Politics
Owaisi party hold over Hyderabad survives many waves
Such has been the dominance of AIMIM in Hyderabad politics for over four decades that its stronghold remained immune to the political waves sweeping the state. No matter which party was in power in the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh, the support base of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) remained...
Probe ordered into financial irregularities in MP churches
A day after Madhya Pradesh’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) conducted searches at the residence and office of Church of North India Jabalpur Diocese’s bishop P.C. Singh in connection with a cheating case that led to the disclosure of large-scale financial irregularities, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday ordered...
BJP ruckus over amenities in Bharat Jodo Yatra caravans
Sixty truck-mounted containers with colour-coded occupant capacity, a 10-seater conference facility, mobile toilets and a dining area are some of the features of a “Bharat Jodo Yatra” campsite that moves daily to a new location. Rahul Gandhi is staying in a one-bed container that has a small sofa, an...
Kejriwal meets LG first time since CBI raid against Sisodia
Amid the ongoing political tussle in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena for the first time since the raids by CBI at Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s residence and said whatever happened was “unfortunate”. He voiced hope that the situation will improve. He had...
Tharoor among MPs doubting transparency in party chief poll
Five Congress MPs have written to AICC central election authority chief Madhusudan Mistry expressing concern about the “transparency and fairness” of the party chief’s election and sought that the list of PCC delegates that make up the electoral college be provided to all electors and potential candidates. In a...
Fadnavis pot shots at Pawar over Baramati seat in 2024
With the Bharatiya Janata Party talking about wresting the Baramati constituency in the 2024 elections, the Nationalist Congress Party’s state unit chief Jayant Patil on Wednesday said that the sun may rise in the west, but the people of Baramati will never abandon NCP chief Sharad Pawar. However, Maharashtra...
Gujarat BJP chief calls Medha Patkar ‘urban naxal’
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Gujarat unit president C R Paatil on Wednesday termed activist Medha Patkar an “urban Naxal” and a “staunch anti-Gujarat person”, and claimed the AAP is planning to project her as its chief ministerial face in the upcoming state Assembly elections. However, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)...
Kejriwal to launch own version of ‘Make India No. 1’ campaign
Keeping in view next month’s panchayat elections and the Adampur bypoll, Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is launching the outfit’s “Make India No. 1″ campaign in Haryana’s Hisar on Wednesday. Kejriwal is accompanied by Punjab chief minister and party colleague Bhagwant Mann for...
Nitish Kumar in Delhi trying to weave opposition unity
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who reached the national capital on Monday was conferring with opposition leaders on taking on the BJP together. Earlier, he had a nearly one-hour-long meeting with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. This is the first meeting between Gandhi and Kumar since the latter walked out...
BJP readies blueprint to use UP formula in Odisha for 2024
Eyeing 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly elections, Odisha BJP in charge Sunil Bansal, who is on a two-day state visit, has made a blueprint, which comprises a five-point formula, which he has shared with party leaders. Bansal has sought reports from BJP state president Samir Mohanty and general secretary...
