Politics
Rajnath speaks to Mamata, Kharge, Akhilesh for consensus
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday spoke to opposition leaders Mamata Banerjee, Mallikarjun Kharge and Akhilesh Yadav to evolve a consensus for the presidential candidate for the elections on July 18. Sources said the senior BJP leader made calls to these leaders, on a day the opposition held a...
Cong to attend Mamata’s opposition meet on president poll
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is in Delhi for the crucial meeting of non-BJP parties she has called in a bid to forge a consensus for fielding a joint candidate against the NDA in the presidential election which is slated to take place on July 18. Mamata Banerjee recently...
Gopalkrishna Gandhi as president candidate choice
With the Opposition seeking to put up a united fight in the presidential poll, some leaders have reached out to former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi as a possible choice, sources said on Tuesday. Gandhi was the consensus opposition candidate for the post of vice president of India...
Aaditya asked to get off CM’s car by PM security
Aaditya Thackeray had a surprise waiting for him before Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Mumbai on Tuesday. The prime minister’s security asked the state environment minister to de-board chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s car as his name was not on the list of people scheduled to receive Modi. Hence, Aaditya...
Chidambaram says lucky to get away with hairline crack
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who along with party colleagues participated in a protest march as Rahul Gandhi appeared before the ED, said three big, burly policemen crashed into him and he was lucky to get away with a “suspected hairline crack”. Congress leaders and workers took to...
VHP mass Hanuman Chalisa prayer in Delhi temples
The VHP’s Delhi unit on Monday called on people in the city to assemble in temples and participate in mass recitations of Hanuman Chalisa on June 14 to register protest against the June 10 violence in parts of the country. In a statement, the Vishva Hindu Parishad alleged violent...
TRS chief undecided on attending Mamata’s meet
With Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee calling an all-party meeting, barring the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), ahead of the upcoming presidential elections on June 15, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrashekar Rao has been in a dilemma, say sources. The Telangana chief minister is focusing on the...
Nadda, Rajnath to talk to other parties on president poll
The BJP on Sunday authorised its president J P Nadda and Union minister Rajnath Singh to hold consultations with different political parties, including those in the opposition, on the president’s election, in what is being seen as an outreach by the ruling party to arrive at a consensus...
Bengal BJP chief held on way to violence-hit Howrah
West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar and his aides were arrested on Saturday while trying to visit violence-affected areas in Howrah district where Section 144 is currently imposed. Majumdar was arrested from Vidyasagar Setu toll plaza in Howrah and taken to Lalbazar HQ of Kolkata Police. The BJP leader...
Cong rides out Rajasthan storm but set for Haryana hurricane
A desert storm may have been averted in Rajasthan with all three wins by the Ashok Gehlot government in Friday’s Rajya Sabha elections but in Haryana, the storm may just be whipping up. The lone Congress candidate, Ajay Maken, lost in a nail-biting finish and this has given rise...
EC probing model code violation charge by Cong against Nadda
The Election Commission is investigating the allegation of the Congress that BJP president JP Nadda has violated the model code of conduct during his recent visit to Jharkhand where an assembly by-poll will be held later this month, an official said on Thursday. The Congress, which is part...
Siddu sparks row comparing BJP leaders with hound dogs
Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has stirred up a row after he compared BJP leaders to dogs. Speaking at an event in Mysore on Thursday, Siddaramaiah said that when he talks, “25 people from BJP start barking against me like Mudhol (hound) dogs”. “But when they...
Crowd attacks Tripura BJP leader, cops hurt, vehicles damaged
Tripura BJP vice-president Patal Kanya Jamatia was attacked by a group of people at Jampuijala in Sepahijala district on Thursday but escaped unhurt, police said. The police, however, did not identify the group. The attack on Patal Kanya Jamatia took place few hours after Tipra Motha chairman Pradyot Kishore...
Delhi police FIR against Nupur Sharma, Jindal, others
8The Delhi Police on Wednesday registered a case against some people who are allegedly spreading messages of hate, inciting various groups and creating situations which is detrimental for the maintenance of public tranquillity. Among those named in the FIR, registered by the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operation (IFSO) unit...
Pilot blames BJP for Cong’s resort politics
Amid visuals of Rajasthan MLAs lodged together in an Udaipur resort ahead of the crucial Rajya Sabha elections, former state Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot said there was no ‘forceful attempt or coercion’ and that the leaders ‘wanted to be together’. “There’s no fear, All MLAs wanted to stay...
AAP dissolves Gujarat unit ahead of assembly polls
The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday said its Gujarat organisational structure has been dissolved to restructure the party unit with an aim to defeat the ruling BJP in the state Assembly elections due later this year, AAP leaders said. “Except for the AAP Gujarat president’s post, all other party...
Parties scramble to keep flock together in runup to RS poll
As June 10 Rajya Sabha polls near, political temperatures are soaring in several states that could see close contests, with parties trying to keep their flock together and trading accusations of poaching of MLAs. After more than two decades, Maharashtra will witness a contest in the Rajya Sabha polls...
BJP writes to ED on RS poll horse trading chances
The BJP on Tuesday wrote to the Enforcement Directorate and the Rajasthan chief electoral officer, expressing apprehensions of horse-trading and the use of black money in the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls. The Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, Gulab Chand Kataria, Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia,...
