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AAP, Cong attack Goa CM over Sanquelim temple clash
The Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Goa units have criticised Chief Minister Pramod Sawant for the recent clash that happened at the prestigious Shree Rudreshwar Temple in Arvalem-Sanquelim. Tensions and arguments escalated between the Bhandari community and another group during the much-followed ‘Palkhi’ festival at the temple last...
Lalu’s two daughters among 22 RJD candidates
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Tuesday formally announced its candidates for all but one of the 23 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar where the party is contesting as a constituent of the opposition Mahagathbandhan. Party president Lalu Prasad’s daughters – Rohini Acharya and Misa Bharti – are among...
Modi says Cong sought outside help during Covid
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha Election 2024. PM Modi addressed a rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit and will later address a public meeting in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat. He will also hold a...
Kavitha writes to court saying she is a victim
A Delhi Court extended Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha’s judicial custody till April 23 in the excise policy linked-money laundering case on Tuesday. In a letter to the Rouse Avenue Court, Kavitha called herself a “victim” and said the Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)...
Maharashtra Opposition seat deal sealed
Sanjay Raut of Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena faction on Tuesday announced that their party will contest on 21 Lok Sabha seats, Congress on 17 and Sharad Pawar’s party will fight in 10 Maharashtra constituencies. Giving details, Raut said that they contest in Jalgaon, Parbhani, Nashik, Palghar, Kalyan, Thane, Raigad,...
TMC team meets Governor over party leaders’ detention in Delhi
Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday criticised the detention of party leaders by Delhi Police during their peaceful protest outside the Election Commission’s office, denouncing it as a “black day in democracy.” Banerjee, who led an 11-member TMC delegation to Raj Bhavan including senior leaders Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Bratya...
Vadra says Amethi people have chance to correct mistake
Amid the buzz of businessman Robert Vadra’s debut from Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi, Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law has once again hinted at his political ambitions. He told a news agency that people of Amethi feel that if he contests from the seat, the voters will have the option of “correcting their...
Modi says storm brewing in INDIA Bloc over PM face
A chaotic storm has been brewing among the top brass of the INDI alliance for the past fifteen days, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. Without taking any names, he said that one of the opposition group’s key leader has put their foot down saying that they won’t...
TMC wants to protect corrupt leaders, says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged on Sunday that the TMC desires a free license for corruption and violence in West Bengal, which is why central agencies investigating such cases face attacks in the state. While addressing a mega rally in Jalpaiguri, Modi also claimed that “TMC’s syndicate Raj” prevails...
ED uses household goods invoices as money laundering proof
Invoices of a refrigerator and smart TV are among the evidence the Enforcement Directorate used to support its claim that Jharkhand’s ex-chief minister Hemant Soren acquired 8.86 acres of land worth more than Rs 31 crore illegally. The federal probe agency obtained these receipts from two Ranchi-based dealers and...
DMK seeks ECI search after Rs 4 cr cash seizure from BJP MLA
The ruling DMK government in Tamil Nadu on Sunday demanded that election officials search all places linked to the Tirunelveli BJP MLA Nainar Nagendran. The DMK’s comments come after a team of Flying Squad Teams (FST) seized Rs 4 crore cash from three individuals who were on their way...
‘Cong starved poor, but fed biryani to terrorists’: Yogi
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday slammed Congress for being soft on “terror suspects” and said that during its regime, the grand old party used to starve the poor and feed biryani to terrorists whereas the Modi government has been providing free ration to over 80 crore...
Rajnath denies bond donations, action against firms linked
Defence minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajnath Singh in an exclusive interview with Network18 Group Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi on Friday rejected the opposition’s allegations about a connection between certain companies donating funds to the BJP under the now-outlawed electoral bonds scheme and action by central agencies...
Boxer Vijender Singh delivers a punch to Cong after BJP switch
Olympic medalist and boxer Vijender Singh, who recently switched from the Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), posted a cryptic message on social media platform X on Friday. In his post, written in Hindi, Singh wrote, “I will remain a rebel at those gatherings where fame is achieved...
Assam CM defends Kangana’s remark on Netaji as first PM
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday defended actor-turned-politician and BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate Kangana Ranaut’s assertion that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was the first Prime Minister of the country. Sarma said Netaji had established the Azad Hind government four years before Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had become the...
SP’s Shivpal Yadav threatens voters in UP’s Budaun
Days before the first phase of Lok Sabha Election 2024, Samajwadi Party senior leader Shivpal Yadav landed in a controversy for allegedly bullying and threatening voters in Uttar Pradesh’s Budaun. A video of the purported incident is going viral on social media, where the Samajwadi Party candidate from Budaun...
AAP alleges bid to encroach upon Delhi govt’s jurisdiction
After Delhi LG VK Saxena wrote to the Centre alleging that the Arvind Kejriwal government is trying to “influence” the justice delivery system, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has hit back saying courts are the last resort as the officers do not follow ministers’ directions. The AAP government...
Kangana calls Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose India’s first PM
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, who is a Lok Sabha candidate from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi, called Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose as independent India’s first Prime Minister. The video of Ranaut making the statement at a press event quickly gained traction among the netizens who have started to troll the actress....
