11844 stories by IPA Staff
Chaiwala, Chowkidaar, And Now Parivaar: Modi gets another full toss
It was ‘Chaiwala’ in 2014, ‘Chowkidar’ in 2019 and now it is ‘Parivaar’. The Opposition seems to have conceded another full toss to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the Lok Sabha election. This time too, the BJP won’t lose the chance to make this a mass public campaign....
Azad calls for immediate statehood to Jammu and Kashmir
DPAP chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said that statehood should be restored to Jammu and Kashmir immediately after the assembly elections are held in the Union territory. “The prime minister and the home minister have promised in the Parliament to restore the statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. We...
HC reserves verdict on transfer of Shahjahan probe to CBI
The Calcutta High Court reserved its verdict on transferring the investigation into sexual abuse and land grab allegations levelled by the women of West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali against jailed and suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shahjahan Sheikh to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday. Sheikh Shahjahan was arrested and...
BJP drops Delhi sitting MPs to ‘retain 100% strike rate
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) first list of 195 candidates had five of the seven seats from the national capital— New Delhi, South Delhi, West Delhi, Chandni Chowk and North East Delhi parliamentary constituencies. However, of the five, four were fresh faces, with senior leaders such as Ramesh Bidhuri...
TMC leader Tapas Roy quits party, creates stir
Sparking fresh political stir in West Bengal, veteran Trinamool Congress leader Tapas Roy submitted his resignation from the party on Monday. He also resigned from the MLA post earlier in the day. Roy’s resignation came as a surprise to many within the party and the state’s political circles. He...
Both Maharashtra blocs weigh winnability in candidate selection
The BJP-led ruling alliance and the opposition bloc are united in their belief that winnability is the only formula for seat-sharing in Maharashtra, which sends the second-highest number of 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha after 80 from Uttar Pradesh. Maharashtra, the country’s most industrialised state and its premier...
Modi to attend ‘Bharat Shakti’ war games in Pokhran
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the war game ‘Bharat Shakti’ in Rajasthan’s Pokhran on the eve of the Lok Sabha Elections notifications on March 12. The exercises in the warfare event will only include an exhibition of indigenously developed weapons platforms and systems. According to an HT report,...
RLD ditches INDIA to join NDA ahead of Lok Sabha polls
In yet another blow to the INDI alliance, Jayant Chaudhary’s Rashtriya Lok Dal, on Saturday, formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Taking to X, BJP National President JP Nadda said, “Today, in the presence of Honorable Home Minister Shri...
Rahul promises MSP to farmers if Cong wins
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said his party will provide Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers legally if it came to power at the Centre. He was speaking at a public meeting in Morena after his `Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ entered Madhya Pradesh from Rajasthan. The BJP government...
Buzz about BJD-BJP pre-poll alliance
Just a few weeks ahead of the announcement of dates for the 2024 general elections, the question that many are asking in Odisha is whether there will be a pre-poll alliance between the state’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and principal opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)? Strange though it...
Cong alleges ‘double-engine misgovernance’ to target Centre
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday targeted the governments at the Centre and in Gujarat over “high suicide rate” in the BJP-ruled state and alleged they have failed to fulfil their promises of creating new job opportunities for youths. He also said the prime minister’s “silence on this grave...
Gautam Gambhir seeks ‘political break’ ahead of BJP list
Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir may not seek re-election from East Delhi Lok Sabha seat after he requested BJP president JP Nadda to relieve him of his political duties. Gambhir, who retirement from all forms of cricket in 2018, joined the BJP months before the 2019 general elections and defeated Aam...
Cops removed from their posts after Shahjahan Sheikh’s arrest
The West Bengal government on Friday removed two officers from the Basirhat police district, a day after TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, a key accused in sexual assault and land grab in Sandeshkhali, was arrested after being on the run for 55 days, an official said. The DSP of the...
Fadnavis declines Sharad Pawar’s lunch invite
Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday declined the lunch invitation from Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar for Saturday at the latter’s Baramati residence, citing his busy schedule as the reason for his inability to attend. In a letter to the NCP supremo, Maharashtra deputy CM...
Priyanka played key role in foiling ‘Operation Lotus’ in HP
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra played a “pivotal” role in protecting people’s mandate in Himachal Pradesh, remaining in constant touch with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and senior leaders to “foil” the BJP’s ‘operation Lotus’, sources said Thursday. This came after the Congress asserted that the situation...
Suspense over Pawar lunch invite to Shinde, Fadnavis, Ajit
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) president Sharad Pawar has invited Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar for lunch at his residence in Maharashtra’s Baramati during their visit to the former’s hometown on March 2. The lunch invitation to Shinde and the two deputy...
Nath’s son says neither he nor father joining BJP
After days of suspense over their political plans, Congress MP Nakul Nath on Thursday categorically said that neither he nor his father, Congress veteran Kamal Nath were going to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. Speculation about the Naths’ intentions was intensified in the last few days as several Congress...
EC seeks 3.40 lakh forces; 1,085 CAPF companies for March
The deployment of paramilitary forces has begun, ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections. At least 430 BSF companies, 155 from CISF and 500 companies from CRPF will be deployed in the first week of March, as initial deployment is scheduled for March 1 to 7. The...
