Politics
Sonia letter to ED seeks more time for appearance
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has sought more time from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to appear before it as she is still suffering from Covid, party sources said on Tuesday. They said Gandhi, who tested positive on Thursday, is yet to recover and her latest report is not Covid-negative. The...
Ex-Punjab minister arrested in corruption case
A month after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann warned action against senior Congress leader Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, the latter was arrested in connection with a corruption case on Tuesday. Dharamsot was former minister for forest and social welfare department in ex-CM Captain Amarinder Singh’s Cabinet. The development comes as...
‘Chaddi’ war between BJP, Cong escalates in Karnataka
Karnataka is caught up in a fresh political row over another piece of clothing: the chaddi or the underwear. The ruling BJP and opposition Congress exchanged a barrage of barbs after NSUI workers burnt khaki shorts, the kind associated with the saffron party’s ideologue Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), in...
Kejriwal claims Gujarat looking for change
People of Gujarat want a political change and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is the only “medicine” to “cure” the BJP, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal said here on Monday as he raised the pitch for the AAP trying to pose a challenge to the ruling party in the...
ED raids sites linked to arrested Delhi minister
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted raids at the residence of Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain, who is under the central agency’s custody till June 9 in a money laundering case. News18 has learnt from sources in the ED that the raids going on in seven locations, including that of Jain’s residence, are being...
Manjhi complains of ‘suffocation’ in NDA
Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday said being in the NDA as a junior partner of the BJP and the JD(U) was causing “ghutan” (suffocation) and he regretted having stepped down in 2015, less than a year after being sworn in to the highest seat of...
BJP suspends Nupur Sharma over remarks on Prophet
In a move being seen as an attempt to rein in spokespersons who violate Bharatiya Janata Party’s official line on sensitive matters, the BJP on Sunday suspended leader Nupur Sharma from the party pending further investigation and expelled Naveen Kumar Jindal. Sources stated the strict action against the two...
Gehlot in Udaipur with six MLAs amid poaching fears
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot along with six Congress MLAs who had expressed resentment over some issues reached Udaipur, where the party legislators are putting up at a hotel ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls amid fears of horse-trading. The ruling Congress in the state also submitted a complaint...
Odisha CM revamps team with 12 new ministers
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday reconstituted his ministry, inducting 13 MLAs into the cabinet and appointing eight others as ministers of state (independent charge) The new council of ministers has 12 fresh faces and five women. Three of the five women — Pramila Mallick, Usha Devi, and...
Assam CM refutes PPE scandal involving wife
After the Assam government refuted allegations by a section of the media that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s family was involved in ‘malpractices in the supply of PPE kits’, the CM said ‘it was not corruption, but humanity’. “As India battled the Covid pandemic in 2020, then Assam health...
Shiv Sena to lodge MLAs in hotel ahead of RS poll
With seven candidates running for six Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra,’resort politics’ has entered the picture in the MVA-ruled state, as well. According to the numbers in the Assembly, the BJP will win two seats and three MVA candidates will be elected. A high-voltage contest is expected for the...
BJP leaders cautious over Mohan Bhagwat’s stand on mosques
The BJP is treading cautiously on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s “no need to look for Shivling in every mosque” remark over the Gyanvapi dispute in Varanasi. Most BJP leaders News18.com spoke to pointed out that three temples — Ayodhya’s Ram Temple, Kashi’s Shiva Temple and Mathura’s Krishna Temple —...
UP communal clashes over BJP leader’s remarks on Prophet
Communal clashes broke out in Kanpur on Friday after a row erupted over the closure of shops during a bandh called in protest against BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad. Several were injured after stones were pelted and vehicles damaged. ADG, Law and Order,...
RJD to highlight Nitish govt failures in ‘report card’
The RJD on Friday said it decided to publish the “report card” of Nitish Kumar government’s one and half year current tenure on June 5. Leader of Opposition in Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav claimed that the Nitish Kumar government has failed on every count, and hence, the RJD has...
Ghulam Nabi Azad meets Sonia, declines No. 2 Cong post
After veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was refused the Rajya Sabha nomination, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi tried to placate him by offering him the number two position in the party. Sources said the move has failed to pacify Azad, who refused to take the offer. According to sources...
Cong moves out Haryana, Rajasthan MLAs ahead of polls
Amid fears of cross-voting in the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls on June 10, the Congress party in Haryana on Thursday shifted its MLAs to the party-ruled Chhattisgarh to protect them from `poaching’ attempts. The MLAs arrived at the Swami Vivekanand Airport in Raipur in the evening by a special...
Kejriwal predicts Sisodia will be next target of fake case
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said he has received information from “reliable sources” that his deputy Manish Sisodia will be arrested next in a “fake case” just like his minister Satyendar Jain has been arrested on the instructions of the central government. Kejriwal, in a press briefing...
Mamata likens BJP to vulture waiting for someone to die
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday likened BJP to “vultures” and called it an “useless political outfit” which should be defeated for the sake of the country. She called the BJP-led NDA government “adulterated”, she said its faulty decisions such as demonetisation have broken the country’s economic...
