Politics
BJP MP wants Rahul’s Lok Sabha membership terminated
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday sought termination of Rahul Gandhi’s membership from Lok Sabha while deposing before a parliamentary panel over his privilege notice against the Congress leader. Following Gandhi’s speech in the first part of the Budget Session, in which he commented on the Hindenburg-Adani issue, Dubey...
Stalin says migrant attack lies due to Opposition unity call
As various social media content of alleged attacks on migrant workers from Tamil Nadu have turned out to be fake, Chief Minister M K Stalin has alleged the “lies spread” regarding such assaults in the State was a fallout of his recent call for opposition unity to dislodge the...
ED seeks 10-day custody of Manish Sisodia
Last Updated: March 10, 2023, 10:51 IST The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought ten-day custody of former Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia in connection with its money laundering probe in the Delhi liquor scam case. A Delhi court has directed that Sisodia be produced at 2...
BJP says accusers against central agencies themselves corrupt
The BJP on Thursday hit out at nine opposition leaders who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the alleged misuse of investigation agencies CBI and ED, saying that they are involved in corruption and making false charges against these agencies to save themselves. Recently, the opposition leaders, including...
Acid test for Sisodia, Jain successors in AAP govt
Two well-known, articulate MLAs in their early forties of the Aam Aadmi Party, Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj, have been sworn into the Arvind Kejriwal cabinet as ministers, two days after the President of India accepted the resignations of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and former minister Satyendar Jain....
Opposition unity least priority in TMC parliament agenda
Ahead of the second leg of the Parliament’s budget session that will begin on March 13, the Trinamool Congress led by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has chalked out their strategy to corner the BJP government. The Chief Minister and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee held an informal meeting with...
BJP jailing people who opened schools, says Sisodia
In a veiled attack at the BJP, former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, who is behind bars in connection with the excise policy scam case, on Wednesday said they are sending those people to jail who has opened schools in the country. “Till today I had heard that when schools open...
Dhankhar appoints personal staff on Rajya Sabha panels
Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday appointed eight members of his personal staff on 20 committees under the ambit of the Upper House Secretariat. According to the order issued by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, eight members of Dhankhar’s personal staff, including four posted in the Vice-President Secretariat, have...
Cong claims survey projects majority in Karnataka polls
Surveys indicate that Congress is projected to win over 140 out of a total of 224 seats in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, party state unit president DK Shivakumar claimed on Tuesday, as he also suggested that several sitting legislators of the ruling BJP will be joining the party...
BJP launches nationwide Dalit outreach campaign
The Bharatiya Janata Party has already started various campaigns in the country in its preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The party is targeting voters from every section of society. As part of this, the BJP will now start a ‘Ghar Ghar Chalo’ outreach programme for the scheduled...
BJP says Rahul in grip of ‘Maoist’ thought process
The BJP on Tuesday lashed out at Rahul Gandhi for his criticism of the state of democracy in India and the RSS from Britain, claiming it is its clear conviction that he is completely in the grip of “Maoist thought process through his minions” and also “anarchist elements”. Addressing...
After Rabri Devi, CBI questioning Lalu Yadav today
A day after CBI sleuths reached Rabri Devi’s home for questioning in connection to the land for job scam, the officers of the central agency are likely to question Lalu Yadav over the case. The CBI on Monday issued a notice to her husband and former railway minister Lalu Prasad...
Cong’s dig at BJP support to Sangma-led govt
The Congress on Monday took a swipe at the BJP for supporting a government led by NPP chief Conrad Sangma in Meghalaya, saying that a few days back his dispensation was considered the ”most corrupt” by the top BJP leadership and now ”in a fit of amnesia”, the party...
ED team at Tihar Jail to question Sisodia
The Enforcement Directorate will question former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in Tihar jail today. The AAP leader was arrested by CBI and was sent to judicial custody till March 20 in connection to Delhi Liquor scam. The Enforcement Directorate will record Sisodia’s statement against allegations of money-laundering...
BJP burns effigies of AAP leaders across Delhi
Protesting against the alleged excise scam, the Delhi BJP burnt effigies of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain in all 70 Assembly constituencies. Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri along with Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva burnt the effigies outside the ancient Hanuman...
AAP claims Sisodia pressured to admit false charges
Arrested former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia is being mentally harassed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in custody and pressurised to sign papers containing false charges in the excise policy case, senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh said on Sunday. In a press conference, Singh...
Nagaland heading for a Govt without Opposition
Despite having one of the highest number of political parties, the new Nagaland government is heading towards an opposition-less government with almost all parties extending unconditional support to the NDPP-BJP alliance which won the polls held last month. In the state assembly elections, the results of which were declared...
Rahul skirts ‘PM candidate’ debate in London
“That’s not even up for discussion…that’s a distraction and I don’t want to get into it.” This is how Rahul Gandhi skirted a question in London on whether he will be the Prime Ministerial candidate in 2024 against Narendra Modi. For the ‘larger opposition unity’, for which Gandhi made...
