Politics
Cong may get 11 RS seats to better its strength
The Congress is likely to get 11 Rajya Sabha seats in the upcoming election cycle with some of its top leaders, including P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh, eyeing another term. This will also help the Congress strengthen its party position in the Upper House of Parliament from the current...
KCR likely to skip PM’s Hyderabad meeting today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Hyderabad on Thursday to attend the 20th annual celebrations at the Indian School of Business (ISB). Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is reportedly set to skip meeting Modi and will be in Bengaluru on Thursday to meet JD(S) leader and former...
Karti Chidambaram appears before CBI in visa scam case
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram reached the CBI headquarters on Thursday to join the investigation into an alleged scam pertaining to the issuance of visas to 263 Chinese nationals in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the home minister, officials said. A special court had ordered him to...
Yogi intervenes in Akhilesh’s spat with deputy CM
The Uttar Pradesh assembly on Wednesday witnessed a heated exchange of words between Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya during the budget session. UP CM Yogi Adityanath had to intervene and he stated that unparliamentary words and threats should not be made part...
Meghalaya, Assam to begin new round of boundary talks
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday said that he and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma will soon commence the second phase of dialogue to resolve the remaining six areas of difference along the inter-state boundary. The two northeastern states have earlier agreed to demarcate the...
Row over Rahul’s meeting with ‘anti-India’ Corbyn
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s meeting with British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in London triggered a row back home with the BJP asking him whether he endorsed the UK opposition leader’s “anti-India” views. The Congress justified Gandhi’s meeting and shared pictures of Corbyn with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to...
SC asks Jharkhand HC to decide on probe against CM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Jharkhand High Court to first hear preliminary objections on maintainability of a PIL, which it is hearing, seeking investigation against Chief Minister Hemant Soren and into transactions of some shell companies operated by his family members and associates into the alleged...
G-23 leaders in Sonia’s key group to anchor party strategy
To chart the Congress’ future course, its chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday formed three groups — on political affairs for guidance on key issues, Task Force-2024 to implement the Udaipur ‘Nav Sankalp’ declaration and another to coordinate the October 2 ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. While Rahul Gandhi and two prominent...
Chidambaram’s son alleges witch hunt in new CBI case
Days after he was booked by the CBI in yet another corruption case, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Tuesday called it a witch-hunt and harassment and asserted he has full faith in the judiciary and trusts the institution to stand by the truth. Karti Chidambaram, the Congress MP from...
No senior Cong leader at Sidhu’s residence after jail verdict
No senior Punjab Congress leader was seen either at Navjot Singh Sidhu’s residence here or at a court where the former cricketer surrendered on a Supreme Court order. The Supreme Court has sentenced Sidhu to a year in jail in a 1988 road rage case leading to the death...
Bommai in Delhi amid speculation about cabinet changes
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai arrived in the national capital on Friday and his sudden visit, the second in less than 10 days, sparked speculation in political circles, especially within the ruling BJP. After landing in Delhi, the chief minister directly went to call on a Union minister, sources...
Raj Thackeray puts Ayodhya visit on hold
Days after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) warned that the entire state will rise if Raj Thackeray is harmed during his visit to Ayodhya, the MNS chief has postponed his programme. Thackeray’s proposed visit had set off massive opposition, with a BJP leader and the Shiv Sena up in...
KCR on national mission, to start tour from Delhi
Aiming to play a key role in national politics with an alternative agenda, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will undertake a nation-wide tour, starting from Friday. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief will meet eminent personalities from fields of politics, economy, and media during his tour, the Chief...
Azam Khan walks out of jail after 27 months
Amid much fanfare and equally glaring political questions, SP leader Azam Khan finally walked out of jail after a long 27 months. The Samajwadi Party MLA from Rampur (Sadar) assembly seat, Khan was released after the Supreme Court had granted him interim bail in the 89th case registered against...
Mann rules out special status for convicted Sidhu in jail
With the Supreme Court sentencing Navjot Singh Sidhu to one year of rigorous imprisonment in a 34-year-old road rage case, the former cricketer is likely to be lodged in the Patiala central jail even as Punjab’s Bhagwant Mann government has ruled out any “special arrangements” in the prison for...
Mamata threat to expose LF rule as Oppn pressure mounts
Opposition parties of West Bengal on Thursday demanded the resignation of Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his deputy Paresh Chandra Adhikari from their posts in the wake of the CBI investigation in the SSC scam, even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee threatened to expose illegal recruitments made during the...
Agra mayor wants Aurangzeb plaques removed
Agra mayor Naveen Jain on Wednesday said he, in the capacity of the national president of the mayor’s council, has appealed to all mayors to remove all plaques of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb from all places. The mayor said, “Aurangzeb was a cruel ruler who destroyed Hindu temples and also...
BJP to woo Jats, Vaishyas in Haryana for 2024
With the Bharatiya Janata Party pulling up its socks for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and adjacent assembly polls, its Haryana unit is bustling to woo the Jats in the state. The party is drawing up plans to woo the key community, News18 has learnt. A senior BJP leader...
