Politics
Pilot questions ‘delay’ in action against defiant Gehlot loyalists
Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday flagged an “inordinate delay” by the leadership in taking action against those who “defied” then president Sonia Gandhi by not letting a legislature party meeting take place, and said the decision on the party’s affairs in Rajasthan must be taken soon if...
Om Birla decries ‘new tradition’ of allegations in parliament
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said a “new tradition” of levelling allegations and counter-allegations being observed in Parliament and state Assemblies these days is not proper for the country’s constitutional democracy, and stressed the need for constructive debate and discussion in Houses to make democracy “lively and...
Karnataka BJP chief sparks row over call against Tipu followers
Karnataka Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Nalin Kumar Kateel on Wednesday sparked a row as he spoke about the 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan and called for the “killing” of all his ardent followers. Reiterating the common right-wing stand that considers Tipu Sultan a tyrant who forcefully converted...
Kerala temple ordered to stop only saffron-colour decorations
Police have asked the authorities of the Bhadrakali temple at Thiruvananthapuram’s Vellayani to use multicoloured decorations for the temple’s festival instead of using only saffron. The temple’s festival committee, however, alleged that the police were implementing the agenda of the CPI(M)-led government. It has approached the Kerala High Court...
Shah claims big drop in JK terror after Art 370 abrogation
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said there is a big drop in terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 and a record number of tourists are visiting the Union Territory. Presenting the President’s Colour to the Haryana Police in recognition of its...
Assam religious ad brings trouble for BJP-Shinde govt
Religion is at the center of a political controversy in Maharashtra now as the Opposition has hit out at the BJP-Eknath Shinde combine for an advertisement by the Assam government which claims that India’s sixth Jyotirlinga lies in the state. The advertisement has triggered opposition parties, with several political...
BJP says Karnataka will become ATM if Cong wins
BJP Karnataka president Nalin Kumar Kateel during his speech at the ‘Vijay Sankalpa Yatra’ in Koppal district has not only spoken about Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan but also attacked former chief minister Siddaramaiah by calling him a “broker” who was previously striking deals with the JDS and now with...
Stalin slams governor over bill banning online gambling
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has hit out at Governor RN Ravi over the delay in according assent to the Bill to ban online gambling and regulate online gaming in the state. The state assembly had approved an Ordinance for ban after an expert committee recommended the action...
Digvijaya cites `intelligence failure’ for Pulwama attack
n Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday sparked a fresh row by claiming that a “blatant intelligence failure” was responsible for the death of 40 CRPF personnel in the Pulwama terror attack of 2019. A tweet by Singh on the fourth anniversary of the suicide bombing of a...
Rahul repeats attacks against PM for Adani links
Launching a scathing attack on the Prime Minister over his alleged link with business tycoon Gautam Adani, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the PM “thinks that he is very powerful, but he doesn’t realise that the absolute last thing that I am scared of is Narendra Modi.”...
Gehlot hits back at Modi on his ‘model’ budget
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday called his state budget a “model” for others to follow and offered to send a copy to the Centre, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi poked fun over a goof-up during his Budget presentation. At a rally in Rajasthan’s Dausa on...
Fadnavis claims Pawar had backed govt formation with Ajit
Three years after he teamed up with Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar in an overnight coup to form the government in Maharashtra, deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the exercise had NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s backing. “We had an offer from the NCP that they needed a...
Another flare-up in governor-govt tension in Tamilnadu
The stand-off between Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi and the state government has intensified with the former’s fresh jibe at Chief Minister MK Stalin that Dalits in the state face atrocities every day. “We have been talking so much about social justice. But, every other day, there are some...
Mamata claims law and order in her state better than others
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday reiterated her call to defeat the BJP in 2024, and said the country should strive to bring in a “people’s government to end anarchy”. Speaking in the Assembly, Banerjee, in an apparent reference to BJP president J P Nadda’s recent remark...
Deadline for Rahul to reply to privilege notice on Modi
The Lok Sabha Secretariat has asked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to respond by February 15 to notices given by BJP members regarding his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the House. In a letter to Gandhi, dated February 10, the secretariat has asked him to furnish his reply...
Tripura’s border with Bangladesh sealed from today
In a bid to ensure free and fair assembly elections in Tripura, the international border with Bangladesh and inter-state boundaries will be sealed from Monday, a senior poll official. Elections to the 60-member assembly of the northeastern state will be held on February 16. “The international border with Bangladesh...
KCR claims Modi’s $5t economy target a joke
Dubbing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious goal of India achieving USD 5 trillion economy as a “joke” and “silly”, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday said the target should have been much bigger. Replying to the debate on the Appropriation Bill in the State Assembly, Rao, also...
Cong asks Modi if he is ‘Adani’s chowkidar’
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Saturday launched an attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Parliament on Thursday (February 9) and questioned if he is “Adani’s Chowkidaar”. He also said the PM spoke like he was standing at a “pan tapri”. Patole’s attack was in response to...
