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AAP holds havan across UP to mark Ayodhya consecration
Aam Aadmi Party on Monday said it held havan programmes across Uttar Pradesh to mark the consecration of Ram Lalla’s idol at the temple in Ayodhya. AAP’s state chief Sabhajit Singh participated in an event in Noida and performed havan along with local leaders and workers. “Singh said that...
Rahul accuses BJP, RSS of attacking country’s foundations
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the BJP and RSS were attacking the foundations of the country, while asserting the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra was undertaken to protect the idea of India. The idea that people of all faiths should live harmoniously in India and that all...
ED summons Soren again to record statement in PMLA case
The Enforcement Directorate has issued a fresh summons to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and asked him to again record his statement in a money laundering case between January 27 and 31, official sources said on Monday. The central agency recorded his statement for the first time in the...
Dalits stop BJP MP at source of ‘Krishna shila’ for Ram idol
Minutes before the ‘pran pratishtha’ in Ayodhya, a group of Dalits blocked BJP MP Pratap Simha from entering Gujjegoudanapura village in Karnataka’s Mysuru from where the ‘Krishna shila’, or black stone, used to carve the idol was sourced. The MP had no choice but to return without attending the...
DMK denies ban on live streaming of ‘pran pratishta’ event
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday rained down on the Tamil Nadu government over reports of its decision to ban live streaming of the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony at the new Ram temple on January 22. Sharing a newspaper report that claimed oral instructions from the government barring special...
Rahul claims a Cong PM would have controlled Manipur violence
If there was a prime minister of the Congress, the violence in Manipur would have been controlled by the fourth day, party leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Sunday. Addressing a rally as part of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam’s Nagaon district, he claimed that even PM Narendra...
Storm over Rahul visit to Assamese icon’s birthplace
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should avoid visiting the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardeva at Batadrava on January 22, as there can be no competition between Lord Ram and the medieval age Vaishnav saint revered as an icon in the state. Sarma...
Mamata call to leaders signals problems with INDIA adjustments
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has asked Murshidabad leaders to start preparing for three seats in the district, which has three Lok Sabha constituencies – Jangipur, Baharampur and Murshidabad – and two constituencies in South Maldah. Of these, Baharampur is the stronghold of senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury,...
Rahul accuses BJP of dividing country on basis of religion
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP of “dividing the country in the name of caste, creed and religion”, asserting that his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, which entered Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday, was aimed at uniting the people. While interacting with the residents of Doimukh, he alleged that the...
Law Commission report on One Nation One Poll next week
The Law Commission of India is set to submit its report on ‘One Nation, One Poll’ next week. The report would be submitted to the Ministry of Law & Justice and a high-level committee. Confirming the same to CNN-News18, top sources in the Law Commission said the report will...
Idea of simultaneous polls undemocractic, says Kharge
Calling the idea of holding simultaneous elections as ‘undemocratic’ and against the guarantees of federalism and the basic structure of the Constitution, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge demanded dissolution of the high-powered committee formed to study it. In a letter to the secretary of the committee on one nation, one...
Fresh ED summons to Lalu Prasad, son in land scam
The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his son and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav to appear for questioning at its Patna office in connection with the alleged railways land-for-jobs money laundering case, official sources said on Friday. While Prasad has been...
Assam police files case against Rahul’s Cong Nyay Yatra
In a big blow to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ on its very first day in Assam, the state police of Jorhat district on Thursday registered a Suo moto case against the organisers of the rally for violating government guidelines regarding the yatra route. According to the police,...
Ram Temple event 50-year political project of BJP-RSS, alleges Cong
The Congress on Thursday slammed the BJP and the RSS for politicising the Ram temple consecration ceremony and alleged that it is a 50-year-old political project of the saffron camp. Addressing a press conference at Puthinadi in Jorhat district, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh defended the party senior leaders’...
TMC seeks BJP president’s apology for ‘obscene’ comment against Mamata
Seeking an apology from the BJP, the ruling TMC in West Bengal said that the “obscene comments” made by the opposition party’s state president Sukanta Majumdar against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee showed its “chauvinistic mindset”. The TMC’s reaction was triggered by Majumdar’s use of the term ‘dhanda’ about Banerjee...
BJP calls Lalu kin’s attack against official return of jungle raj
Former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s relatives allegedly attacked a government officer in Patna’s Rupaspur. Arvind Kumar Singh, who is an executive officer posted in Gaya, suffered a critical head injury after he was attacked with a rod by the sons of the veteran leader’s nephew, police said....
Tharoor, Scindia in war of words over airport chaos
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday sustained an online war of words with civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scinida over chaos at the Delhi airport due to fog-related flight delays, and told him that it is a pity that he has adopted the Narendra Modi-led government’s “uncaring attitude” since switching...
Akhilesh to stay off Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in UP
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said he is “unlikely” to join Congress’ “Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra” led by Rahul Gandhi. When asked about this at a press conference at the party office here, Yadav said, “Neither the Congress nor the BJP invites us to their programmes.” Yadav,...
