Politics
Kharge says Modi is ‘chieftain of liars’, sympathy seeker
Congress president Malikarjun Kharge on Sunday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “jhoothon ka sardar” (chieftain of liars), and said the latter tries to gain sympathy by calling himself poor and claiming that people abuse him. Addressing a public rally at Dediapada in tribal-dominated Narmada district of poll-bound Gujarat,...
Owaisi says Amit Shah drunk with power
Reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s comment that the BJP in Gujarat “taught rioters a lesson” in 2002, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi Friday said that the actual lesson taught by the saffron party is that perpetrators of the Bilkis Bano rape case “will be freed.” “I want to tell...
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...
