Politics
Goa BJP denies discontent among turncoat MLAs
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa on Tuesday rubbished reports that eight MLAs from the Congress who had joined the party were unhappy about not being accommodated in the state cabinet and on any position in the government. Speaking to reporters, the BJP’s Goa desk in-charge C T...
Shinde’s resignation sought for alleged corruption
The Opposition members staged demonstrations in the Maharashtra legislature complex here on Tuesday accusing the government of being corrupt and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The demand for the CM’s resignation comes against the backdrop of the Bombay High Court’s Nagpur bench ordering status quo on...
Row erupts over Centre’s letter to Rahul on covid threat
Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya has written to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot asking them to ensure strict adherence to Covid guidelines during Bharat Jodo Yatra or postpone it. Use of masks and sanitiser should be implemented and only vaccinated people should be allowed to participate...
Delhi Police meeting over Bharat Jodo entering capital
As Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra is set to enter the national capital on December 24th, the Delhi Police will likely hold an important meeting in its headquarters on its route, and other logistical issues on Thursday. The Rahul Gandhi-led yatra will enter the capital via the Badarpur border early...
Sonia blasts govt silence on issues of national interest
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday lashed out at the government for “stubbornly” refusing a discussion on the India-China border issue in Parliament, and said its silence on matters of serious concern has become its defining feature. Addressing party MPs at the general body meeting of the Congress Parliamentary...
Opposition guns for Shinde over land allotment
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday faced calls from the Opposition for resignation after the Bombay High Court’s status quo order on allotment of government land in Nagpur when he was the urban development minister in the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi dispensation, but he denied any wrongdoing and...
Bengal moves HC against protection from FIR for Suvendu
The West Bengal government on Thursday verbally moved the chief justice’s bench at the Calcutta High Court, seeking permission to file a petition challenging a single bench order that directed the state police not to register any FIR against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari without permission of the court. The...
Yediyurappa, Bommai deny ex-CM is being sidelined
BJP Karnataka strongman B S Yediyurappa on Thursday dismissed reports he is being neglected in the party and said he has his own strength and no one can finish him off politically. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, meanwhile, rubbished reports of differences with his predecessor Yediyurappa. ”There is no truth...
BJP dubs Bihar hooch tragedy deaths as mass murder
BJP Lok Sabha members Thursday termed the deaths in Bihar due to the hooch tragedy as ”mass murder” and urged the Centre to take immediate action against the government under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, holding it responsible for the incident. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, BJP’s Paschim Champaran...
Cong describes KCR as ‘South Indian Hitler’ after raids
Telangana Congress workers have taken to the streets after a sweep by cyber police at the party’s social media war room. Authorities raided the office of Congress’s chief poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu on the night of December 13 after they received five FIRs against the party for allegedly running...
AAP claims it caused more damage to Cong than BJP
“Only we can defeat the BJP” — For Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s new national general secretary, organisation, Dr Sandeep Pathak, the goal and the roadmap to achieve it are clear. Pathak, who was made a permanent invitee to AAP’s 11-member political affairs committee ahead of the party gearing up...
Kharge calls Opposition meet for floor strategy on China clash
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, has called a meeting of opposition leaders to discuss the floor strategy to corner the government in wake of recent face-off of the Indian Army with the Chinese PLA at Arunachal Pradesh. The BJP...
Sukhu govt to review projects cleared by BJP regime
With the newly elected Congress government in Himachal Pradesh deciding to set up a committee to review recent projects cleared by the previous Jai Ram Thakur regime, a war of words has begun, with the opposition hurling allegations of political vendetta even as chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu defended...
Maharashtra, Karnataka CMs to meet Amit Shah on border row
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his Karnataka counterpart Basavaraj Bommai will hold a joint meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah today in Delhi to discuss the border dispute between both states. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will also be present at the meeting. Earlier in the...
Stalin’s film actor son to be sworn in as minister today
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi will reportedly be sworn in as a minister on Wednesday. The youth wing secretary of the DMK and MLA’s swearing-in ceremony will be held at 9.30 am. “The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (M K Stalin) has recommended to the Governor...
MP Cong may expel ex-minister for anti-Modi outburst
The Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) has warned senior party leader Raja Pateriya of expulsion from the party over his alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Issuing a notice to Pateriya on Tuesday, Congress sought an explanation why he should not be expelled from the party’s membership. The...
Parliament uproar likely as govt readies statement
The Winter Session of Parliament is underway with the Opposition seeking to corner the BJP-led Central government over a host of issues including the India-China troops clash along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector, inflation, and unemployment. The Congress on Monday hit out at the Centre...
MP ex-minister held over ‘kill Modi, save Constitution’ call
Former Madhya Pradesh minister and senior Congress leader Raja Pateria has been arrested by Panna Police, in connection with his alleged ‘kill Modi to save constitution’ remarks. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered on Monday afternoon at the Pawai police station in MP’s Panna district against the Congress leader for the controversial remark against...
