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Amit Shah promises backward class CM for Telangana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided that if BJP comes to power in Telangana, the party will elect a Chief Minister from the Backward Class, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. Shah also hit out at the ruling BRS and Congress and said that the two parties...
Kumaraswamy alleges ‘cash for postings’ scam
The JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday alleged that an official’s name mentioned in a phone conversation between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his son Yathindra has figured in the transfer list of police inspectors released on the previous night. On Thursday, Kumaraswamy, sought to link the phone...
Clash between rival Shiv Sena factions in Mumbai
The Mumbai police have registered an offence against 60 unidentified persons in connection with the clash that occurred between supporters of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray at Shivaji Park here, an official said on Friday. Workers of the Shinde-led Shiv Sena and...
Kejriwal says PM scared of losing polls
After meeting his MLAs and councillors with the question of whether he should resign if arrested or run the government from jail, AAP convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met the party’s volunteers, office bearers, and Members of Parliament at the city’s Thyagaraj Stadium. Along with...
Badal notice to CM Mann for ‘malicious’ allegations
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal sent a legal notice to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday, asking him to tender an unconditional apology within five days for levelling “malicious” allegations against the Badal family during a debate at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in Ludhiana....
Fadnavis ends rumours of his contesting in LS polls
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has cleared the air about him contesting the Lok Sabha polls, while having an informal interaction with media at his residence on Thursday. Fadnavis said he will only be contesting the state assembly polls from Nagpur. There was a buzz in the political...
Cong all set for massive pro-Palestine rally in Kerala
After the Muslim League and the CPI(M), the Congress is set to organise a massive pro-Palestine rally in the north Kerala city of Kozhikode next week. The Congress said that it is the only political party capable of rectifying the pro-Israel stance adopted by the BJP-led Central government. KPCC...
BRS rejects Chidambaram apology for Telangana stir loss of lives
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has apologised for the loss of lives during the Telangana statehood agitation, drawing sharp reactions from the ruling BRS. Speaking to media persons in Hyderabad on Thursday, the former Union Minister also said creating a state or dividing a state was not child’s play...
Pilot predicts Cong return to power in Rajasthan
Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Thursday said Congress will return to power in Rajasthan after the assembly elections and highlighted that the BJP has no blueprint for the state, which will go to polls on November 25. Speaking at News18 Rajasthan’s Agenda Rajasthan, the former Rajasthan deputy CM said...
Conman Sukesh calls Kejriwal ‘main mastermind’
Jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar called Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal “main mastermind” and challenged him to a one-on-one narco test to address any claims of association. He said the AAP convener should drop the blame game and welcome a CBI investigation into allegations of extortion against minister Satyendar Jain....
AAP’s Raghav Chadha tells Cong to ‘fight unitedly’
Aam Aadmi Party (AA) Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Raghav Chadha, while commenting on the strained ties between the Congress and AAP – both part of the opposition’s INDIA bloc against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections – said that “this kind of...
Amit Shah calls Baghel ‘prepaid CM’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the Bemetara district in Chhattisgarh has become a center of “love jihad” and asserted no one would dare do such an act if the BJP is voted to power in the state. He accused Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, a senior Congress...
AAP to move EC against BJP’s derogatory campaign
The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday accused the BJP of running a ”derogatory and misleading” campaign on social media against its national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and said it will submit a complaint to the Election Commission. Addressing a press conference, AAP leader Raghav Chadha said...
Owaisi slams Cong for BJP B-team jibe
In the campaign trail in poll-bound Rajasthan, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi yet again hit out at the Congress party for calling him the vote-cutter and B-team of BJP. “If they have any proof against me, they should just put it out. All this conversation about freedom of speech etc...
Kharge accuses BJP of robberies to topple govts
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of toppling governments in different states, including the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh, using illegitimate means. He was speaking at a public meeting at Indergarh in Sewda assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia district ahead...
EC notice to Kejriwal, Priyanka over remarks against Modi
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for allegedly making “disparaging” and “unverified” statements against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The ECI has asked them to respond to the charge of poll code violation by...
Kamal Nath turned MP into Cong ATM, says Amit Shah
Union minister Amit Shah on Tuesday alleged that state Congress chief Kamal Nath when he was chief minister turned Madhya Pradesh into an “ATM of the Congress. He was speaking at a rally in Deotalab constituency in Mauganj district of the state ahead of the November 17 assembly elections....
Sarma says Lord Mahadev will not spare Baghel over app
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday attacked his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel over the alleged ‘Mahadev’ betting app scam and said Lord Mahadev will not spare him and seek account of every single penny. Addressing a rally in the Rajim constituency in Gariaband district ahead of the...
