Politics
Uddhav camp files new plea in SC against Governor decision
The Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray has petitioned the Supreme Court against Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s decision to invite Eknath Shinde to form the state government, sources said. It has also challenged the assembly proceedings on Monday, during which the new Maharashtra Chief Minister aced through the floor...
Row over Assam indigenous status to 5 Muslim subgroups
The Assam cabinet this week decided to grant indigenous status to five Muslim groups. The Goria, Moria, Jolha, Deshi, and Syed will now be known as “indigenous Assamese Muslims”, said state minister Keshab Mahanta while briefing the media in Guwahati. This will essentially separate these subgroups from the Bengali-speaking...
ED conducts raids against Jharkhand CM Soren’s aide
The ED on Friday conducted raids at about 18 locations in Jharkhand as part of a money laundering investigation against Pankaj Mishra, the political representative of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, and some others, officials said. The searches are being conducted in Sahibganj district and its towns like Berhait and...
Uddhav-Shinde battle now shifts to Lok Sabha
The Uddhav Sena versus Shinde Sena fight has now reached the Lok Sabha with the faction led by the former Maharashtra chief minister, reduced to a minority in the Maharashtra assembly, appointing a new chief whip for the lower house, replacing MP Bhavana Gawali. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena...
TMC targets Modi over cooking gas price hike
The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a hike in domestic cooking gas and said the common man continues to suffer but he does not care. Cooking gas LPG price on Wednesday was hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder, the third increase in rates since...
Shinde denies meeting Pawar. rubbishes photo
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said that rumours are spread that he had met NCP president Sharad Pawar a day before. “My photo with NCP chief Sharad Pawar is being made viral. There was no such meeting. Please don’t believe in rumours,” Shinde tweeted. Shinde’s rebellion with...
DMK’s Raja warns against forcing Tamilnadu to secede
DMK, the ruling party of Tamil Nadu, has raised a secessionist demand if the state is not given autonomy. Party MP A Raja, in the presence of DMK president and Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, in fact, warned the Centre to give Tamil Nadu more rights or else...
Cong protest against Noida cops ‘protecting’ TV anchor
Congress workers staged a protest outside a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida Tuesday night in connection with a case related to the airing of a doctored video of party leader Rahul Gandhi. The Congress workers alleged that the Noida police obstructed the process of arresting TV anchor...
Ajmer Dargah cleric held for call to ‘behead’ Nupur Sharma
A cleric of the Ajmer dargah, who on camera allegedly offered his house to anyone who beheads now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remark against Prophet Mohammad, has been arrested, police said on Wednesday. The Ajmer police had registered an FIR against ‘khadim’ Salman Chisti on...
‘Auto outpaced Mercedes’, says Shinde in dig at Uddhav
Apparently referring to his humble past when he used to drive an autorickshaw to earn living, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday took a dig at Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, saying an autorickshaw has outpaced Mercedes car. “Autorickshaw outpaced Mercedes (car)… because this is a government of...
Aaditya Thackeray spared from disqualification out of ‘respect’
The Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena hasn’t given Aaditya Thackeray’s name for disqualification even though he defied the party whip to support the government during the floor test on Monday. Reason: “Out of Respect for Bal Thackeray”. Chief whip of the Shinde-led faction Bharat Gogawale told ANI, “We...
Mumbai court warrant against Raut in defamation case
A court here on Monday issued a bailable warrant against Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut after he failed to appear before it in connection with a defamation complaint filed by former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya’s wife Medha Somaiya. The Sewri metropolitan magistrate’s court had last month issued a process...
BJP resolution hails ‘historic’ SC clean chit to Modi
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday in its political resolution at its national executive meeting highlighted the “historic” Supreme Court judgement clearing Narendra Modi in the Gujarat riots of 2002 and demanded an apology from the Congress while also slamming the party for “negative politics”, and cited development as...
BJP picks up NCP leader’s son-in-law for Speaker
BJP has picked up Rahul Narvekar as the candidate for Maharashtra assembly speaker. Election for the post, if needed, will be held on July 3, when a special two-day session of the Assembly, called to allow the new Eknath Shinde-led government to prove its majority, begins. The opposition Maha Vikas...
Modi called Fadnavis to ask him to accept deputy CM post
Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis knew Eknath Shinde will be the next chief minister of Maharashtra, and it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who called Fadnavis and told him that he should take charge as the rebel leader’s deputy, sources in the party told News18. In a big twist...
Uttarakhand CM says uniform civil code soon
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said all states should enact a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) like Uttarakhand is going to. Addressing an event in Udham Singh Nagar district, Dhami said that a committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of retired justice Ranjan Prakash Desai...
CM Shinde says Fadnavis has a ‘big heart’
Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, who was sworn in as chief minister on Thursday, praised Devendra Fadnavis for his ‘big heart’ in providing him the opportunity to become CM. “Fadnavis has shown a big heart by giving me the opportunity to become chief minister,” Shinde said. He thanked...
Governor asks Mamata to withdraw ‘Jihad against BJP’ call
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to withdraw her alleged comment declaring that the Trinamool Congress will observe July 21 as “a day of jihad against the BJP”. In a letter to Banerjee, Dhankhar claimed that such an “authoritarian and undemocratic” statement...
