Politics
Sonia ready to let Mamata play leading role in opposing Modi
The year 2024 may be three years away but the recent bonhomie between the Congress and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has set the ball rolling for the general elections where a united Opposition plans to halt the BJP juggernaut and take on PM Narendra Modi. Banerjee, who...
BJP hopes for smooth transition after Yediyurappa exit
With BS Yediyurappa’s resignation from Chief Minister’s chair and speculation about the fallout in terms of how the former CM has taken it and possible resentment among the Lingayats, the BJP is confident to manage the change of guard well. A report in Times of India quoted BJP sources...
8 names under consideration for Yediyurappa successor
The BJP top brass has shortlisted a few names to replace 78-year-old Lingayat strongman and chief minister BS Yediyurappa after he resigned on Monday, sources said. The names have been decided keeping in mind 2023 Karnataka assembly elections. A Times of India report quoted its sources as saying that...
Congress leader Alka Lamba in preventive custody
Congress leader and former MLA from Chandni Chowk constituency, Alka Lamba who was set to visit Jantar Mantar to participate in Mahila Kisan Sansad on Monday, has allegedly been put under house arrest. The former AAP leader also claimed that Delhi Police personnel are present at her residence and...
Mamata’s 3-day Delhi trip from today, to meet Sonia
Kolkata: In a bid to build a strong anti-Narendra Modi front to corner the ruling NDA in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Monday visit Delhi to meet influential opposition leaders, including Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi. She will reach the national...
Mamata in Delhi on 5-day visit; to meet PM, Opposition leaders
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in the national capital on Monday on a five-day visit and is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday for the first time since she assumed office for a third term. According to a schedule provided by her Trinamool Congress,...
Yediyurappa cabinet colleague in Delhi adds to exit speculation
Amid heightened speculations about Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’s exit, state minister Murugesh Nirani arrived in the national capital on Sunday apparently to meet BJP leaders, party sources said. People close to Nirani, however, claimed he is on a personal visit to the national capital. Earlier in the...
Farooq Abdullah calls for result-oriented Indo-Pak dialogue
National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Sunday called for a sustained and result-oriented Indo-Pak dialogue process, saying the two countries should realise they cannot win a war against each other. Addressing party functionaries at two separate meetings at Laamad and Devsar in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, the Srinagar Lok...
Maken says no conflict in Rajasthan Congress
AICC general secretary Ajay Maken on Sunday said there is no conflict among the party leaders in Rajasthan on the planned cabinet reshuffle and they have left the decision on the central leadership. After meeting ministers, MLAs and office bearers at the party office here, Maken said they have...
TMC welcomes Cong tweet on snooping row
Kolkata, Jul 25: Amid the ongoing row over suspected Pegasus snooping, a tweet by the Congress underlining that TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee was “targeted” by the spyware ahead of Bengal assembly polls as the Modi government’s securities are endless, was on Sunday welcomed by the state’s ruling party. The...
Farmers show black flags to Sidhu during Gurudwara visit
A group of farmers on Saturday showed black flags to newly appointed Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu when he arrived here to pay obeisance at a gurdwara. Protesters also raised slogans against Sidhu for his thirsty walks to the well remark made during his address in his installation...
Sonia-Mamata meeting likely on Mission 2024
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Congress, the two bitter political rivals in West Bengal, seem to be coming closer, and ironically it’s the Pegasus snooping scandal that is doing the trick. The two parties have their leaders’ names in the list of potential Pegasus targets — Abhishek Banerjee...
‘CM question’ left hanging in Amarinder-Sidhu truce
In Punjab, it is said, nothing is sealed or forgiven without a Jhappi (bear hug) or a younger person touching an elder’s feet for blessings. The uneasy truce between Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and new state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu was not certainly marked by a bear...
Mamata gears up to helm anti-BJP front
TMC MPs have unanimously chosen party supremo Mamata Banerjee as the chairperson of its parliamentary party although she is not a member of parliament. Announcing this at a press conference in Delhi, Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien said she has been the guiding force behind the TMC parliamentary...
Court order forces BSP to rename ‘Brahmin Sammelan’
The Bahujan Samaj Party’s “Brahmin Sammelan”, which is scheduled to be held on Friday at the Taraji Resort, has been renamed as “Seminar in honor of the enlightened class”. The National General Secretary of BSP, Satish Chandra Mishra, who has been given the responsibility to organise the event, reach...
Assam Congress demands CBI probe into organ racket
Guwahati/Dibrugarh/Nagaon, Jul 15: The Assam Congress on Thursday demanded a CBI inquiry into the recently busted human organ racket while party MP Gaurav Gogoi has written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to initiate an inquiry to verify the ring’s links with Kolkata. Congress state unit President Ripun...
Chhattisgarh Congress alleges Raman Singh link to Pegasus
Chhattisgarh’s ruling Congress has launched a searing attack on former chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Raman Singh over the Pegasus espionage case. CM Bhupesh Baghel and state Congress president Mohan Markam have alleged that representatives of the Israeli cyber intelligence firm NSO Group that makes the spyware...
Akhilesh predicts BJP will be wiped out in 2022 UP polls
Lucknow: Kickstarting his campaign for the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh in 2022, former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday claimed that Samajwadi Party will win 351 seats in polls and BJP will be wiped off. The SP chief said the “dreams shown by the BJP to the public”...
