Politics
HP ‘mass conversion’ bill to prohibit religion change
A bill introduced to make a specific mention of “mass conversion” in an existing law that forbids change of religion through force or allurement and to enhance punishment will be discussed in the Himachal Pradesh assembly on the last day of its Monsoon Session on Saturday. The Jai Ram...
Pavan Varma quits TMC after a year of joining it
Former Rajya Sabha MP Pavan K Varma on Friday resigned from the Trinamool Congress, nearly nine months after joining the Mamata Banerjee-led party. Varma, a former JD(U) MP, had joined TMC in November last year in the presence of Banerjee during her visit to the national capital. “Dear @MamataOfficial...
‘Slap on BJP’s face, says Tejashwi after meeting Sonia
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said Nitish Kumar’s decision to walk out of the NDA coalition and form the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance) government in the state was a “slap on the BJP’s face”. The statement came after the RJD leader met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and...
Karnataka HC reinstates anti-corruption powers to Lokayukta
In a landmark judgment, Karnataka High Court on Thursday nullified the order of formation of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) by the then Congress government in 2016 headed by then chief minister Siddaramaiah. The division bench headed by Justice B. Veerappa and Justice K.S. Hemalekha gave the order while looking into...
JD-U leader says BJP will lose 40 LS seats in 3 states alone
JD(U) president Lalan Singh expressed confidence on Thursday that the BJP will be “uprooted” from power at the Centre in 2024 and will lose 40 Lok Sabha seats out of its 2019 winning tally in three states alone. Speaking to reporters after meeting Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad...
BJP slams Cong for attacking PM on ‘black magic’ comment
After Indian Youth Congress national president uploaded images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting a black thread worn by him, BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Thursday slammed the Congress calling it a “kali kartut, kali niyat wali party” (a party of dark deeds and intentions). Srinivas uploaded these images...
Thackeray gets two more weeks to submit documents to EC
The Election Commission is learnt to have given the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena 15 more days to submit documents in support of its claim on the party’s election symbol. Last month, the Election Commission had asked the rival factions of the Shiv Sena, led by Thackeray...
Tejashwi says govt will deliver on its 10 lakh jobs promise
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has asserted that his newly formed government will deliver on the promise of providing 10 lakh jobs that he had made while spearheading the RJD’s campaign during the Bihar assembly elections in 2020. Yadav claimed that Nitish Kumar, with whom he took...
CBI arrests TMC leader after skipping summons in cattle case
Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a cattle smuggling case after failing to appear for questioning twice in three days. After the CBI filed a FIR in 2020, his name came up in the case. According to the CBI, over...
Mizoram, Assam CMs to hold border talks in Delhi
Mizoram and Assam will hold chief minister-level talks in New Delhi later this month or early September to find an amicable solution to the inter-state border dispute, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday. The development came a day after the two northeastern states held a ministerial-level discussion...
