Politics
Goa CM raises a cultural bogey against TMC
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said cultures of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and the Trinamool Congress, which have forged a pre-poll alliance, do not match. The MGP, Goa’s oldest regional party, on Monday announced it would contest the forthcoming state Assembly elections in an alliance with the...
Sanjay Raut meeting Rahul, Priyanka in pro-Cong optics
Following up his statement that Congress is key to any opposition front against BJP, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut is meeting Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi in Delhi. The meeting comes amid the party’s emphasis on the importance of the Congress in any opposition front against the...
All BJP CMs to attend Modi’s 2-day Varanasi visit
The BJP will put up a big show of strength in Varanasi during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on December 13 and 14, with the Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of all BJP-ruled states in attendance for both days. The CMs and Deputy CMs of BJP-ruled states have...
Purvanchal Brahmin leader, son seen set to join SP
As the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election inches closer, political switchovers are now an everyday event. However, in this election season, the Samajwadi Party seems to be firming its roots in the Purvanchal region. After the brother of jailed mafia turned politician Mukhtar Ansari, Sigbatullah Ansari switching over to...
Ghulam Nabi Azad says no plan to float new party
Amid speculations and several rallies, Congress veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that he has no intention to float a new party in Jammu and Kashmir but cannot predict the future in politics on Saturday. Azad has been addressing rallies across J&K which fuelled speculation that he is forming...
Amit Shah talks about coalition Govt
Union home minister Amit Shah Saturday talked about coalition politics and said, “politics isn’t physics, it’s chemistry.” He was addressing the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit (HTLS) on its final day, and emphasized that India was in a state of ‘policy paralysis’ before 2014, and it was changed by the...
Case against Mamata for National Anthem ‘insult’
A BJP leader in Mumbai has filed a complaint against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly singing the national anthem while being seated and ‘abruptly stopping after four or five verses’. The Trinamool Congress supremo, who was on a visit to the financial capital, met NCP chief...
Kapil Sibal shows olive branch to Mamata on UPA
A day after Mamata Banerjee drilled what seemed to be the final nail in the Congress coffin by negating the presence of UPA, Congress veteran Kapil Sibal extended an olive branch to the West Bengal chief minister, saying “without the Congress, UPA will be a body without a...
Free smartphones and tablets as Yogi’s poll sops
The Uttar Pradesh government is preparing to distribute free smartphones and laptops to students from the second week of December. A dedicated portal ‘DG Shakti’ has been created for this which will soon be launched by the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Through this portal, the distribution of smartphones...
Channi calls Kejriwal ‘imposter’
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi Tuesday launched a scathing attack on his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, calling him an “imposter” and accusing his Aam Aadmi Party of making only false promises and giving fake guarantees. The senior Congress leader also blamed the Badals of the Shiromani Akali Dal...
TMC meeting gives Mamata veto power
Every move of the Trinamool Congress has an agenda set for a national goal. On Monday, the working committee meeting charted a plan aimed at that direction. This was the first meeting when leaders from Goa, Meghalaya, Haryana, Bihar and other States were present. To achieve that goal, the...
Meghalaya Congress demands disqualification of defectors
Meghalaya Congress leaders met Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh on Monday seeking disqualification of all the 12 defecting legislators. Filing petition before the speaker, the newly elected Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Ampareen Lyngdoh urged him to take up procedural measures as mandated under Rule 7 of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly...
Govt justifies suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs
The Winter Session of the Parliament took off on a bitter note as 12 Rajya Sabha MPs were suspended on Monday for the remaining part of the session. The action followed the violent scenes witnessed on the last day of the Monsoon Session on August 11. The letter written...
Stormy winter session likely with Pegasus, MSP in focus
The winter session of parliament is expected to begin on a stormy note with contentious issues in focus, even as it was preceded by a tense all-party meeting on Sunday with the AAP staging a walkout. Opposition parties criticised the absence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was unable...
Modi lauds BJP’s victory in Tripura civic poll
[ad_1v Lauding the BJP’s big win in the Tripura local body polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday the people of the state have given a clear message that they prefer politics of good governance. These blessings give us greater strength to work for the welfare of...
RSS chief says India is a Hindu nation
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said “Hindustan” (India) is a Hindu nation whose origin was Hindutva and that Hindus and Bharat are inseparable. He also said if Hindus want to remain Hindus then Bharat has to be made “akhand” (undivided). Hindustan is a Hindu Rashtra and its...
Farm laws withdrawn in country’s interest: Yogi
Attacking the SP chief Akhilesh Yadav over the Jinnah controversy, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that those who are ‘rioters’, ‘followers of Jinnah’, how can they understand the ‘mithaas of ganna’. Before 2017, the condition of farmers in UP was miserable. Now the farmer is...
Delhi HC junks plea to stop Khurshid’s book
Freedom of expressing ideas and opinions cannot be allowed to be overshadowed by the ominous cloud of being non-conformist, the Delhi High Court has said while dismissing a plea to stop the publication, circulation and sale of Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s new book. Former Union Minister Khurshid has sparked...
