Politics
OPS seeks sealing of party Hqs until leadership issue settled
The AIADMK headquarters in the city can continue to remain under lock and seal till time the issue is resolved by appropriate civil court, the senior advocate representing ousted party leader O Panneerselvam (OPS) told the Madras High Court on Friday. When the two criminal original petitions from party...
BJP says no word banned but would only be expunged
The BJP took on the opposition, especially the Congress, over the issue of unparliamentary words on Thursday and said it is trying to create an issue where none exists. Opposition parties have slammed the government, saying the new list of unparliamentary words is meant to gag the criticism of...
Group seeks temporary bar on entry to Mathura’s Shahi Idgah
The leader of a right-wing group has asked the Mathura district administration to bar everyone from entering the Shahi Idgah till August 17 and said otherwise its members will recite the Hanuman Chalisa there. Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha president Rajyashree Chaudhary has said the district administration should bar everyone...
Sinha alleges ‘Operation Kamal’ even in president poll
Opposition parties’ joint Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Thursday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in horse trading in the election for the country’s highest constitutional post and sought a probe into it. He claimed that the saffron party was carrying out ‘Operation Kamal’, under which...
Row over top Patna cop comparing Popular Front with RSS
Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Manavjit Singh Dhillon courted controversy on Thursday when he compared extremist outfit Popular Front of India’s martial art training at its camps with the routine followed at branches of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The SSP made the comments a day after the arrest of...
BJP special focus on Sonia, SP bastions for 2024
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which is known for its unique poll management, is now gearing up for 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The party is eyeing the 14 Lok Sabha seats that it had failed to win in 2019 general elections. The BJP will be having a special focus on...
Kashmir situation likely to dominate monsoon session
The upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament will most likely discuss the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and attacks on Kashmiri Pandits and migrants as most Members of Parliament have put up these questions before the home ministry. According to the list of questions, most MPs want to know about...
ED tells court Karti’s role in Chinese visa scam is clear
The Enforcement Directorate has opposed the anticipatory bail plea by Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram in the alleged Chinese visas scam, saying the investigation so far has revealed his involvement in the present offence, which endangers national security for financial gains. In its July 11 status report, the agency...
Sonia to chair Cong strategy meet, missed by Rahul
Top Congress leaders will meet on Thursday to discuss the party’s strategy for the upcoming monsoon session of parliament. Congress president Sonia Gandhi will chair the Congress parliamentary strategy committee group meeting on July 14 at 10.30 am, which will be attended by senior party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir...
Row over PM unveiling emblem on new Parliament building
The BJP Monday termed politically motivated the Opposition’s criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiling a cast of the national emblem atop the new Parliament building. Opposition parties such as the Congress, CPI(M) and AIMIM have criticised the inauguration by Modi, saying this was a “violation” of the Constitution...
Lobo says he stays with Cong after disqualification move
Subsequent to disqualification filed against him, Congress MLA Michael Lobo has said that he is with the party. He made remark during a meeting called by senior Congress leader Mukul Wasnik on Monday night. Wasnik reached Goa on Monday afternoon to oversee latest political developments in the coastal state,...
Mamata skips Smriti Irani’s Metro station inauguration
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Monday inaugurated the underground Sealdah Metro Railway station of East West Metro corridor in the city through virtual mode from Howrah Maidan station. The first Metro train from Sealdah, which is among the busiest railway stations in the country,...
Uma Bharti slams Chouhan’s liquor policy, seeks Nadda help
Veteran BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti on Saturday wrote a letter to the party president JP Nadda, seeking his intervention on the liquor policy in the BJP-ruled state. Expressing her concern over the liquor policy implemented by the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government, Bharti said...
Pawar moots MVA allies jointly fighting 2024 assembly poll
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said he feels the three Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies – Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress – should fight the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections together, but a decision on it will be taken only after the issue is discussed with the leaders of...
Maharashtra assembly serves notices to 53 Shiv Sena MLAs
Maharashtra legislature secretary has issued show cause notices to 53 out of the total 55 Shiv Sena MLAs in the state – 39 of the faction led by Eknath Shinde and 14 of the Uddhav Thackeray group. One of the 14 MLAs from the Thackeray side, Santosh Bangar, joined...
Notification for Goa Dy Speaker election withdrawn
Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Sunday cancelled the notification for election to the post of deputy speaker, which was scheduled for July 12. The move comes amid speculation that some Congress MLAs in the 40-member House may cross over to the ruling BJP. The order, issued by Legislature...
Aaditya Thackeray leads protest against Metro car shed
Former Maharashtra and Shiv Sena minister on Sunday slammed the state government’s decision to construct a Metro car shed in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony and said the 808 acres of land was reserved as forest and “human greed and lack of compassion cannot be allowed to destroy biodiversity” during a...
Shivpal, Rajbhar at Yogi dinner indicate deeper UP cracks
After weeks of speculations over the widening rift, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party Chief and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) showed first signs of dissent against ally Samajwadi Party as their party chiefs attended the dinner hosted by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday. SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar and...
