wing president Sukhbir Singh Shalimar tendered his resignation, apparently unhappy with the seat-sharing arrangement. Raju is considered a mass...
Gupkar Alliance to review results of meeting with PM
The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) an amalgam of six mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir seeking the restoration of the special status of the erstwhile state will meet here on Tuesday to discuss the recently held all-party meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This will...
BSP to fight UP, Uttarakhand polls alone
The Bahujan Samaj Party will fight the upcoming Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand elections alone, party chief Mayawati said on Sunday amid reports of tie-ups. Mayawati’s clarification comes amid reports of BSP, former UP Cabinet Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar-led Suheldeo Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and Hyderabad-based All India Majlis-eIttehadul Muslimeen...
SIDBI scheme for MSMEs hit by Covid-19
In a bid to provide liquidity boost to COVID-19-hit small and medium scale industries, India’s principal financial institution for MSMEs – Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has unveiled a revamped version of its liquidity scheme. SIDBI will work to provide liquidity support by urgent infusion of funds...
BJP appoints new chiefs for Assam, Manipur units
The BJP on Saturday named Bhabesh Kalita and Sharda Devi as presidents of its Assam and Manipur units respectively. The appointments were made by BJP national president JP Nadda and come into immediate effect, party general secretary Arun Singh said in a statement. Kalita, who is a sitting MLA...
Ex-minister calls Maneka Gandhi a ‘lousy woman’
Former Bharatiya Janata Party minister and senior MLA Ajay Vishnoi here on Saturday called ex-union minister Maneka Gandhi a ‘lousy woman’. “The other day, the manner in which Maneka Gandhi spoke to veterinary expert Dr Vikas Sharma, it did not prove that Jabalpur medical college is inferior, it proved...
Fadnavis says BJP will restore OBC reservations
Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said his party will restore reservation for OBCs in local bodies if given power, and if not, he will retire from politics. Addressing BJP workers during a protest held at Variety Square chowk as part of the party’s ‘chakka jam’ (block the...
Opposition alliance incomplete without Congress: Raut
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said that work is on to bring all opposition parties together at the national level, and this alliance will be incomplete without the Congress. He said that the Congress will play an important role in the alliance that aims to provide a...
First statehood, then polls, says Omar Abdullah
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Vice-President of National Conference parties on Saturday said that mainstream politicians of the region reject the “delimitation, election and then statehood” sequence of events as proposed by the Commission. “We want delimitation, statehood and then the election. If you want to hold...
Kumaraswamy says Karnataka will reject national parties
JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Friday said that like other South Indian states, Karnataka too will reject the national parties during the 2023 assembly polls and choose a regional party, as people don’t want the administration here to be run by high commands sitting in Delhi. The former...
Akhilesh blames Yogi govt for big jump in unemployment
The Samajwadi Party chief and former chief minister of the state Akhilesh Yadav has blamed the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state for unemployment and warned that with the economic slowdown the situation might become worse in the coming days. The Samajwadi Party chief has also alleged that...
Cousin ‘purifies’ Devi Lal statue unveiled by deputy CM
Two days after Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala unveiled an 18-feet tall statue of Devi Lal at the Chaudhary Devi Lal university in Sirsa, his cousin brother Karan Chautala on Wednesday washed it with holy Ganga water for “purification”, saying those who had unveiled it had “misused” the...
Maha Cong chief says front sans Cong will only help BJP
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Wednesday said any attempt to form an ‘anti-BJP front’ without his party will indirectly help the BJP. Talking to reporters at Faizpur in Jalgaon district, he also said elections were three years away and COVID-19 management was the priority of his party. Amid...
Karnataka Cong leaders fight over CM face
Factionalism in the Congress Karnataka unit on the issue of its Chief Ministerial face for the 2023 assembly polls, has come out in the open, with party state chief D K Shivakumar saying legislature leader Siddaramaiah will look into such open statements by some MLAs and the latter maintaining...
Rahul asked to appear before Gujarat court today in defamation case
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is expected to appear before a magistrate’s court here in Gujarat today to record his final statement in a criminal defamation suit filed by a Gujarat MLA over the former’s remark on the “Modi surname”. A week back, Chief Judicial Magistrate of Surat A N...
Bengal division movements that fizzled out over time
After 74 years of a split that spurred one of the largest migrations in human history, there is a buzz in Bengal of another rupture with political leaders mainly from the Bharatiya Janata Party demanding North Bengal as a separate union territory and Jangalmahal to be carved out as...
