Politics
SP Lok Sabha MP alleges party not working for Muslims
The Samajwadi Party Member of Parliament from Sambhal, Shafiqur Rahman Barq, has attacked his party by saying that he was not satisfied with the working of the party and also that the entire Samajwadi Party was not working for Muslims. The video of the Sambhal SP giving this statement...
Haridwar hate monger on bail warns of ‘Hindu-less’ India
Controversial seer Yati Narsinghanand, who is out on bail in the Haridwar hate speech case, has urged Hindus to produce more children to prevent the country from becoming Hindu-less in the coming decades. Mathematical calculations state that a non-Hindu will become the prime minister in 2029, the head priest...
Lankan call for abolition of presidential system
Sri Lanka Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has called for the Executive Presidency to be abolished, saying power should be divided between the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. “The government must pay heed to the public demand for the Rajapaksas to quit, if not we will bring a no confidence motion,”...
Political barbs continue to batter Bihar coalition
After Yogi Adityanath’s stunning and record-breaking electoral victory in Uttar Pradesh as the incumbent chief minister, the Bihar unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has started asserting itself in matters related to governance and law and order. First, deputy chief minister Tarkishore Prasad, who is believed to have been...
Omar Abdullah being quizzed by ED in bank scam
National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in the J&K Bank scam case. Speaking on the issue, the party’s spokesperson Gagan Bhagat told CNN-News18 that the central agencies such as the CBI and the ED are working...
Gujarat govt, BJP woo women to repeat UP success
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the contribution of women in the party’s electoral victories while addressing workers on the BJP foundation day and states that are about to face elections are learning from it, especially Gujarat. Keeping women at the centre of its election strategy, the BJP government in...
Witness in TTV Dhinakaran’s bribery case commits suicide
A 31-year-old witness in the case against TTV Dhinakaran linked to the alleged bribing of an Election Commission official, died by suicide on Wednesday, just hours after Dhinakaran was summoned to appear before the probe agency, according to sources aware of the developments. The deceased has been identified as...
Modi says BJP stands for ‘Rashtravad’, others for ‘Parivarvad’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that the BJP is dedicated to “rashtra bhakti” while its rivals stand for “parivar bhakti”, and said every BJP member should be proud that the party made it an electoral issue and succeeded in convincing people of the dangers of dynastic politics....
AP ministers to resign ahead of cabinet rejig
All 24 members of the Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers will tender their resignation en masse when they formally meet here for the last time on April 7, to let Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy reconstitute his Cabinet. The new Council of Ministers will be inducted on April...
Cong back to ‘soft Hindutva’ for 2023 MP assembly poll
With the Congress deciding to fight the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election under the leadership of its veteran leader Kamal Nath, the party seems to have returned to its tried and tested ‘soft Hindutva’ policy, much like what was seen in the 2018 state polls for which the grand...
Azaan row travels down to Karnataka
The row over Azaan playing out from loudspeakers in mosques is heating up as the issue has already reached down south to Karnataka, all the way from Maharashtra. In Mumbai, after their chief Raj Thackeray demanded that this practice be discontinued, there are reports of MNS workers attempting to...
New twist to Chandigarh row adds a third claimant
There is now a third claimant to Chandigarh apart from Punjab and Haryana. And this time, it’s Chandigarh itself. After Punjab and Haryana staked claim over the union territory through special assembly sessions, it is now the Chandigarh civic body’s turn to call a special house meeting to pass...
Trouble for Jharkhand govt; Cong summons leaders to Delhi
Rumour mills are abuzz that all might not be well in the JMM-led coalition government of Jharkhand after state’s Congress in charge Avinash Pande summoned 30 senior party leaders, including the four ministers of the party, to Delhi for further deliberations. Congress sources said that CM Hemant Soren not...
MP Cong to fight assembly poll under Kamal Nath
Madhya Pradesh Congress has announced that the 2023 assembly election would be fought under the leadership of MPCC chief Kamal Nath. The party said it has devised a strategy to prepare for the assembly poll. Unlike widely expected, Kamal Nath did not relinquish his position as the Leader of...
Aklhilesh’s uncle may get Dy Speaker’s post from BJP
Amid reports of growing bonhomie between Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia president Shivpal Yadav and the BJP, there is speculation that he may become Deputy Speaker in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly with the backing of the ruling party. “Such speculation is doing the rounds. The sky has no limits, nor does...
Cong unavoidable in anti-BJP front, says Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said Congress cannot be excluded from any initiative aimed at providing an alternative to the BJP at the Centre. But he said he won’t be leading such a front. ”I am not going to take up any responsibility to lead...
Karnataka JD-S leader switches loyalty to BJP
Chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti on Sunday said he would join the BJP and likely be its candidate for the upcoming MLC polls from West Teachers’ constituency. Horatti, elected as MLC seven successive times from 1980, has ended his association with the JD(S). “…the time has come...
Sonia to chair parliamentary party meeting Tuesday
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will chair parliamentary party meeting to be held on Tuesday. All MPs of both the houses will be present in the meeting. The meeting is held normally once during the parliament session in which Sonia Gandhi focuses the way forward for the party during her...
