Politics
Cong declares opposition PM face not an issue
Calling for opposition unity ahead of the 2024 Parliamentary polls, Congress President Mallikarjuna Kharge on Wednesday said it was imperative to unitedly fight against “divisive forces” and indicated that the question of a PM candidate of such a bloc was “not the question”. In his address at a DMK...
Stalin ditches idea of third front in bid for anti-BJP unity
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK supremo MK Stalin on Wednesday made a strong pitch for regional leaders to ditch the idea of a third front and unite against the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. His remarks came as leaders like K Chandrasekhara Rao, Mamata Banerjee and...
Kejriwal picks Atishi, Saurabh to fill gap left by Sisodia, Jain exits
After Delhi chief minster Arvind Kejriwal accepted the resignation of his trusted lieutenants Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain from the cabinet, departments held by Sisodia were handed over to ministers Kailash Gahlot and Raaj Kumar Anand on Tuesday. Gahlot and Anand will take care of the departments till new...
Kailash Gahlot is considered as AAP’s new power centre
Suave and efficacious Kailash Gahlot, so far the third and now the most important cabinet minister in the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government, is set to take over the heavy-duty workload of deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia who resigned from his cabinet post on Tuesday after being arrested by the...
Uddhav, Shinde spar over council chief whip appointment
The high decibel political battle between the rival Shiv Sena groups continues, with both the camps seeking appointments for the Shiv Sena’s Chief Whip in the Maharashtra Legislative Council. While Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday wrote a letter to Legislative Council deputy chairperson seeking that MLC Viplove...
Cong says not scared of agencies unleashed by Govt
The Congress Tuesday said it was not scared of the agencies and the police “unleashed” by the government against it and will continue to raise questions concerning people’s issues. The party also asserted that its just-concluded plenary session has laid the agenda to take on the BJP along with...
TMC Twitter account restored after 13-hour suspension
The official Twitter account of TMC was restored after more than 13 hours on Tuesday evening, party officials said. The account was hacked late on Monday night and its name was changed to ‘Yuga Labs’, sources in the party said. “It was restored at around 4 PM after nearly...
Meghalaya CM Sangma hints at alliance with BJP to form govt
Meghalaya Chief Minister and National People’s Party (NPP) chief Conrad Sangma expressed confidence in winning the ensuing state Assembly elections and hinted at a possible alliance with old partner BJP. ““The mode of the voters is very positive to NPP and we are confident, it will be in our...
AAP weighing options if Sisodia is denied bail
After deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was taken into five days’ CBI remand on Monday in the Delhi liquor scam case, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is hoping that the cabinet minister, who has been the backbone of the government, gets bail once his custody ends. Sisodia is the...
Bengal Governor changes tack to follow predecessor’s line
With a war of words erupting between the West Bengal government and Governor CV Ananda Bose, speculations of a rift are running high as political experts have raised questions about whether the latter is following the footsteps of former governor Jagdeep Dhankar. Dispute between the Governor and West Bengal...
Uddhav says he has no faith in ‘bogus’ Election Commission
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Monday attacked the Election Commission for declaring the party faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the real Shiv Sena and allotting it the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol. Thackeray said he no longer had trust in the apex poll body,...
Maulana Azad missing in Cong ad, party apologises
After facing a backlash from several Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders for missing out on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s photograph from an ad, Congress on Sunday apologized calling it an “inexcusable slip up”. The full-page newspaper advertisement was for the 85th Congress Plenary Session in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur from February...
Re-election for MCD Standing Committee members stayed
In a major setback for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Delhi High Court on Saturday stayed the re-election for six members of the Standing Committee of MCD which was scheduled for February 27. The court observed that Mayor Shelly Oberoi did not have the authority to declare such an...
Cong leader defends ‘Modi grave’ remark as political idiom
Congress leader and former MP Udit Raj on Saturday defended the “Modi teri kabar khudegi (Modi your grave will be dug)” remark raised by his party colleagues at the Delhi airport tarmac recently and called it “political language”. He said it was a “rajnaitik kabar (political grave)” they were...
Union minister’s car attacked in Bengal’s Dinhata
Union Minister of State for Home Nisith Pramanik’s car was allegedly attacked by supporters of the ruling Trinamool Congress at Dinhata in West Bengal’s Coochbehar district on Saturday. The car’s windshield was cracked in the stone pelting allegedly by TMC supporters who also showed black flags to the minister. Pramanik said,...
Kejriwal govt asks officials not to take orders from L-G
The AAP government on Friday asked officials to stop taking directives from Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena and report any such orders from him to their respective ministers, a move that may trigger a fresh tussle between the ruling party and the LG office. According to an official...
Mann govt under fire for law and order lapses
The alleged inaction of the Punjab Police in two major law and order incidents in less than a month have fuelled the opposition’s charge against the Bhagwant Mann-led government, of “encouraging” radical elements in the state. The so-called supporters of the radical preacher, Amritpal Singh – who has openly...
Khera says Cong will continue to protect democratic principles
“Nobody can scare us, we are fearless” and will continue to protect democratic principles, Congress leader Pawan Khera said on Friday, a day after his arrest and interim bail in connection with an FIR over his alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Khera, who reached here to participate...
