Politics
BJP, Cong spar over Satyapal Malik’s revelations
The Pulwama attack has once again become a center of political mayhem, after former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik blamed the 2019 incident on “security lapse.” In an interview with The Wire, Malik claimed that the Home Ministry, under Rajnath Singh at the time, denied a request by...
Minister claims BJP will win 350-plus seats in 2024
Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey has claimed that the BJP will win more than 350 Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 general elections, with Narendra Modi becoming prime minister for another term. Choubey, who was in Ranchi on Sunday to highlight various initiatives taken by the public distribution and environment...
Rahul repeats his Modi-Adani charge in Kolar speech
The former Congress president Rahul Gandhi started his Kolar speech focusing on the four big Congress promises in the elections and raised the 40 percent corruption charge against the Basavaraj Bommai-led government – these local issues are working for the Congress and received much applause from the crowd. But...
Kejriwal indicates possibility of arrest by CBI for BJP
In a video message released ahead of his appearing before the CBI, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the central probe agency will arrest him if the BJP has instructed it to do so. “They are very powerful, they can send anyone to jail. If BJP has ordered...
Priyanka accuses Yogi govt of playing with rule of law
Criminals should be given the harshest punishment but it should be according to the law of the land and playing with the rule of law for any political purpose is not right for democracy, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Sunday, a day after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and...
Rahul in Kolar where he made Modi surname remark
After postponing the trip thrice, Congress leader and disqualified MP Rahul Gandhi is all set to visit Kolar to attend the ‘Jai Bharat’ event at the very same place he made the ‘Modi surname’ remark that led to him losing his membership from Lok Sabha. According to the Congress...
BJP says Kejriwal will soon join Jain, Sisodia in jail
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was quick to launch an attack against Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor, soon after CBI summoned him for questioning on April 16 in connection with the liquor policy scam case. His questioning comes in the same case in which...
Sanjay Raut backs Yogi on encounters to end mafia raj
Backing Yogi Adityanath over the encounter of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad’s son Asad, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said if the Uttar Pradesh chief minister wants to end mafia raj then there should be no question of caste and religion. Criminals and terrorists have no caste or...
MP scheme for free pilgrimage for senior citizens
The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh will be taking some senior citizens in the state on free pilgrimages by air under its existing scheme and the exercise will start from May 21, months before the Assembly polls in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled state. This move is...
Karnataka ex-deputy CM joins Cong after denial of ticket
Former deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, who announced his decision to resign from the primary membership of the BJP after being denied a ticket to contest in the May 10 Assembly elections, joined the Congress on Friday. He would now be the grand old party’s candidate in Athani...
