Politics
Gujarat Cong demands deletion of 18-20 lakh ‘fake’ voters
Senior Congress leaders from Gujarat have alleged that there are at least 18 to 20 lakh duplicate voters found in the electoral list of the state. These duplicate voters misuse the elections, they said. Congress Legislative Party whip C.J. Chavda addressing the mediapersons in Gandhinagar on Saturday cited few...
Tejashwi issues code of conduct for RJD ministers
In an apparent attempt at image makeover for his party, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday came up with a list of do’s and dont’s for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ministers. The directives came as the RJD is facing the heat over criminal cases pending against many ministers. The RJD leader...
KCR charges Modi govt with ‘anti-people’ policies
TRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday accused the NDA government at the Centre of not deciding on the State’s share of Krishna river water and also of taking up several anti-people measures, even as he talked of working with the Left parties in future....
Modi vs Kejriwal in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says AAP
It will be Narendra Modi versus Arvind Kejriwal in the 2024 general elections, the AAP claimed Friday seeking to project itself as the principal challenger to the BJP riding on the CBI raid at Manish Sisodia’s residence. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also claimed that Prime Minister Modi is...
Cong claims Rs 2,500 crore bid for Karnataka CM post
Amid an eventful two days for the Congress in Karnataka after Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah’s car was attacked with eggs in Kodagu on Thursday, the grand old party went a step ahead and alleged that the chief minister’s post in the state was “for sale”. Leader of opposition in...
BJP, AAP spar over ‘paid news’ charge after NYT report
The New York Times story on Delhi’s education system was based on “an impartial and on-the-ground reporting”, the American newspaper said on Friday, rejecting a ‘paid news’ charge that was being hurled between the BJP and AAP amid a CBI raid on Manish Sisodia’s residence. The report had triggered...
BJP guns for Nitish over increase in Patna crimes
“Nyay ke saath vikas, kanoon ka raj (justice and development, rule of law and order),” proclaims a giant hoarding with a full-length image of Nitish Kumar outside the Janata Dal (United) office in Patna. Nearby, at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s office, the leading opposition party is highlighting a spree...
Extortion staple diet of Bengal politics, says Union minister
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said that he is sympathetic to the demands of aspiring teachers on stir and asserted that he is yet to get a reply from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the issue. Pradhan, a senior BJP leader, also said that it...
BSY hits jackpot in elevation to central leadership
A day after India’s 76th Independence Day, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa, who was unseated a year ago because he was above 75 years old, hit the jackpot. The BJP high command in New Delhi rewarded him with two posts — member of the party’s supreme decision-making body,...
Chote Sarkar is big headache for Nitish-Tejashwi’s bada sarkar
Jailed don Anant Singh and his right-hand man, Bihar’s new Law Minister Kartikeya Kumar, have become a headache for the newly sworn-in Nitish Kumar-Tejashwi Yadav government in the state. Anant Singh, the RJD’s leader from Mokama popularly called ‘Chote Sarkar’, was sentenced to 10 years in jail just two...
R’sthan Cong Rs 20 lakh aid for slain Dalit boy’s family
Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Tuesday announced a financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh to the family of a nine-year-old Dalit boy who died after being beaten up by his teacher in Jalore district. Dotasra said that the amount will be given to the victim’s family by...
Gehlot vs Pilot fight resumes ahead of polls next year
The death of a Dalit student in Rajasthan’s Jalore has led to infighting within the Congress as a section of party leaders has raised the pitch against Gehlot government in the state. Twelve Congress councillors in the Baran Municipal Council sent their resignation letters to Ashok Gehlot, expressing anguish...
Rahul refuses to comment on Modi’s I-Day speech charges
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech emphasised on the fight against nepotism and corruption, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday refused to comment regarding the remarks. “I won’t make a comment on these things. Happy Independence to everyone,” he was quoted as saying by...
Mamata call to cadres on ‘possible CBI action’ creates uproar
An unpremeditated comment by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee indirectly appealing to Trinamool Congress activists to hit the streets in case the central agency sleuths reach her doorsteps have sparked major debates in the political and legal circles in the state. Late Sunday evening at a public rally...
Khattar says need to rewrite nation’s history
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Sunday said there is a need to re-write “our nation’s history and free it from the prejudices and distortions” of western historians. “Our past was glorious and it needs to be taught in its true spirit to our younger generation,” he said. Many...
Vande mataram instead of ‘hello’ for Maha govt staff
All government employees in Maharashtra will now say Vande Mataram, instead of hello, while addressing phone calls, the newly appointed minister for culture Sudhir Mungantiwar told CNN-News18 exclusively, adding the order will be passed on August 18. “This is the 75th year of independence. When we were fighting the...
Opposition parties resolve to fight ‘misuse’ of EVMs
Eleven Opposition parties, including the Congress, on Saturday resolved to fight against what they called the misuse of electronic voting machines, money power and the media by the BJP-led government at the Centre, claiming it poses the “gravest challenge” to democracy in India. The 11 parties are the Congress,...
Grand Alliance to have coordination committee
A coordination committee, which the JD(U) kept pressing for while in the BJP-led NDA, may be set up to ensure smooth functioning of the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) that now rules Bihar upon the entry of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. There were indications to this effect on Friday evening when...
