Politics
Kerala CM says Centre trying to ‘strangulate’ co-operative sector
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday said the co-operative sector is a great alternative in modern times, but the laws formulated by the union government show “concerted effort” to eliminate the sector itself. Vijayan, while inaugurating the 68th All India Cooperative Week celebrations, said the central government was...
Priyanka Gandhi rules out alliance, says Cong will win
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday ruled out any chances of a pre-poll alliance with other political parties for Uttar Pradesh assembly elections due next year. “If Congress has to win, it will win on its own,” the 49-year-old said. Addressing the Congress party’s ‘Pratigya Sammelan-Lakshya...
Amravati curfew extended to four towns
The curfew in Maharashtra’s Amravati city was expanded on Sunday to include four more towns in the district after local BJP leaders staged a protest during a bandh, police said. Meanwhile, a total of 50 people were arrested by the police in connection with back to back incidents of...
Rahul Gandhi alleges Karnataka Bitcoin scam cover-up
The Congress on Saturday alleged a multi-crore Bitcoin scam and its cover-up by the BJP government in Karnataka and demanded that an independent investigation be conducted into the matter by a Supreme Court-monitored SIT. Former party chief Rahul Gandhi alleged that the scam is big but the cover-up is...
NCB seeks voice sample of Nawab Malik’s son-in-law
The Narcotics Control Bureau has moved a special court here seeking permission to obtain voice samples of NCP leader Nawab Malik’s son-in-law Sameer Khan and two others in a drugs case. Sameer Khan, along with two others, was arrested in the case in January this year but the special...
Amit Shah says UP poll will set stage for 2024
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday told nearly 700 BJP workers in Varanasi in over an hour-long address that the BJP’s win in the Uttar Pradesh elections is “very important for the nation” and the victory in 2022 will pave the way for the party’s victory in 2024...
Karnataka to have anti-conversion law
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said the state will soon have an anti-religious conversion law. Speaking to reporters, Bommai said, “The state government is studying related laws enacted by other states and soon anti-conversion legislation will be formulated.” He was replying to a query on the...
After Gehlot, Sachin Pilot meets Sonia Gandhi
Congress MLA Sachin Pilot on Friday arrived to meet Sonia Gandhi at her residence in Delhi, a day after the party chief met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot amid reports of a cabinet expansion to end the protracted power struggle between the duo in the state. The former deputy...
Now a tractor rally by BJP Kisan Morcha with eye on poll
In an attempt to woo farmers unhappy over the three new farm laws, the ruling BJP will be starting a statewide tractor rally in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2022 assembly election. The BJP Kisan Morcha will be managing the rally, which is being held from November 16 to...
Salman Khurshid ‘book bomb’ gives BJP ammo for UP polls
The turmoil over Salman Khurshid’s book doesn’t seem to be ending. It has brought out the differences within the Congress once again. In a statement, Ghulam Nabi Azad has disagreed with Khurshid’s purported comparison of Hindutva and ISIS. “We may not agree with Hindutva as a political ideology distinct...
BJP spent Rs252cr for poll campaign in 5 states, 60% in Bengal
The BJP spent Rs 252 crore in the assembly elections held in Assam, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala earlier this year with almost 60 per cent used for campaigning in the Trinamool Congress-ruled state. According to the Election Expenditure Statement submitted to the poll panel, of...
Amruta Fadnavis seeks apology from Nawab Malik for tweets
BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis’ wife Amruta Fadnavis on Thursday sent a legal notice to Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik, seeking apology for trying to link her with an alleged drug peddler by tweeting certain pictures. Malik, the chief spokesperson of the NCP, should tender unconditional apology within 48 hours and...
Shiv Sena leader wants Kangana Padma award revoked
Shiv Sena leader Neelam Gorhe on Thursday said actor Kangana Ranaut should face a sedition case for terming India’s independence as “alms”, and her Padma Shri award should be revoked. The actor is under fire after she said during a recent event organized by a news channel that the...
Priyanka to meet kin of youth killed in police custody
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi will head to Kasganj on Thursday to visit the family members of the 21-year-old man who died in police custody. Gandhi was scheduled to visit Lucknow on Thursday but will now go straight to Kasganj from Delhi. The politics has now intensified over the...
Gulf widens between Sikhs, Brahmins in Lakhimpur
“He was not present at the incident spot and he had not sent the party workers in the vehicles to receive the VIP. Hence, there is no conspiracy. He is just paying the price for being the Union Minister’s son.” Sitting under a peepal tree in the Lakhimpur District...
Assam, Meghalaya CMs to meet next week on border dispute
A meeting is likely to take place in Guwahati on November 16 between Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma after the latter’s brief visit to the national capital where he is said to have met the BJP top brass. Sources say Sangma called...
Sidhu scores victory in fight with Channi
Forty-eight hours was all it took to illustrate the point that the Congress at the Centre and in Punjab cannot ignore Navjot Singh Sidhu’s demands. It all began with the resignation of the advocate general (AG) for “personal reasons”. While touted as a big win for Sidhu, the resignation...
‘Taliban mentality will not be accepted in UP’: Yogi
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday invoked the “exodus” of Hindus from Kairana a few years back, telling people in the western Uttar Pradesh town that those who shoot at traders now will be dispatched to the “next world”. Addressing a public meeting in Kairana, he slammed the “Taliban...
