Politics
Mamata calls for mutual respect among political rivals
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday stressed on the need to have mutual respect among political rivals despite differences, lamenting that an era of intolerance prevails in the country. Banerjee, who was speaking in the assembly on the eve of Constitution Day, also alleged that the BJP-led...
Cracks widen in Rajasthan Cong as Gehlot calls Pilot ‘traitor’
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday stirred up a row with his former deputy Sachin Pilot again, calling him a “gaddar” (traitor) who cannot replace him as he had revolted against the Congress in 2020 and tried to topple his government. The remark drew a sharp response from...
BJP dismisses Gehlot’s charge of hand in Pilot rebellion
Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia on Thursday rejected as baseless Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s allegations that his party had a role in the rebellion by a group of Congress MLAs led by Sachin Pilot in 2020. Poonia also said the BJP had nothing to do with the present crisis...
Sisodia alleges BJP hatching plot to kill Kejriwal
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday alleged that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) conspired to kill Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. He also claimed that Delhi BJP leader Manoj Tiwari was also involved. He suspected that the conspiracy was hatched in fear of losing the upcoming Gujarat Assembly...
Row over national anthem faux pas at Rahul’s yatra
Rahul Gandhi’s ambitious ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is in the news once again, but this time for all the wrong reasons. A viral video of a wrong song being played instead of the National Anthem for a few minutes during a stop in Maharashtra on Wednesday has triggered a row,...
Independents hopeful as hung assembly forecast for HP
The Independents may as well turn out to be trump cards during government formation with pollsters predicting a photo finish in the Himachal assembly elections. Sensing this, some have even started to form pressure groups to cash in on the unclear outcome. A total of 21 rebels from Congress...
Women key factor in results of 22 Himachal seats
The focus on women, who make up 49.5 per cent of total voters in Himachal Pradesh, and the announcement of freebies by major parties are seen as the contributing factors behind their higher turnout in the recent Assembly elections. According to constituency-wise data procured from the election department, votes...
ED arrests TMC’s Anubrata Mondal in cattle smuggling case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested senior Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal in a cattle smuggling case after a marathon interrogation at Asansol Correctional Home where he has been lodged, the agency officials said. He was earlier apprehended by the CBI in the same case in August and...
Cong says Tushar Gandhi presence at Rahul yatra ‘historic’
Mahatma Gandhi’s great grandson, Tushar Gandhi, joined Rahul Gandhi in the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Shegaon in Buldhana district of Maharashtra on Friday morning, with the Congress hailing his participation as “historic”. The yatra, which has been passing through Maharashtra since November 7, resumed the day’s journey from Balapur...
Chouhan says Modi is ‘kalpvriksha’, Rahul babul, Kejriwal weed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold nearly 25 rallies in the next two weeks. On Saturday, Modi will land in Gujarat and address a rally in Valsad. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also attacked the Congress saying that thousands of people laid down their lives...
