Politics
Swatantra Dev Singh rsigns as Uttar Pradesh BJP chief
t Swatantra Dev Singh resigned as the Uttar Pradesh BJP chief days after his tenure ended earlier this month. Sources close to the former UP BJP chief confirmed that the BJP leader gave his resignation four days ago. Recently, Singh had completed his three-year tenure as BJP state president....
Ghosh says foundation laid for Mamata-mukt Bengal
The arrest and subsequent sacking of Partha Chatterjee — former minister in the Mamata Banerjee government — after his name surfaced in the SSC scam is too little and too late, BJP MP and former Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh told News18.com in an interview. Hitting out at the chief...
‘Hang me… don’t involve madam’: Adhir on ‘Rashtrapatni’
Rajya Sabha was adjourned for almost an hour on Thursday as the Opposition stuck to its demand for a discussion on price rise and the treasury benches sought an apology from Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury over his “rashtrapatni” remark on President Droupadi Murmu. Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu took...
Badal dissolves Shiromani Akali Dal party structure
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday dissolved the entire organisational structure of the party as per the recommendations of a poll review committee formed to analyse the drubbing the party received in the Punjab assembly elections as well as the recently held Lok Sabha bypolls. All...
Suspended MPs continue symbolic protest on second day
Braving mosquitoes and rain, suspended Rajya Sabha MPs, including CPI’s Santosh Kumar and AAP’s Sanjay Singh, spent the night near the Gandhi statue in Parliament complex as part their 50-hour protest. The entrance to the Parliament has now been chosen as the site of the Opposition protest as it...
No-trust motion against Baghel govt defeated
The no-confidence motion moved by the opposition BJP against the Congress government in Chhattisgarh where Assembly polls are due next year, was defeated by voice vote in the state Legislative Assembly on Thursday. The House witnessed a stormy debate over the no-confidence motion as the opposition members targeted the...
Amid Maha cabinet expansion delay, Governor dashes to Delhi
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari is on a one-day visit to Delhi on Thursday amid the current political situation in Maharashtra. Though there is no official word about his schedule in Delhi. He left Raj Bhavan in the morning to reach Delhi by a commercial flight. He will return...
Mithun Chakraborty claims 38 TMC MLAs in touch with BJP
Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty, who had joined the BJP ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections last year, on Wednesday claimed that 38 Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs are in touch with the saffron party and of these, 21 legislators are directly in touch with him. “Do you want to hear...
Assam Cong chief to send list of ‘Gaddaar MLAs’ to AICC
After massive controversy on the ‘Gaddaars’ in opposition parties, the main opposition party of Assam, the Assam State Congress Party (APCC), identified its Gaddaars. APCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah made a confidential list of the cross-voters, who had voted in favour of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee...
Bal Thackeray’s daughter-in-law meets ‘old-timer’ Shinde
Last Updated: July 26, 2022, 22:09 IST ‘ Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray’s daughter-in-law and film producer Smita Thackeray on Tuesday met with Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde who she said is an “old-timer” Sena activist. Smita became the first member of the Thackeray clan to meet Shinde,...
Meghalaya BJP leader held in UP for ‘running sex racket’
Meghalaya BJP vice-president Bernard N Marak, accused of operating a sex racket at his farmhouse in Tura in West Garo Hills district, was arrested in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. The police, earlier in the day, issued a look-out notice against Marak, a former militant leader, who was absconding following...
ED finds Arpita about to break down, Partha unyielding
After the first day of full-fledged questioning on Tuesday by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials probing the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities scam, the central agency officials are getting a different set of responses from former state education minister, Partha Chatterjee and his close aide,...
Mehbooba alleges people being coerced to buy Tricolour
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of forcing people to buy the national flag for the Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign while asserting that patriotism comes naturally and cannot be imposed. The campaign has been launched to encourage the citizens to hoist the national...
Smriti Irani notice to Cong over ‘malicious allegations’
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday sent a legal notice to the Congress and its senior leaders Pawan Khera, Jairam Ramesh, and Netta D’Souza over their “malicious allegations” against her daughter and asked them to tender a written unconditional apology. She also asked them to withdraw the allegations they...
Assam CM claims most cross-voters were from Cong
Who’s the traitor? After the declaration of the presidential poll results, Assam is counting the number of “gaddaars”. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that of the 22 opposition MLAs of the state who voted for National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee Droupadi Murmu defying their party lines,...
Alva says ‘disappointed’ with TMC abstaining from voting
Margaret Alva, the Opposition candidate for the Vice Presidential poll scheduled on August 6, on Friday termed the Trinamool Congress’ decision to abstain from voting as disappointing, adding that this is not the time for ‘whataboutery’. “TMC’s decision to abstain from voting in the VP election is disappointing. This...
ED defers Sonia’s summons to July 26 in money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate has deferred by a day to July 26 the summons issued to Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her questioning in the National Herald newspaper-linked money laundering case, officials said Friday. They said she is now required to appear before the federal agency on Tuesday, and not...
SC strikes down bail condition for SP leader Azam Khan
The Supreme Court Friday set aside a condition imposed by the Allahabad High Court while granting bail to Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan and said it is “disturbed” about the new trend where courts are referring to matters which are “unrelated” to the consideration of bail pleas. The apex...
