Politics
Tripura TMC rally denied permission again
In the recent development of the ongoing tussle between TMC and BJP, the state administration of Tripura has denied permission to TMC rally for September 15. The reason that was stated in the police letter was that another political party also has a rally that day, so apprehending clash...
Oscar Fernandes was a Yoga enthusiast
Oscar Fernandes, a veteran Congress leader and former union minister, passed away in Mangalore on Monday at the age of 80. Fernandes, a sitting member of the Rajya Sabha, was critically injured after he fell accidentally while doing his regular exercise on July 20 this year and was admitted...
Khurshid says Cong to fight UP polls under Priyanka
The Congress will be fighting for the crucial 2022 UP assembly elections under the leadership of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, said senior party leader and former union minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday. When asked about the probable chief ministerial face for grand old-party in the state, Khurshid referred to Priyanka,...
Sidhu asks CM to cancel FIRs against farmers
Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday wrote to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, seeking action on farmers’ demands including cancellation of “unfair” FIRs registered against growers during their agitation. Asserting that the Congress stood by farmers’ agitation against the farm laws at every stage, Sidhu, however, asked the...
Bhupendra Patel picked as Rupani’s successor
Ghatlodia MLA Bhupendra Patel will be Gujarat’s new chief minister after Vijay Rupani’s resignation from the top post a year before the state goes to polls, the party decided after its legislature party meeting. Bhupendra was earlier the chairman of the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA). Bhupendra has never...
AAP to contest all seats in UP Assembly polls
Asserting that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would contest all 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, senior party leader Sanjay Singh has said it would be a mistake to consider AAP a minnow as it had emerged “stronger” than the Congress in the recent panchayat polls. The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP...
BJP hits out at Gandhis for JK problems
The BJP on Friday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for accusing it and the RSS of ”trying to break the composite culture of Jammu and Kashmir”, alleging all vexing issues of the region are the ”legacy of the Gandhi family”. BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra, in a...
Farm laws to dominate Punjab poll agenda
In a clear indication of muscle-flexing ahead of the Punjab assembly polls, representatives of over two dozen farmer unions convened a meeting with all political parties, minus the BJP, making it abundantly clear that farm laws will form the core agenda for the forthcoming elections. The leaders from Samyukt...
Tejashwi ‘caught’ distributing money to villagers
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav is courting controversy for purportedly distributing money among villagers ahead of the panchayat polls. A 21-second video was uploaded on social networking sites by JDU MLC Neeraj Kumar on Friday morning alleging that such an act is a deliberate attempt on Tejashwi’s part...
BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal to challenge Mamata in Bhabanipur?
The suspense over who will take on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from the Bhabanipur seat in the upcoming bypoll may end on Thursday as the BJP is likely to announce the name of advocate Priyanka Tibrewal for the high-voltage contest. Tibrewal, who was the legal adviser of Babul Supriyo,...
Violence in Tripura as BJP workers set CPI(M) offices on fire
Major violence broke out today and late Tuesday in several places such as Sonamura, Udaipur and Bishalgarh in Tripura. According to the Left party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers ransacked their party offices in several places in Udaipur and Bishalgarh. BJP, on the other hand, has accused that attack...
TN Assembly passes resolution for CAA repeal
The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution urging the Centre to repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 to “protect and ensure unity and communal harmony and uphold the secular principles” enshrined in the Constitution. The Centre should also fully give up its initiatives related to preparation of...
Mamata nephew claims 25 BJP MLAs in touch to defect
Ever since Mamata Banerjee stormed back to power on May 2, defectors are making a beeline to return to the Trinamool Congress. After the recently held assembly polls in West Bengal, four BJP MLAs have defected to the TMC. Mukul Roy was the first to return (from BJP) in...
No Congress candidate against Mamata in Bhawanipur
The Congress has decided not to field a candidate against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who will face a bypoll in Bhawanipur on September 30. Votes for the bypoll will be counted on October 3. Bengal Congress president Adhir Chowdhury said, “The high command has informed us that...
Congress promises law against lynching in UP
The Congress will prepare a proposal for bringing a law against mob lynching and send it to the President if voted to power in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the party said Monday. National chairman of Congress’ Minorities Department, Imran Pratapgarhi, said the party resolved to set up...
Delhi BJP promises free pilgrimages to Hindus
Ahead of the MCD polls early next year, the Delhi BJP has promised to send people in the city to Hindu pilgrim sites. Delhi BJP general secretary (organisation) Siddhartha had said on Sunday that party workers in each mandal (ward) would arrange free pilgrimages every month. While making the...
MLA says BJP erred in inducting TMC leaders before polls
With four BJP MLAs returning to the Trinamool Congress in four months, the saffron party’s Cooch Behar South legislator Nikhil Ranjan Dey on Monday said the top leadership had erred by inducting TMC leaders into the BJP before the assembly polls in West Bengal. The party would have fared...
Rebellion brewing in Punjab AAP over CM face
There are signs of muted rebellion brewing between the Aam Aadmi Party’s central leadership and the party’s Punjab unit President Bhagwant Mann over the Chief Ministerial candidate for the upcoming assembly polls in the state. AAP has so far been cautious of naming Mann as the chief minister candidate...
