The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday attacked the Congress party over former RBI Governor Duvvuri Subbarao’s claim that the finance ministry under Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram used to pressurise the RBI. In his recent book ‘Just A Mercenary?: Notes from My Life and Career’, Subbarao has said that the...
Last Updated: April 16, 2024, 21:57 IST Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren moved a bail petition before a special court in Ranchi on Tuesday, alleging that his arrest by the ED was politically motivated and part of a well-orchestrated conspiracy to coerce him to join the BJP. The special...
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday questioned the absence of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar from the BJP’s election rallies in the state. The former deputy chief minister remarked while referring to the absence of Kumar, the JD(U) president, from rallies addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Gaya...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday claimed that under the “strong” BJP government at the Centre, security forces were dealing with terrorists in their home turfs. “Atankwadiyon ko ghar mein ghus ke maara (terrorists were eliminated in their own homes),” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a public rally...
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that if the party wins the upcoming general elections, they will carry out a caste-based census in various institutions such as industries, media, bureaucracy, and others. “We will check every institution, such as media, companies, bureaucracy, to see if there is any...
Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday threatened to take legal action against Income Tax officials for allegedly stopping the trial run of the helicopter he used during a raid the previous day. The Trinamool Congress on Sunday claimed that its general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s helicopter was raided by...
The Election Commission of India on Monday ordered the removal of the deputy inspector general of police in West Bengal’s Murshidabad, following repeated incidents of violence. The action was taken over lack of supervision to prevent more incidents, sources said. According to the sources, two violent incidents were reported...
AAP leader Sanjay Singh met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence here on Sunday and urged him to come up with a common minimum programme for the INDIA bloc in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Singh said he sought Kharge’s support after he was released from jail and...
The Congress trashed the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll manifesto on Sunday as a “jumla patra” full of rhetoric, with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantee is a ”warranty of jumlas” as he has failed to fulfil his past promises. The opposition party also accused Modi...
Expressing concern over the alleged demolition of houses belonging to Kannadigas in neighbouring Goa, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday appealed to his counterpart in that state to cease further demolitions immediately until alternatives are provided to people living there. He also asked Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to...