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All-party meet agrees on Maratha quota
As the unrest over the Maratha reservation continues in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday chaired an all-party meeting and sought more time for deliberation on the issue. After the all-party meeting, Shinde said the all-party meeting decided that reservation should be given to the Maratha community without...
Rajasthan polls crucial for party’s future: Gehlot
The upcoming assembly election is not just about Rajasthan, it is also about Congress’ future, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Wednesday, and added that the country needed the party. Urging party leaders to reject politics and make Congress candidates win the polls, Gehlot said that such leaders could...
Quota stir: Internet cut in Maharashtra districts
As the Maratha quota agitation took a violent turn and spread to some parts of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday met Governor Ramesh Bais to brief him about the situation and security measures being taken to curb the chaos. Internet services have been suspended in Beed, Dharashiv,...
BJP lags in Chhattisgarh as Cong creates groundswell
In six days, 20 constituencies in Chhattisgarh will vote. However, the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP are yet to publish their election manifestos. Even as senior Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have announced their poll promises — loan waiver for farmers, implementation of caste...
Siddaramaiah dubs BJP drought study tour ‘farce’
Terming Karnataka BJP’s drought study tour as “farce”, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused it of using the drought situation for ‘petty political gains’. Siddaramaiah alleged delay in the release of central funds, and asked BJP leaders to at least arrange an appointment for him with Prime Minister Narendra...
Supporters celebrate Naidu’s release from jail
To celebrate the release of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu from prison after 53 days, his supporters gathered in large numbers at his residence in Undavalli in Andhra Pradesh’s Amaravati district. Naidu walked out of the Rajamahendravaram central prison on Tuesday evening, hours after the Andhra...
2 MPs, 3 MLAs resign over Maratha quota
The Maratha quota row has once again stirred up Maharashtra, with two MPs and one MLA of the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra tendering their resignation on Tuesday as protests in some of the regions turned violent. In a small village of Antarwali-Sarati in Jalna district of Marathwada, quota...
AAP fears Kejriwal’s arrest when he goes to ED
The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday claimed there are apprehensions that the Enforcement Directorate will arrest Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on November 2 after questioning him in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. The ruling party in Delhi also alleged that the BJP...
AAP plans review plea against Sisodia bail rejection
The Aam Aadmi Party is planning to file a review petition against the Supreme Court’s decision rejecting former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia’s bail plea, party sources said on Monday. In a setback to Sisodia, the top court earlier in the day rejected his regular bail pleas in...
Naidu granted interim bail on medical grounds
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has been granted a four-week interim bail in the skill development scam case. According to sources, the bail has been been granted by the High Court on medical grounds. Former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who is lodged in the central jail...
Digvijaya Singh predicts Rajasthan-like raids in MP
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday claimed that central agencies will carry out raids in election-bound Madhya Pradesh similar to the ones they recently conducted in Rajasthan, which also goes to polls next month. Earlier this week, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the premises of Rajasthan Congress president Govind...
KCR warns voters Cong will abolish welfare schemes
Telangana Chief Minister and BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday warned voters that the Congress, if voted to power in Telangana in the November 30 Assembly elections will abolish welfare schemes such as Rythu Bandhu and free power to farmers. Speaking at a rally here, Rao, also known...
30 relatives of leaders in fray in Rajasthan polls
The Congress and the BJP – the two main contenders in the November 25 assembly elections in Rajasthan – have fielded at least 29 candidates who are kin of leaders or belong to political families so far. Of the 200 assembly constituencies, the BJP has so far announced candidates...
NCP team seeks governor’s intervention in quota stir
A delegation of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) on Sunday met Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais urging him to direct the state government to intervene in the quota agitation by the Maratha community. The delegation comprised NCP working president Supriya Sule, state NCP chief Jayant Patil, and party...
SP-Cong agree to call truce in INDIA interest
The leadership of the Congress and the Samajwadi party have finally decided that the misunderstanding at the state level should not reflect on the national agenda of the two parties that are standing united under the banner of INDIA bloc. The two parties, according to sources, have decided to...
Kharge completes first year on a high note
As Mallikarjun Kharge completed one year in office as Congress President on October 26, the party has been able to rejuvenate its cadres with back-to-back victories in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh and also has been able to hold its flock together. Kharge was elected as the Congress President in...
Modi cancels campaign trip to Mizoram
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cancelled his planned campaign trip to Mamit in poll-bound Mizoram on October 30, a senior BJP leader said here on Saturday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will fill in for Modi, but his date of campaigning is yet to be decided, state BJP media...
Another tussle brewing between AAP and LG
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Friday approved a proposal of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to terminate the services of all civil defence volunteers with effect from November 1, with AAP government sources saying they will approach the Supreme Court if this happens, setting off a fresh tussle between...
