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Gehlot wins major round in candidates list
Just days to go for the electoral battle in Rajasthan and while Ashok Gehlot awaits the results of the final showdown, one critical round has been won by the chief minister. In a late-night press release, Congress announced yet another list of candidates for the desert state, with one...
SP preparing to contest all 80 UP seats
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said his party is making preparations on all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh as it will also help support its INDIA partners on the seats allocated to them in the 2024 elections. This comes days after the SP, which...
Modi accuses Cong leaders of ‘filmy’ conduct
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Congress leaders, their ”dialogues” and their announcements are all ”filmy” as he took a jibe at ’tear clothes’ remarks of the Madhya Pradesh Congress leaders. Speaking at a rally at Ratlam in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh ahead of the November 17 assembly...
Cong targets to win 20 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday convened a meeting with the ministers to discuss the Parliamentary elections to be held next year and has set a target of winning at least 20 out of 28 LS seats. Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy said in the meeting attended by 19 ministers,...
Delhi blame game over air pollution intensifies
The blame game between the ruling AAP and the opposition BJP on the pollution crisis intensified on Saturday even as Delhi remained gripped by the crisis of hazardous air quality. The AAP blamed the BJP-governed Haryana for the crisis faced by people in the national capital, while BJP MP...
Yogi promises action against ‘Love Jihad’
Action will be taken on those spreading chaos in the name of ”love jihad” and cow smuggling in Chhattisgarh after the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday. Addressing a poll rally in Kawardha Assembly seat, Adityanath termed the Congress as...
Cong had equal role in Babri demolition: Owaisi
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday claimed that Congress leader Kamal Nath’s reported comments on Ayodhya Ram temple issue show that Congress had an equal role in the demolition of Babri Masjid as that of BJP-RSS. He was responding to Kamal Nath’s reported comments that the BJP cannot claim...
AAP leader moves SC against HC order in arrest
Jailed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court order dismissing his plea against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case related to the now-scrapped excise policy of the city government. The high court...
ED claims Rs 508-cr bribe to Chhattisgarh CM from app developers
Giving more fodder to the opposition in Chhattisgarh, the Enforcement Directorate has alleged that chief minister Bhupesh Baghel was a direct beneficiary in the Mahadev app scam. The agency quoted its probe into accused Asim Das and said, “Mr Asim Das admitted that he was carrying Rs 5 crore...
AAP minister accused of hawala payments to China
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday alleged that Delhi minister and AAP leader Raaj Kumar Anand has been accused by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) of making hawala payments to China and evading customs duty of Rs 7 crore on imports. The federal probe agency raided the premises of...
Mahua says ready for probe, calls for decency
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, who accused the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee of asking humiliating questions during a ”cash-for-query” hearing, expressed her readiness to cooperate with the probe while stressing the importance of protection from misogyny and maintaining a standard of decency. In an interview with PTI, Moitra dubbed...
INDIA alliance only for LS polls, says Akhilesh
A day after Samajwadi Party indicated it would contest 65 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh in 2024 polls, party chief Akhilesh Yadav said members of the INDIA bloc will not be disappointed and will be given proper honour and respect. Yadav also said it is...
Jarange gives govt 2 months to resolve quota issue
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Thursday ended his nine-day indefinite fast, but warned of a bigger agitation if no action was taken in two months on giving reservation benefits to the community. He said he will lead a massive march to Mumbai if no decision was taken within...
Nitish blames Cong for INDIA aoalition losing steam
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday blamed the Congress’ preoccupation with assembly polls in five states for the INDIA coalition’s inability to build on the momentum it had gained in recent months. The JD(U) leader’s remarks came at a rally held in Patna by the Communist Party of...
Siddaramaiah, DKS camps continue to spar over CM tenure
“I’m the chief minister, I will continue,” stressed a visibly displeased Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah when he was questioned about the rumours of change in guard after completion of 2.5 years — a question that has been hovering since the day he took over the reins of the state...
Kejriwal to skip today’s ED summons
Arvind Kejriwal may skip his ED appearance today after he in his reply to the central agency said that the summon issued to him was illegal, politically motivated and given on request of BJP. Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal has been asked to...
Mamata alleges BJP plot to arrest all Opposition leaders
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP-led central government, alleging that it was conspiring to arrest all opposition leaders before next year’s Lok Sabha polls and cast votes for themselves in an empty country. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been summoned by...
Mahua appearing before ethics panel today
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra is set to appear before the ethics committee today in the cash-for-query case. Just ahead of her appearance, the MP shared a copy of the letter that she had written to the panel on Wednesday. Moitra has been embroiled in a political controversy, following...
