Politics
Yogi warns BJP workers to be wary of social media
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while speaking to BJP workers said social media at present was like a “belagaam ghora ”, and urged BJP workers to “train and prepare” to control it. According to a report by The Indian Express, Adityanath warned the party workers that they...
Verdict reserved in UP Dy CM fake degree case
The ACJM Court Prayagaraj has reserved the decision after hearing in the alleged fake degree case of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. The court will now give its verdict in this matter on August 11. Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya is accused of contesting 5 different...
Congress says party’s official account blocked by Twitter
The Congress on Thursday alleged that the party’s official Twitter account as well as that of a large number of its leaders and workers have been blocked by the microblogging site. This comes close on the heels of the blocking of party leader Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account after he...
Mamata-led regional party alliance on the way
Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi on Sunday said that an alliance of regional parties under the leadership of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in the making to oust the BJP from power at the Centre in 2024. The Independent MLA from Assam also claimed that Banerjee has...
Portfolio allocation aggravates Karnataka BJP dissent
Unhappy turncoat ML As continue to haunt the BJP government in Karnataka, days after portfolio allocation was done. After MTB Nagaraj, MLA Anand Singh gave way to speculations by not stepping into his office at Vidhana Soudha for four consecutive days. On Wednesday, Singh flew to Bengaluru for an...
Opposition releases video on Pegasus uproar
The opposition’s strategy of speaking on the Pegasus snooping row and farm laws during discussions of bills in the Rajya Sabha has now been compiled in a three-minute video in an attempt to make the government listen to their demands, leaders said on Sunday. The video, released by the...
Hints of farm laws withdrawal ahead of UP poll
A BJP leader has supported farmers’ agitation against the three new farm laws and said that the BJP-led central government could withdraw them keeping in mind Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. “The demands made by the farmers are right. Keeping in mind the assembly polls and anger among the farmers,...
Salman Khurshid among 38 in Cong UP poll panel
Gearing up for the Assembly polls next year, the Congress on Wednesday constituted the election committee for Uttar Pradesh, which includes state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu and former Union ministers Salman Khurshid, Rajeev Shukla and R P N Singh. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved the proposal of...
Rahul Gandhi bats for rewards to sportspersons
Enough of video of phone calls, now sportspersons should get rewards as promised, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Monday in an apparent swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In an Instagram post, he posted screenshots of media reports claiming that Olympians in the past had not been paid...
Slug fest over renaming of Indira canteens
Amid the ruling BJP’s attempt to change the name of Karnataka’s infamous Indira canteens, named after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Congress and BJP leaders indulged in a Twitter spar on Saturday. Ex-CM Siddaramaiah asked the BJP government not to get into ‘petty politics’ over the same issue. BJP...
Bommai denies confusion over cabinet, portfolios
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said there is no confusion regarding cabinet expansion and portfolio allocation and that he would talk to all those who have issues and will resolve it. Amid simmering discontent within the party with several Ministerial aspirants not making it to the cabinet...
TN white paper blames AIADMK for financial ‘mismanagement’
The DMK government in Tamil Nadu on Monday released a White Paper on the state’s finances and highlighted the fiscal imbalance and mounting debt created by the “mismanagement by the previous AIADMK government”. Finance minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan blamed the previous AIADMK government’s “lack of political will and...
UP set to include 39 castes in OBC list with eye on elections
Months ahead of the crucial 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in the State has started preparations to include 39 castes in the list of Other Backward Castes (OBC) in the State. The Chairman of State Backward Classes Commission, Jaswant Saini, has said that the...
Congress appoints Chidambaram as observer for Goa
The Congress has appointed party veteran P Chidambaram as its senior election observer for the Goa Assembly polls due next year. AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal issued an order to this effect on Sunday. Chidambaram will oversee election strategies and coordination for the upcoming Assembly election in the...
BJP gets 6 new deputy Whips for Lok Sabha coordination
The Bharatiya Janata Party recently appointed six new deputy whips in the Lok Sabha in addition to the existing ones. While Madhya Pradesh MP Rakesh Singh continues to be the chief of whips, he now has a total of 10 deputies under him to coordinate better in the Lok...
Opposition backs Govt on OBC bill, but no change on Pegasus
The OBC amendment bill proposed by the centre to enable states to make their own list of Other Backward Classes received the stamp of approval from the Opposition parties even amid an ongoing disagreement with the centre over farmers’ protest and the alleged Pegasus spyware scandal. Expressing his support...
Bommai keeps plum Bengaluru Development portfolio
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday allocated cabinet portfolios, retaining crucial posts, including Finance and Bengaluru Development for himself. The decision has stirred disenchantment among the party loyalists and turncoats who had eyes on the portfolio. Bommai has retained DPAR, Finance, and Intelligence from Home, Cabinet Affairs, Bengaluru...
Yediyurappa gets cabinet rank status for nothing
The Karnataka government on Saturday issued an order providing former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa all facilities on par with Cabinet-rank ministers. This will be applicable until Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is in office, an official notification from the protocol wing of the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms...
