Politics
Rahul says Lok Sabha polls slipping out of Modi’s hands
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Thursday that the Lok Sabha election is gradually slipping out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hands and he will now try to enact some drama to divert the attention of the country’s youngsters. In a video message, the former Congress chief urged young...
Adhir Ranjan faces flak for defending Pitroda’s remarks
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has come under fire for defending Sam Pitroda’s ‘racist’ analogy comparing people in south India to Africans and those in the east to Chinese. Asked about his opinion on Pitroda’s remark, Chowdhury said not everyone in India “looks alike” and the country has “Proto-Australian,...
Cong leader sparks row with promise of a lakh rupees per wife
Congress leader Kantilal Bhuria, while discussing the party’s Mahalaxmi scheme on Thursday, said that men with two wives would receive financial aid of Rs 2 lakh if the party is elected to power. Bhuria, Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam constituency, made the statement during an election...
Haryana govt surviving on technical grounds, claims Hooda
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Singh Hooda has told News18 that the BJP government in Haryana is surviving in minority on “technical grounds” and the Governor must take the correct constitutional step by either dismissing it immediately or chief minister Nayab Singh Saini should resign on moral...
New twist in Karnataka sex scandal saga
In a development to the sex video scandal involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna in Karnataka, the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday said that one of the woman complainants in the case has accused three men dressed as police officials, of threatening her to lodge a “false complaint”....
Minister moves EC over Rahul’s ‘change in constitution’ claim
Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale has said he has filed a complaint with the Election Commission, objecting to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s frequent claim that the BJP would change the country’s Constitution. Gandhi should be prohibited from making this claim, Athawale, a prominent Dalit leader...
Lovely says he will quit politics instead of leaving BJP
Arvinder Singh Lovely, who recently resigned from the Delhi Congress president’s post, on Wednesday said he will rather quit politics instead of leaving the BJP that he has now joined. Lovely along with other senior Delhi Congress leaders, including former minister Raj Kumar Chauhan, Naseeb Singh and Amit Malik,...
Pitroda quits as Overseas Congress chief after racist remark row
Amid the ongoing row over his racist remark, Sam Pitroda on Wednesday decided to step down as the Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress of his own accord. His decision has been accepted by the grand old party’s national president Mallikarjun Kharge. श्री सैम पित्रोदा ने अपनी मर्ज़ी से...
Siddaramaiah govt rules out CBI probe in sex tape case
The controversy surrounding the alleged sex scandal case involving Janata Dal (Secular) leaders Prajwal Revanna and his father HD Revanna escalated after the Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government on Wednesday ruled out a CBI investigation into the case. This came after JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy expressed doubts over how the...
Sex case: Bose asks staff not to cooperate with police
In the backdrop of a woman employee levelling molestation charge against West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose, the Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday said it would show the related CCTV footage to 100 people, except “politician” Mamata Banerjee and “her police”. Following the allegation, the police requested the...
Modi lambasts Cong after Sam Pitroda’s ‘racist’ remark
Hours after Indian Overseas Congress head Sam Pitroda’s racist remark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lambasted the grand old party for ‘insulting Indians based on their colour’. “I will not tolerate insult of my fellow Indians,” the prime minister said. He added that he now understands why the...
SP leader’s Ram Mandir remark triggers huge storm
Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Tuesday entered into a huge controversy after he commented on the newly-constructed Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya stating that “the temple is bekaar (useless)”. Intensifying his attack on the BJP-led central government, the Samajwadi Party leader said the temples in our...
EC asks X to remove content from BJP Karnataka unit’s handle
A day after the Election Commission of India directed political parties for the responsible and ethical use of social media, it asked social media platform X to remove an allegedly objectionable post from the Karnataka BJP account after the party failed to do so. The saffron party as well...
Owaisi raises ‘Babri zindabad’ slogans, sparks controversy
AIMIM Chief Owaisi Raises ‘Babri Zindabad’ Slogans, Sparks Controversy | Lok Sabha Elections 2024 AIMIM Chief Owaisi raises ‘Babri Zindabad’ slogans, sparks controversy. On Monday, 6th May, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi once again whined about the demolished disputed structure of Babri in Ayodhya during a...
Third FIR against Prajwal; Revanna’s custody ends today
Amid the ongoing probe in the sex tape controversy in Karnataka, JD(S) leader and MLA HD Revanna on Tuesday was rushed to a hospital after he complained of uneasiness. Revanna, the son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, is currently in the custody of the Special Investigative Team...
Modi warns Muslims against being used as pawns
Amid the ongoing political slugfest between the BJP and Congress in the wake of the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called on the Muslim community to reflect on their role in national progress, cautioning them against attempts by the opposition to exploit religious divides for political...
Rahul promises to remove 50% quota limit; to fix ‘as required’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections on Monday, said that his party would remove the Supreme Court-mandated limit of 50 per cent reservation. “We will give the amount of reservation required by the Dalits, Adivasis, backwards and poor,” he said. Rahul, whose candidature from...
Cong Amethi candidate says he is no Gandhi-Nehru family servant
Congress’ Amethi candidate KL Sharma on Sunday responded to the Bharatiya Janata party’s ‘peon’ dig and said was a ‘pure politician’ and not a servant of the Gandhi-Nehru family. The Gandhi family loyalist further stressed that Union Minister Smriti Irani will be defeated in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections....
