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Priyanka not joining Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra as it enters UP
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that she has been admitted to hospital due to an illness and hence would not join the party’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra on Friday. She sent her best wishes to her brother Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders for the Nyay Yatra and...
Rahul says ‘won’t ever bow down’ after bank accounts freeze
The Congress on Friday announced that the party’s bank accounts, including those of the Youth Congress, were frozen by the Income Tax department However, just an hour after Congress made the announcement, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in Delhi unfroze the accounts. The allegation comes just weeks ahead...
Hemant Soren sent to judicial custody, ED lists 11 grounds for arrest
There’s no end to former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren’s troubles, as the ED digs deeper into the alleged land scam and stone mining cases against him. With more evidence reaching the central agency, including digital or electronic, and statements of accused or witnesses, there is now suspicion about...
TMC’s Mimi Chakraborty quits as MP, says no more politics
Trinamool Congress leader and actress Mimi Chakraborty on Thursday resigned as the Lok Sabha parliamentarian. The first-time MP from Jadavpur also alleged “mental torture” within the party as a reason for quitting as the Member of Parliament. However, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has not yet accepted the resignation....
TN assembly passes motion against ‘One Nation, One Election’
The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution against the Centre’s proposed ’One Nation, One Election’ policy, terming it impractical and undemocratic. The Assembly also passed a resolution on the delimitation exercise, stating that the population of 1971 (census) should be the criteria for carrying out the process,...
Ajit Pawar’s NCP fields Praful Patel for RS election
In a surprise move, the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday said it would field senior leader Praful Patel for the coming election to the Rajya Sabha even though he is already a member of the Upper House of Parliament. Patel has four years of his Rajya...
Mamata ‘mute spectator’ to violence against women: BJP
The BJP on Wednesday charged that ’jungle raj’ prevailed in West Bengal and demanded Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s resignation after the state was rocked by protests and clashes over the claims of sexual harassment of women in the state’s Sandeshkhali area. Addressing a press conference here, BJP national spokesperson...
Rahul demands justice for Pulwama terror attack victims
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said countless questions are yet to be answered on the Pulwama terror attack and asked when will the security personnel killed in the assault get justice. On the anniversary of the terror attack that took place in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama in 2019,...
Cong promises MSP guarantee to win over protesting farmers
The Delhi Chalo march of protesting farmers has also set in motion competitive politics to woo them and favourably shape public perception as the Lok Sabha elections near. The Bharatiya Janata Party, which is in power at the Centre, has been listing out the many initiatives of the Narendra...
BJP workers clash with police in another Bengal town
In a late-night drama, a political storm over the ongoing tensions in Bengal’s Sandeshkhali took a violent turn in another part of the state on Tuesday. A violent clash broke out between the workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by the party’s state chief Sukanta Majumdar, and...
Ajmal sparks a row with marriage ‘energy’ remark
The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badaruddin Ajmal recently courted another controversy with his remarks on polygamy when he said “People who are energetic and can go for more than one marriage.” The AIUDF leader, who is revered as a ‘Maulana’, was speaking against the Uniform Civil...
ED summons Farooq Abdullah for questioning in money-laundering
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has been summoned to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on February 13 in connection with the federal agency’s investigation into alleged irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) in 2018. The National Conference (NC) president has been asked...
Akhilesh accuses BJP govt of deceit in the name of farmers
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday accused the BJP government of following the ”policy of deceit in the name of farmers” and alleged it was taking ”anti-democratic steps” to stop farmers from going to Delhi. ”The character of the BJP is no less contradictory. On one hand, the...
Telangana braces for Reddy-KCR clash over irrigation projects
Tuesday will see the first real face-off between Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy and his predecessor K Chandrashekar Rao since the Congress’s victory in the assembly polls last year. While the Bharat Rashtra Samithi is all set to fulfil its “Chalo Nalgonda” call and protest against the Congress government...
Ashok Chavan set to join BJP today
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party a day after tendering his resignation from the Congress. Giving another blow to the grand old party, Chavan on Monday resigned from the party’s primary membership before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The former Congress...
Mamata still part of alliance, claims Pilot
Amid some INDIA bloc constituents switching sides to the NDA, Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Sunday said the opposition alliance is “strong” and the BJP is attempting a “frantic rejig” of the political landscape as it is worried over the collective strength of the coalition. In an interview with...
JDU-BJP alliance in comfortable majority for trust vote win
The stage is set for the much-awaited floor test in the Bihar Assembly on February 12, where Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will have to prove his majority following exiting the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ alliance and reuniting with BJP-led NDA. According to a Hindustan Times report, ahead of the floor test, Congress...
Siddaramaiah challenges Shah to public debate on guarantee schemes
Asserting that he could prove that the state’s treasury is not empty because of the guarantee schemes, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday challenged Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is in the state, to participate in a public debate with him. Shah arrived in Mysuru this morning and...
