Politics
MNS workers blare ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ during 5am Azaan
Hours after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray set up the stage for a possible confrontation as he urged people to show the “strength of a Hindu now or never”, MNS workers played Hanuman Chalisa in loudspeakers during the first namaz at 5 am on Wednesday morning in Mumbai’s...
AAP agrees ‘in principle’ on removing loudspeakers
Hours after its Kalkaji MLA Atishi opposed the BJP’s demand for removal of loudspeakers from religious places in Delhi, the AAP on Tuesday came out with a clarification, saying it agrees “in principle” with the idea that loudspeakers be removed from “every religious institution and centres of faith alike”....
India is `not fine’ due to politics of isolation, says Mamata
Lamenting that the policy of divide and rule and politics of isolation have created a situation where the country is not fine, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asked people to unite to change the situation. Participating in Eid-ul-Fitr prayers held on a rain-drenched Red Road here,...
Prashant Kishor indicates Bihar to be his next stop
Election strategist Prashant Kishor, in the news recently for a failed attempt to join hands with the Congress, on Monday dropped a hint about his future plans as he took to Twitter to divulge his roadmap on completing 10 years of helping “shape pro-people policy”. “My quest to be...
Kejriwal announces alliance with Gujarat tribal party
Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls due later this year, Aam Aadmi Party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said he stands with the tribals of Gujarat and is happy to work with Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) founder Chhotu Vasava to bring about a change in the state and...
Raj Thackeray sets deadline for removing loudspeakers
The loudspeaker row deepened in Maharashtra after MNS chief Raj Thackeray said on Sunday that if loudspeakers are not removed from mosques, his party workers would play the Hanuman Chalisa. He also warned that if from May 4 onwards, loudspeakers are not removed, “we won’t keep quiet”. “What happens...
Sena claims Fadnavis wanted Mumbai out of Maharashtra
The Shiv Sena on Sunday make shocking claims against former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and the Bharatiya Janata Party. On Maharashtra Day, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party, in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, alleged that Fadnavis and his team are “conspiring to break away Mumbai from Maharashtra”. The party accused its former...
More action likely at Raj Thackeray’s Aurangabad rally
On Maharashtra Day, high-voltage action is expected in the state with Raj Thackeray holding a mega rally in Aurangabad on Sunday (May 1). The public meeting holds significance as it comes months after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief stoked a major controversy by giving an ultimatum to the...
Assam CM says Muslim women need uniform civil code
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday added fuel to fire on the debate on the need for Uniform Civil Code, calling it ‘an issue for every Muslim woman, who did not want her husband to bring home three other wives’. “Everybody wants UCC. No Muslim woman wants...
21 Naga People’s Front MLAs Join CM Rio’s NDPP
In a major political development, 21 MLAs of the Naga People’s Front (NPF) on Friday joined the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) of Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio. NDPP spokesperson Merentoshi R Jamir said that after these legislators of the NPF, which had 25 legislators earlier, switched sides, the...
Clerics advise ‘Alvida Namaz’ only at home, mosques
Amid the ongoing controversy over use of loudspeakers, Muslim clerics have appealed to people to offer the ‘Alvida’ Namaz on the occasion of last Friday of Ramzan only in designated places to avoid causing any inconvenience to others. Meanwhile, the administration has beefed up security at several places that...
Gehlot asks Modi to meet CMs on inflation and ‘listen’
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a meeting with all chief ministers on the issue of inflation and “listen to everyone”. He was of the opinion that all states must hold a communication with the Centre about “many serious issues”,...
Jitendra Singh debunks claims of PMO insult to KCR
Union minister of state Jitendra Singh slammed KT Rama Rao, Telangana chief minister’s son, who has reportedly claimed that his father was told to stay away from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s events in Hyderabad. Singh took to Twitter to lash out at chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao and his...
Rahul says Modi’s federalism is coercive, not cooperative
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his federalism is “not cooperative but coercive”. His remarks came a day after Modi flagged higher fuel prices in many opposition-ruled states and urged them to reduce VAT in “national interest” to benefit the common...
G-23 member blames ‘self-Interest, fear’ for PK fiasco
Prashant Kishor’s decision to not join the Congress is a lost opportunity for the Grand Old Party and self-interest marred the election strategist’s chances of joining hands in the run-up to the 2024 elections, rued senior party leader Sandeep Dikshit, who is also a part of the rebel G23...
Prashant Kishor declines offer to join Congress
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday declined to join the Congress a day after party president Sonia Gandhi decided to constitute an ‘empowered action group’ for 2024 to address political challenges ahead. Informing about the development, Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted, “Following a presentation & discussions with...
PK-KCR meeting triggers tremors in Telangana Cong
The two-day-long discussions between poll strategist Prasant Kishor and Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) at Pragathi Bhavan in Hyderabad recently created tremors in Telangana Congress. Sources say state unit leaders are perplexed as Kishor has been having parleys with party chief Sonia Gandhi on the possibility of...
Tejashwi cautions against expectations of ‘twist’
Amid speculation over political re-alignment in Bihar after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar attended an RJD-hosted Iftar, leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Monday cautioned against imagining any “political twist” to it and asserted that his party would keep fighting forces that remain aligned with the BJP and the RSS....
