11844 stories by IPA Staff
Nitish believed to have ‘refused’ INDIA Bloc convener post
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has not yet accepted a proposal to name him the convener of the INDIA bloc, even as leaders of the opposition front held a meeting via video conferencing on Saturday where they discussed seat-sharing and preparations for the Lok Sabha elections. The Trinamool Congress,...
Sharad Pawar says no need to project any face
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday asserted that there was no dispute among the INDIA bloc members over appointing its convenor even as he said there was no need to project any face for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the leader can be chosen once the results are...
Rahul’s Manipur to Mumbai ‘nyay’ yatra begins today
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be hitting the road again. This time from Manipur to Mumbai, as part of his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, which begins today. The first leg of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari to Kashmir was quite a success as it had at least ended the...
Cong claims Milind resignation timing decided by Modi
With its senior leader Milind Deora resigning just before the start of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the Congress on Sunday alleged that the timing of the announcement of his departure from the party was determined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh told PTI that...
AAP, Cong leaders discuss seat sharing for Lok Sabha polls
Leaders of INDIA bloc parties the Congress and AAP held a meeting on Friday to discuss seat sharing in Delhi, Punjab and other states for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, with both sides saying the talks were progressing well. The meeting at Congress leader Mukul Wasnik’s residence on Friday...
Shinde predicts political quake in Maharashtra after LS poll
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday claimed that there will be a political earthquake in the state after the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.Shinde was speaking at a public meeting in neighbouring Navi Mumbai after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the ’Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri-Nhava Sheva Atal Setu’, the...
Kharge says faithful can visit Ayodhya any day
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said anyone having faith in Lord Ram can visit the Ayodhya temple any day and added the BJP was attacking his party over the decision to decline the invite to the January 22 consecration ceremony as part of “a conspiracy”. The Congress has...
Ram Temple fulfillment of ‘divine dream,’ says Advani
Ahead of the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony at Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir, veteran BJP leader LK Advani, who is also the former Home Minister of the country said that the temple’s inauguration was a ‘fulfillment of a divine dream’. An article written by Advani, titled ‘Construction of Ram Mandir – Fulfillment...
Moily: No restriction on anyone to go to Ayodhya; Ram belongs to all
Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily was rather evasive when asked if he will attend the Ayodhya consecration event. Moily told News18 that there is no restriction imposed on him, and that the Congress high command has permitted those who want to attend the event on January 22. He said the...
Advani to finally make it to Ayodhya
The political war of words continues over invitations to the pran pratishtha of Ram Lalla’s idol after the Congress said it will not be attending the inauguration of the Ayodhya temple on January 22. Analysts are saying the grand old party may have committed a blunder going into the...
Calcutta HC protection to ED officials in Sandeshkhali incident
In a big relief, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted interim protection to ED officials in the Sandeshkhali incident in West Bengal, where they were attacked by a mob when they went to search TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh’s house on January 5 in connection with an alleged ration...
Mamata rejects ‘One Nation, One Election’ idea
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the ‘One Nation, One Election’ idea is not practically feasible going by India’s federal structure. Hours after sending a letter to Dr Niten Chandra, secretary of a high-level committee that has called for suggestions for implementation...
Muhua gets notice for eviction from official bungalow
Another notice was served to the expelled TMC MP, Mahua Moitra by the Ministry of Urban Development regarding the official residence that she continues to occupy despite the expulsion. This is the second notice that has been sent to the TMC MP by the Ministry in the last week....
Cong decision to skip Ayodhya may hurt poll chances
The Congress has finally decided on the Ayodhya Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha on January 22, saying it will skip the “Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh/Bharatiya Janata Party event”. It has also raised the point that while the temple construction is incomplete, the inauguration was being hurried ahead of the Lok Sabha...
INDIA seat-sharing talks gain momentum; Kharge in charge
After initiating seat-sharing talks with various opposition parties, the Congress on Wednesday said its president Mallikarjun Kharge is in touch with leaders of all INDIA bloc constituents to ensure closer coordination in the opposition alliance. The assertion comes amid talk that the alliance could have a convener, with the...
Uddhav says Speaker’s verdict ‘murder of democracy’
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar on Wednesday ruled the MLAs of either faction of Shiv Sena cannot be disqualified for going “incommunicado” as alleged by the UBT faction. Uddhav Thackeray expressed displeasure over the verdict and termed it the “murder of democracy”. The Maharashtra Assembly Speaker added that the...
Manipur govt clears Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra venue
The Manipur government, while denying permission for a rally, approved the venue where the Congress will flag off its Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ on January 14. Scheduled to begin from the Hapta Kangjeibung ground in the capital of Imphal, only a “limited number of participants” have been...
Mamata alleges raid drama by central agencies
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that central probe agencies were scripting dramas to conduct raids at houses of TMC leaders as the BJP is scared of her party. Her statement came four days after a mob assaulted Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers...
