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Priyanka slams Sitharaman’s ‘UP-type’ remarks
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has ripped into Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her “typical UP-type” remark while countering Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the Union Budget on Tuesday. At the post-Budget speech media briefing, junior Finance Minister Pankaj Chaudhary asked Ms Sitharaman to respond to Rahul Gandhi’s “zero-sum Budget” comment. “I...
Ambani, Adani, Mittal may land windfall gains
India’s plans to classify data centers and energy storage as infrastructure assets allowing firms to access cheap and long-term credit, in a big boost for billionaires Gautam Adani, Sunil Mittal and Mukesh Ambani’s plans to aggressively grow in these segments. “Data centers and energy storage systems including dense charging...
FM says Modi gave clear instructions for no additional taxes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had instructed that taxes not be raised amid the Covid pandemic, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters today after presenting the Union budget in parliament. PM Modi, she added, had given the same direction last year as well. “Didn’t want to increase tax at the...
Boris Johnson’s future in limbo over ‘Partygate’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will probably hold onto his job for now despite a scathing report about government coronavirus lockdown parties, but his long-term future is out of his hands as police probe claims of rule breaking, analysts said on Tuesday. Johnson on Monday apologised after his government...
Protests, resignations in Manipur after BJP list
A number of leaders have resigned though the exact number remained unclear, reports said. BJP supporters burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and shouted slogans as protests erupted on Sunday after the party named candidates for next month’s elections,...
Congress targets Modi govt after NYT report on Pegasus
The Congress on Saturday attacked the Centre over a New York Times report which claimed that the Indian government bought the Pegasus spy toll in 2017 as part of a deal with Israel, saying illegal snooping using the spyware amounts to “treason”. According to the report in The New...
Akhilesh alleges BJP bid to disrupt his campaigning
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Friday, after alleging that his chopper was halted by the BJP to stop him from campaigning, hit out at the BJP for not fulfilling their promises of doubling farmers’ incomes, providing jobs to the youth and cracking down on farmers. On a bus...
Raj Babbar’s tweets fuel talk of switch to SP
The Congress may be staring at another big exit in Uttar Pradesh with Raj Babbar giving off worrying signals. Raj Babbar’s recent tweets have been divergent from the party line and he has not bothered to clarify. When a Padma Bhushan award for Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad provoked...
Air India Tata transaction extremely challenging, says Scindia
Air India had to be sold because debt had been piling up to a point where it could no longer be sustained by the government, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told NDTV today, a day after Tata group formally took over the airline. “It was just not possible,”...
Supreme Court strikes down suspension of 12 Maharashtra BJP MLAs
The Maharashtra assembly’s resolution to suspend 12 BJP MLAs for a year for alleged unruly behaviour has been set aside by the Supreme Court. “Suspending the MLAs beyond the sessions is unconstitutional and illegal,” the Supreme Court said today. While the rules say suspension can be for the session,...
Trouble in UP Opposition alliance over seats
The Samajwadi Party- Rashtriya Lok Dal alliance has run into trouble with RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary facing strong dissent from his party’s top Jat leaders in Siwalkhas constituency, located in Meerut but under the Baghpat Parliamentary seat. The disagreement is over the candidature of Ghulam Mohammed, a member of...
Prashant Kishor says BJP has three major strengths over Opposition
The BJP has pitched a “formidable narrative” leveraging issues of Hindutva, hyper-nationalism and public welfare, and opposition parties stand very little chance unless they can outweigh it on at least two of these fronts, election strategist Prashant Kishor said on Monday. “BJP’s popularity is not just a function of...
Uddhav Thackeray says 25 years wasted in alliance with BJP
Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said his party will try to expand its footprint outside the state and aim for a national role even as he accused the BJP of using Hindutva for its political convenience. He also said that the National Democratic...
Amarinder says Sidhu has no brains
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday claimed that the state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has “no brains” and he had advised party president Sonia Gandhi five years ago not to induct “this incompetent man” in the party. In a candid revelation, the former Chief Minister also said...
Mayawati accuses Cong of flipflop on Priyanka as CM face
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati aimed a jibe at Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today over her teaser regarding the party’s Chief Ministerial face. Accusing the Congress leader of flipflop, she said the Congress will only split the non-BJP votes and urged the people to vote for BSP. “The condition...
7 dead in fire at Mumbai high-rise
At least seven people died in a major fire that broke out inside a 20-storeyed residential building in Mumbai this morning. Another 15 people were also injured in the massive blaze that started around 7 am on the 18th floor of Kamla building opposite Gandhi Hospital at Gowalia...
Parrikar’s son quits BJP after denial of ticket
Utpal Parrikar, the son of three-time Goa Chief Minister and former Union Minister Manohar Parrikar, parted company with the BJP on Friday after the party refused to offer him ticket for the Panaji seat in the coming assembly elections of the seaside state. Announcing that he would contest as...
BJP fields rebel Cong leader from Raebareli
Rebel UP Congress leader, Aditi Singh, will contest the Uttar Pradesh election from Rae Bareli, the last Congress bastion in the state, while former Kanpur top cop, Asim Arun, will contest the polls from Kannauj, the BJP said today as it released a list of 85 candidates Ms...
