Politics
Murmu election ‘great pride’ for India, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday congratulated Droupadi Murmu for her election as the President of India and said it is a moment of great pride for the entire country. In a series of tweets in Hindi, Shah said Murmu has reached this highest position of the country...
Uddhav not a ‘winnable face’ for 2024 says Sena rebel
Rebel Shiv Sena leader Rahul Shewale on Thursday said Uddhav Thackeray was not a “winnable” face for the 2024 Lok Sabha election and it was imperative for them to tie up with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The issue of leadership for the next Lok Sabha polls came up...
Pawar dissolves all party departments, cells
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar has dissolved all departments and cells of the party with immediate effect, a senior NCP leader said on Wednesday. NCP national general secretary Praful Patel tweeted, “with approval of national president, Nationalist Congress party, Sharad Pawar, all departments and cells stand dissolved with...
‘Political vendetta’ against Opposition to figure in house
Congress MPs will on Thursday raise the issue of “political vendetta on opposition parties leaders” in both the Houses of Parliament, along with GST on essential commodities and other issues. Following continued protests and sloganeering by Opposition parties over price rise and the increase in GST rates, both houses...
BJP plans ‘Tricolour in every home’ around I-Day
From ensuring national flag hoisting at every residence including those of government employees, advocates, as well as police posts, to having prabhat pheris (morning processions) singing “Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram” and “Vande Mataram” in every civic ward of the country for three days ahead of Independence Day— the Bharatiya...
DMK, MDMK demand greater autonomy for Lankan Tamils
India should impress upon Sri Lanka to provide greater autonomy to Tamil majority northern and eastern provinces of the island nation while extending humanitarian assistance to the neighbouring country, DMK said on Tuesday at the all-party meeting here. Representing DMK at the meeting, its senior leader T R Baalu...
12 Shiv Sena MPs in touch with Shinde, likely to cross over
In another jolt to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction, 12 party MPs are in touch with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and are likely to switch sides to his camp. Sources said all the 12 MPs are expected to fly to Delhi tonight and will hold a press conference...
SC to hear Nupur Sharma’s plea against arrest
The Supreme Court will hear today suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma’s plea urging protection from arrest as well as the revival of her withdrawn petition seeking clubbing of FIRs lodged in several states over her controversial remarks on the Prophet. Suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Monday moved the...
Shinde forms new Shiv Sena national executive with ousted leaders
The Uddhav-Thackeray led Shiv Sena faction seems to be in for another major setback as 12 of Sena’s 18 party MPs are in touch with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and are likely to switch sides to his camp with a press conference in Delhi about their probable move expected today,...
Gujarat Youth Cong tweets BJP poster hailing PM
The Gujarat Youth Congress on Monday faced an embarrassing situation after a tweet carrying a BJP poster praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the speed at which projects were being completed was issued from the former’s official handle. Functionaries of the opposition party’s youth wing deleted the tweet some...
Buzz over Uddhav, Shinde patch-up bid
Marathi actor Deepali Sayed, who identifies herself as a Shiv Sena leader, has claimed Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Sena president Uddhav Thackeray have agreed to meet to resolve differences. After her tweet stating that some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are mediating an upcoming “meeting” between Thackeray...
UP parties fear cross-voting in presidential polls
As the election to choose India’s 15th President began on Monday at Tilak Bhawan of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly at 10 am, with BJP’s candidate Draupadi Murmu having support of most of the Opposition, it seems some political parties fear cross-voting by their MLAs. BJP’s Draupadi Murmu, who is...
Mann calls Bhagat Singh a terrorist, creates storm
Little less than a month after handing down a shock defeat to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypolls, hardliner Simranjit Singh Mann is back with his vitriolic statements that have set the political landscape of the state on fire. Post his Sangrur win, he...
AAP debuts in Madhya Pradesh with Singrauli mayoral victory
Of the 11 civic bodies in Madhya Pradesh where mayoral elections were held recently, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) so far emerged victorious in Burhanpur, Satna, Khandwa and Sagar on Sunday, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) opened its account by winning in Singrauli. As per the latest trends,...
Margaret Alva is opposition VP candidate
Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Margaret Alva is the Opposition’s joint candidate for the vice presidential election, NCP leader Sharad Pawar announced on Sunday. The announcement came a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda said West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will be NDA’s...
CJI Ramana’s bench to hear pleas on Maha crisis on July 20
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde will once again go up against Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray as the Supreme Court — under a bench headed by Chief Justice Of India NV Ramana — hears pleas seeking disqualification of rebel Sena MLAs. The SC bench will also have Justices Krishna...
Sinha says Nitish did not even respond to messages
Opposition’s Presidential poll candidate Yashwant Sinha on Friday said that he had repeatedly tried to contact Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during his campaign but the latter refused to talk to him. Sinha was in Patna during his presidential election campaign and all the opposition parties including the RJD,...
Plea for 75 small states to mark 75 years of independence
Maharashtra Congress leader and former Katol MLA Ashish Deshmukh on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealing him to form 75 smaller states as a gift to the nation on its 75th anniversary of independence. Deshmukh, who has been pitching for a separate Vidarbha state for...
