Politics
BJP MLA Backs Varanasi Court Order, Says India to Become ‘Hindu Rashtra’ Soon
File photo of BJP MLA Surendra Singh. (Image: ANI) Gyanwapi mosque will be removed from Varanasi and a grand Shiva temple will be built, said BJP MLA Surendra Singh. PTI Ballia Last Updated:April 09, 2021, 15:23 IST FOLLOW US ON: Controversial BJP MLA Surendra Singh on Friday waded into...
‘TMC Romeos Will be in Jail’, Says Yogi, Promising Anti-Romeo Squads in Bengal if BJP Wins
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party will create UP-like “anti-Romeo squads” in West Bengal to protect women, reigniting a controversy over the groups that several politicians and activists have accused of thuggery and invasion of private spaces. All “Romeos” from Bengal’s ruling...
Rahul Gandhi to PM Modi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding an immediate moratorium on Covid-19 vaccine exports and opening up of the vaccination to “everyone who needs it”. In the letter, Gandhi also sought more say to the state governments in vaccine procurement and distribution. He...
Mamata Trying to Divide People by Seeking Votes on Communal Lines: Abbas
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is trying to divide the people of West Bengal by seeking Muslim votes, Indian Secular Front (ISF) founder Abbas Siddiqui alleged, while claiming that her ploy is helping the BJP in the ongoing assembly elections. The influential Muslim cleric, in an interview with PTI, alleged...
Amit Shah Knocks on Doors in Mamata’s Backyard Bhabanipur to Campaign for Actor Rudranil
On a door-to-door electioneering drive, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday went around the city’s Bhabanipur assembly constituency, considered to be a backyard of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Shah was here to drum up support for actor-turned-BJP candidate Rudranil Ghosh, a political newbie fielded from the...
This Crucial Region Holds Key to Bengal Polls for BJP, TMC
With its 54 seats spread across seven districts, North Bengal is pegged to be the game-changer in the ongoing Assembly elections. While the BJP striving hard to hold its fort in the region, the TMC is seeking to recover its lost ground amid turbulent political equations in the state....
EC Notice to Mamata Over Remarks Against Central Forces, TMC Boss Says ‘I Don’t Care’
The Election Commission has issued a notice to Mamata Banerjee for her “completely false, provocative and intemperate statements” against central forces performing election duty in West Bengal, provoking a defiant TMC boss to declare she will continue doing so until “the CRPF stops working for BJP”. The notice issued...
BJP’s Dilip Ghosh at Poll Rally
File photo of Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh. Ghosh further said that elections in Bengal won’t be conducted under the security provided by central forces after the BJP comes to power in the state. PTI Bardhaman Last Updated:April 18, 2021, 22:55 IST FOLLOW US ON: In an apparent jibe...
As Covid-hit Maharashtra Gets Lion’s Share of Oxygen from Centre, BJP Leader Thanks PM Modi
File photo of oxygen cylinders being loaded, before being transported to hospitals for Covid-19 patients. (PTI Photo) Maharashtra has been allotted the biggest share of 1,500 metric tonnes, Delhi 350 metric tonnes and Uttar Pradesh 800 metric tonnes, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said. As the Centre allotted a large...
AIUDF Candidates Sent to Jaipur Hotel Over Fears of Horse Trading
The AIUDF has confirmed reports doing rounds that the party has sent its 18 candidates to a hotel in Jaipur in Rajasthan to keep them “united and ward off possibilities of horse-trading” ahead of Assam assembly elections results. It is being said that the decision was taken by ‘Mahajot’...
BJP Slams Rahul Gandhi for ‘Lies’ About Vaccine Shortage
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday became the target of top BJP leaders’ wrath over the issues of vaccine export and corruption in defence deals during the rule of the grand old party. Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad hit out at the Gandhi scion saying,...
8’2” Man in Focus at UP Panchayat Poll Campaigning
The tallest Indian alive, Dharmendra Pratap Singh. Dharmendra Pratap Singh, the tallest living Indian, is supporting Mahendra Singh, a candidate for district panchayat membership in Pratapgarh. Lucknow Last Updated:April 09, 2021, 21:23 IST FOLLOW US ON: Winning the upcoming panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh may prove to be a...
BJP Chief JP Nadda Launches Drive to Make Each Booth Free of Coronavirus
As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise across India and with several quarters reaching out for help in terms of hospital beds, medicines and food, the Bhartiya Janata Party is all set to launch a second version of ‘Seva hi Sangathan’. On Sunday, the party held a meeting, chaired...
Assam to Probe ‘Spotting of Polling Officers with Ballot Papers’ amid Contradictory Findings
The Cachar district administration in Assam on Friday said it will conduct an enquiry into media reports that “a few election officers” were spotted with ballot papers here. A preliminary investigation revealed that no official engaged in the polling process was involved in the reported incident, district Deputy Commissioner...
Mithun Chakraborty Falls Ill While Campaigning for BJP in Raiganj, Flown Back to Kolkata
File photo of actor Mithun Chakraborty with PM Narendra Modi in Kolkata. (News18) The superstar, who recently joined the BJP in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was evacuated from the rally venue after he started feeling dizzy. News18.com New Delhi Last Updated:April 18, 2021, 18:53 IST FOLLOW...
EC Imposes 24-hour Campaign Ban on BJP’s Sayantan Basu, TMC’s Sujata Mondal
The Election Commission on Sunday imposed a 24-hour campaign ban on BJP leader Sayantan Basu and Sujata Mondal of the Trinamool Congress for their controversial remarks during the ongoing assembly polls in West Bengal. The bar on campaigning by the leaders will be in force from 7 PM on...
Post-poll Violence in Bengal’s Dabgram-Phulbari Seat, Trinamool & BJP Indulge in Blame Game
The violence took place after the fifth phase election on Saturday. The alleged incidents happened in Porajhar village in Phulbari I gram panchayat on Saturday night after voting took place in the fifth phase of the assembly elections in the state. PTI Jalpaiguri Last Updated:April 18, 2021, 17:44 IST...
BJP Leaders from Outside Campaigning in Bengal Responsible for Spike in Covid-19 Cases: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said BJP leaders “from Delhi” who are bringing “outsiders” for campaigning, without COVID-19 tests, are responsible for the spike in coronavirus cases in the state. The Trinamool Congress supremo also blamed the Election Commission (EC) for curtailing her campaigning time, for...
