Politics
Channi dishes out popular schemes
Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi seems to be playing out a T20 match by dishing out quick administrative decisions to tide over lack of experience and limited political appeal. Channi wants to project the image of a “go-getter” so as to cement his position for the top job...
Congress, BJP two sides of same coin, claims SP
Lucknow: The renewed activism of Congress in Uttar Pradesh under Priyanka Gandhi is making other opposition parties such as the Samajwadi Party restless. Naresh Uttam Patel, Samajwadi Party leader and state president told media in Jalaun on Sunday: “The Congress and BJP are two sides of the same coin...
Cong seeks President’s appointment on Lakhimpur Kheri case
The Congress has sought an audience with President Ram Nath Kovind on the Lakhimpur Kheri violence to present to him a memorandum on the facts of the case. AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal has written to the president seeking his time to meet a party delegation led by...
Sasikala promises to set party on ‘right track’
Adding fuel to Tamil Nadu’s political fire, VK Sasikala — former aide of Jayalalithaa — is all set to make a political comeback as she announced that she could not “tolerate” the decline of her party AIADMK. In a public statement, Sasikala said: “Coming soon, to set party on...
Mayawati promises support to BJP’s work in Mathura, Kashi, Ayodhya
BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday promised not to derail the ongoing work of the BJP government in Ayodhya, Varanasi, Mathura and other religious places, if voted to power. Claiming that the BJP’s government’s works in the three holy cities are only the follow-ups of her government’s initiatives, Mayawati went...
Priyanka may be the X-factor for BJP in UP
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hogged the limelight for the last four days in Uttar Pradesh — getting detained in Sitapur en route to Lakhimpur, sweeping the floor at the guest house there amidst a spate of interviews, reaching Lakhimpur with Rahul Gandhi, sweeping the floor in a Valmiki locality on...
Video showing Sidhu ‘abusing’ Channi goes viral
The Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday alleged that Navjot Singh Sidhu harboured ambition of becoming a chief minister and was jealous that a member of Scheduled Caste community had become the CM, the attack from the Opposition coming in the wake of a purported video of the Congress leader...
Pudussery Speaker calls emergency meet on civic poll ‘confusion’
The Election Commission of Puducherry has released a revised notification to conduct the civic polls in three phases between November 2 and 13. Election Commissioner of the Union Territory Roy P Thomas said on Friday that the revised poll schedule for elections to five municipalities and 10 commune panchayats...
Advani in 80-member BJP National Executive
New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda on Thursday announced the 80-member National Executive of the party, with the names of its top brass, ranging from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to many Union ministers, several state leaders and veterans like L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi figuring on...
Akhilesh’s SP may have missed the bus to Lakhimpur
With Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi and others from TMC, RLD and AAP taking a trip to Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh after the violence killed eight, including farmers and a journalist, on October 3, main opposition Samajwadi Party seems nowhere to be seen when it comes to meeting the...
Modi completes 20 years in public office
Union Ministers and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he completed 20 years in heading a government – his journey from being the Chief Minister of Gujarat to the PM – on Thursday. His “dedication towards the public” was celebrated by stalwarts of the BJP...
UP Govt allows parties to visit Lakhimpur Kheri
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has now granted permission to all political parties to visit Lakhimpur Kheri, where eight people died as violence erupted during a farmers’ protest three days back. However, only five people will be allowed at a time, a top official said here. Earlier in the...
Posters against Rahul, Priyanka Lakhimpur Kheri visit
Posters and hoardings against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s visit to Uttar Pradesh following the Lakhimpur Kheri incident have come up in Lucknow. The posters have nee put up by Sikh organisations to register their objection to the Gandhi siblings Lakhimpur Kheri visit. The 1984 riots...
Priyanka alleges detention without order
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday why the person behind the killing of four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri has not been arrested yet while she has been under “detention for the past 28 hours” without any order or FIR. She was detained...
EC allots party name, symbol to warring LJP factions
The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday passed an order allotting ‘Helicopter’ as election symbol to Chirag Paswan’s faction while allotting ‘sewing machine’ to the faction led by Pashupati Kumar Paras. The move comes after the EC, last week, freeze the the symbol of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) amid...
Cong to hold nation-wide protests over farmers’ death
The Congress said it would hold protests outside the offices of all district magistrates across the country on Tuesday to protest against the incident in which farmers were overrun by vehicles driven by elements opposed to the stir. The Congress leaders protested outside UP Bhawan in the national capital...
G23 leaders bracing for a fight
A three-line cryptic letter written by Ghulam Nabi Azad to Congress president Sonia Gandhi during the last week’s Punjab fiasco where he asked on behalf of the G23 to call for an urgent Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting over the presidential election issue. The Congress quickly responded that the...
Opposition leaders congratulate Mamata for landslide victory
New Delhi, Oct 3: A host of opposition leaders on Sunday congratulated Mamata Banerjee on her landslide victory in the Bhabanipur bypoll with a record margin of 58,835 votes. Top Congress leaders were, however, silent on her victory. The party had not put up its candidate against her in...
