Politics
Mega Kisan march nears Mumbai, meeting with CM today
“. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis are likely to meet the agitating farmers at 3pm today. The massive march is likely to continue towards Mumbai till the two meet the kisans. On Wednesday, there was a round of talks between the agitating...
Karnataka stops Maharashtra health insurance along border
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said his government would take measures to stop the Maharashtra government from offering its health insurance scheme in 865 border villages that the neighbouring state is trying to lay claim to. He was responding to Congress’ criticism over his administration’s alleged inaction...
Lalu, wife Rabri Devi to appear before Delhi court today
Days after repeated raids and questioning, former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and 14 others are likely to appear before a Delhi court today in connection with an alleged land-for-job scam. The case relates to alleged appointments made in the railways...
RSS says Rahul has no moral right to speak on democracy
In one of the first reactions from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Congress MPs’ repeated attacks, RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Tuesday said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should “speak more responsibly” and see the reality. Hosabale said there is no need for a comment on what...
TN govt set to re-introduce bill against online gambling
Days after Governor RN Ravi returned the ‘Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill’ back to the Assembly, the ruling DMK is set to introduce the bill for the second time in the upcoming Assembly session. The state government had originally taken the ordinance...
Cong seeks expunction of remarks on Rahul by ministers
Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday, demanding that certain remarks of Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Pralhad Joshi seeking Rahul Gandhi’s apology over his “democracy under attack” comments be expunged. In a letter to the speaker, the leader of the...
Kejriwal to launch MP campaign with big rally in Bhopal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address a rally of AAP in Bhopal on Tuesday as he kicks off the party’s campaign for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, due later this year. The rally, to be held at BHEL Dussehra Maidan in the state capital, is expected to be...
Cong leader’s call to ‘finish’ Modi to save country
Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress’ Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Monday levelled allegations against PM Modi, questioning the Pulwama incident. He said that if Modi is finished the country will be saved, however, if Modi stays then the country will be ruined. Randhawa...
Ajit Pawar says BJP MLAs unhappy over fund allocation
s Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar has said the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra was splurging funds to take care of 40 Shiv Sena MLAs while 105 Bharatiya Janata Party legislators remain unhappy. Shinde became chief minister in June last year with the support of the BJP after...
Son of trusted Uddhav aide switches side
Bhushan Desai, son of former industries minister Subhash Desai, joined Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction on Monday. Subhash has been a trusted lieutenant of Uddhav Thackeray’s family for several years. Reacting to the development, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said Bhushan was not with Uddhav’s faction. “Subhash Desai...
Modi hits out at Rahul Gandhi over London remarks
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a veiled swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks in the UK and said that questioning India’s democracy amounts to insulting the tradition and legacy of the country and also its citizens. Speaking at a public meeting in Karnataka...
Gehlot accuses Opposition of misguiding war widows
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday defended the benefits reserved for the martyrs’ families under a state scheme saying that the BJP leaders are misguiding the people and maligning the image of Rajasthan. “The kind of package given by Rajasthan government to the war widows, be it of...
Nitish says action against Lalu, Tejashwi politically motivated
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday hinted that he agreed with the contention of ally RJD that the recent crackdown on its president Lalu Prasad and his family members by the CBI and ED was “politically motivated”. This was in contrast to the stand he took in 2017...
Left, Cong to raise Tripura post-poll violence in parliament
Taking a serious note of the clashes and violence in the aftermath of the elections in BJP-ruled Tripura, a Left-Congress delegation on Saturday said it will raise the issue in Parliament to bring the matter to the knowledge of all countrymen. Members of the delegation, who had come under...
VP Dhankhar slams Rahul for ‘mic off’ charge
In a veiled attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks regarding microphones of the Opposition being turned off in Parliament, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said there cannot be a bigger lie to set a narrative and pointed out that such a thing was done during...
Kavitha questioned for 9 hours in Delhi liquor policy case
BRS leader K Kavitha deposed before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for nine hours on Saturday for recording her statement in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy. The officials said the BRS leader has been summoned again on March 16 in...
Tejashwi skips appearance before CBI in land-for-jobs case
Bihar deputy chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav did not appear before CBI on Saturday due to his wife’s ill-health, official sources said. Tejashwi’s wife had to be hospitalised in Delhi after the raids a day ago. She is pregnant and fainted due to blood...
Left, Cong team to study Tripura post-poll violence attacked
A fact-finding team of MPs and MLAs from the Left parties and the Congress, which arrived here on Friday to look into post-poll violence in Tripura, was attacked in Sepahijala district, police said. No one of the eight-member team was injured in the attack in Nehalchandrangar, Assistant Inspector General...
