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Prashant Kishor to work for Cong in Gujarat election
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor is in talks with Congress, media reports say. Kishor is expected to get a ‘major role’ in the Gujarat Elections, the reports quoted Congress sources as saying. In the past, Prashant Kishor has worked with the Congress party for the 2017 Punjab Assembly Election. While the...
After hijab, it is turn of halal in Karnataka
With some right wing groups now giving a call to boycott ‘Halal’ meat, BJP national general secretary CT Ravi likened Halal food with ‘economic jehad’. For the past few days, there was a flurry of messages on social media appealing to Hindus to shun Halal meat, especially after Ugadi,...
Akhilesh sacks members for defying party in Council poll
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav expelled party members including former MLC Kailash Singh, former District Panchayat President of Ghazipur Vijay Yadav and others for opposing the party during the MLC election in Ghazipur. Meanwhile, Yadav on Tuesday held a meeting with leaders of party allies Apna Dal (K), Suheldev...
Five shot dead in Tel Aviv suburb, IS claims responsibility
A suspected Arab gunman killed at least five people in a Tel Aviv suburb on Tuesday before he was fatally shot, the national ambulance service said, in the latest of a string of deadly attacks in Israel. Amateur video broadcast on Israeli television stations showed a man dressed in...
Leaders claim participation of 20 cr workers in Bharat bandh
The two-day nationwide strike, called for by a joint forum of central trade unions to protest against central government policies has evoked mixed response, with some states like Kerala reporting complete shutdown while life in the metros went on without much disruption. Amarjeet Kaur, All Indian Trade Union Congress...
Assam CM slams Kejriwal over Kashmir Files remarks
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday slammed his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal over his remarks on ‘The Kashmir Files’ and asked him not to be “anti-Hindu” stating the latter has no right to humiliate the society. Kejriwal, in his speech in the Delhi Assembly, had accused the...
Nitish Kumar sacks fisheries, animal husbandry minister
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday sacked Mukesh Sahani, the minister for fisheries and animal husbandry, from his cabinet, highly placed sources said here. They said the recommendation to this effect has been sent to the Governor following a “written submission” from ally BJP which had contended that...
Bharat Bandh on Monday-Tuesday to hit services
A joint forum of central trade unions has called for a nationwide strike on Monday and Tuesday to protest against Central government policies that affect workers. The banking sector will be joining the strike, the All India Bank Employees Association said on Facebook. The call for a nationwide strike...
Russian colonel reported killed by own troops
In fresh setbacks for the Russian assault on Ukraine, a top commander of the country was killed by his own “demoralised” men while a general was believed to have also died, reports have said. Western officials claim that seven Russian generals have so far been killed during the war...
India resumes regular international flights
After a coronavirus pandemic-induced hiatus of over two years, regular international flights resumed from Sunday with airports and airlines getting ready for normal overseas operations. Battered by the pandemic, the airline industry is slowly coming back to normalcy and the resumption of normal overseas flights is expected to provide...
Yogi extends free ration scheme for another 3 months
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to extend its free ration scheme by three months. The decision was taken today in the first cabinet meeting chaired by Yogi Adityanath, who took oath as UP’s Chief Minister for the second time yesterday. A total of 15...
Russia shifts goalposts to claim face-saving victory
Russia has reframed its war goals in Ukraine in a way that may make it easier for President Vladimir Putin to claim a face-saving victory despite a woeful campaign in which his army has suffered humiliating setbacks, military analysts say. Russia attacked its neighbour by land, air and sea...
US terms India’s Ukraine stand as ‘unsatisfactory’
A senior White House official said on Friday India’s position at the United Nations over the crisis in Ukraine has been “unsatisfactory” but was also unsurprising given its historical relationship with Russia. Mira Rapp-Hooper, director for the Indo-Pacific on the White House National Security Council, told an online forum...
Muslim minister says his appointment slap for SP, Cong
His becoming a minister wasn’t unexpected but a symbol of faith reposed by the party in a dedicated worker and a “slap” on the faces of the opposition Samajwadi Party and Congress, said Uttar Pradesh lone Muslim minister Danish Azad Ansari on Friday. Not a member of either house...
Buzz over Prashant Kishor’s role in Cong Mission Gujarat
Election strategist Prashant Kishor has reportedly reached out to Rahul Gandhi to work on the Congress party’s campaign in the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections later this year, according to two sources in the Congress, a dramatic turn of events after both sides fell out last year after several rounds...
Chinese Foreign Minister in Delhi amid Kashmir remark row
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has reached Delhi — the first high-level Chinese visit to India in more than two years, since the stand-off in Ladakh started. Sources said Wang Yi is expected to meet foreign minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval tomorrow. The aim of...
Supreme Court refuses early hearing on hijab ban
The Supreme Court today refused an early hearing on pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict on the Karnataka government’s ban on hijabs inside classrooms. The petitioners had sought early listing of the issue citing upcoming school examinations. The Chief Justice of India chided Advocate Devdutt Kamat, who was...
Mamata visiting violence-hit Birbhum area
In the political fight after eight people were burnt alive by a mob at a village in Bengal’s Birbhum, Mamata Banerjee will today visit the area. The Chief Minister has been accused by the opposition BJP of presiding over a complete collapse of law and order in the state....
