Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused the Centre of snatching the democratic rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and said the anti-encroachment drive was aimed at diverting attention from “real” issues. Gandhi was speaking at a meeting of party leaders from Jammu and Kashmir here, 52...
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot were among 55 leaders from Rajasthan appointed to the All India Congress Committee on Sunday. A spokesperson for the Congress’ Rajasthan unit said the new appointees include Assembly Speaker CP Joshi, state unit chief Govind Singh Dotasra, former Union...
A day after the Election Commission’s order on the Shiv Sena tussle, the Eknath Shinde camp on Saturday filed a caveat before the Supreme Court. The camp seeks that no orders shall be passed in case Uddhav Thackeray’s camp files a plea in the top court challenging the Election...
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Saturday accepted the recommendation by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and fixed February 22 for a meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to hold the election for Mayor, deputy Mayor and members of the standing committee. The announcement came after the Supreme...
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning related to the Delhi liquor scam case on Sunday. Sisodia himself shared the development on Twitter saying the full power of central agencies was being used to against him. He further said...
Dismissing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s charges related to MGNREGA, Union minister Giriraj Singh said on Saturday that both allocations for the scheme and asset creations under it during the Narendra Modi government were more than the previous UPA dispensation. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Saras Mela in...
Uddhav Thackeray may have lost the Shiv Sena name as well as the bow and arrow poll symbol to Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde, but his morale-boosting speech outside his home Matoshree on Saturday was immediately compared to his father Balasaheb Thackeray’s address from October 1968 at Mumbai’s iconic...
Supporters of rival factions led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray clashed over a Shiv Sena office at Dapoli in Ratnagiri district on Friday evening, police said. The incident took place hours after the Election Commission recognized the Shinde faction of the party as the real...
Hitting back at Uddhav Thackeray for calling him a “thief”, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said he is making lakhs of people thieves and accused him of selling out the ideology of Bal Thackeray in 2019. The new war of words began after the Election Commission of India...
The BJP’s national president, JP Nadda, has come down hard on party MPs for commenting on issues related to Sanatan Dharma, religious personalities and religion in general. Nadda has also asked MPs to take the presidential address, encapsulating the achievements of the Narendra Modi-led government over the years, to...