Politics
Rahul attacks Modi’s Khadi pitch as insincere
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his pitch for Khadi, alleging that his words and actions ”never match”. The prime minister on Saturday said Khadi can become a source of inspiration for achieving the dream of a developed and Atmanirbhar Bharat. Attacking the...
Rs 6,300 cr spent by BJP for poaching MLAs, claims Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday claimed that the Centre did not have to impose GST on food items if the BJP had not spent a whopping Rs 6,300 crore on toppling governments of other parties in the country. Kejriwal’s remarks come a day after his called the...
Rahul Gandhi will be forced to become chief, says Kharge
Rahul Gandhi would be pursued to return as Congress President as there is none in the party other than him who has a pan-India appeal, veteran leader M Mallikarjun Kharge has said. The Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha said anyone aspiring to lead the party should be...
Soren’s fate in sealed envelope as coalition calls third meeting
Amid the political crisis in Jharkhand, Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday called a third meeting of the state’s ruling coalition members at his residence in Ranchi at 11 am. According to sources close to the ruling UPA, strategies were being chalked out at the meeting to ensure that...
Ghulam Nabi Azad quits Cong citing abuse, humiliation
Ghulam Nabi Azad has quit Congress. Azad said in his resignation letter that the 23 leaders who wrote to point out weaknesses in the party were abused, insulted, humiliated, vilified The Congress, he said, has lost both the will and the ability under tutelage of the coterie that runs...
AAP firm on ‘Op Lotus’ claim, BJP rejects ‘political stunt’
The showdown over Delhi’s Excise Policy continues in the national capital with both the BJP and the ruling AAP fighting it out. Both parties have traded several allegations with the latest one coming from the AAP who alleged poaching attempts by the BJP. A total of 53 AAP MLAs...
Row over Cong leader comparing Jinnah with Savarkar
Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Council B.K. Hariprasad on Thursday stirred a controversy by saying that the founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Veer Savarkar were “same”. Hariprasad, a senior Congress leader, said: “It is because of Jinnah and Savarkar the country is facing the current situation.”...
CBI lookout notice Against TMC MLA in school jobs scam
The CBI on Thursday issued a lookout notice for TMC MLA and former chairman of West Bengal Board of Primary Education Manik Bhattacharya in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in primary teachers’ appointment after he was not found at his residences in Kolkata and Nadia, an official...
Telangana BJP MLA re-arrested for offending Prophet remarks
Suspended Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh, whose remarks about Prophet Mohammed led to violent protests in Hyderabad, has been booked Singh has now been re-arresed under the Preventive Detention Act. Raja Singh was arrested by the city police on Tuesday for making remarks against Islam and Prophet Muhammad in a...
Complaint filed against Bihar minister for Gaya temple visit
A complaint petition was filed on Wednesday in a court in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur against IT Minister Mohammad Israel Mansuri for visiting the Vishnupad temple in Gaya. Muzaffarpur-based social activist Chandra Kishore Parashar filed the complaint seeking an FIR be registered against the minister for “hurting religious sentiments of Hindus”....
