Politics
Sonia to chair Cong strategy meet, missed by Rahul
Top Congress leaders will meet on Thursday to discuss the party’s strategy for the upcoming monsoon session of parliament. Congress president Sonia Gandhi will chair the Congress parliamentary strategy committee group meeting on July 14 at 10.30 am, which will be attended by senior party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir...
Row over PM unveiling emblem on new Parliament building
The BJP Monday termed politically motivated the Opposition’s criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiling a cast of the national emblem atop the new Parliament building. Opposition parties such as the Congress, CPI(M) and AIMIM have criticised the inauguration by Modi, saying this was a “violation” of the Constitution...
Lobo says he stays with Cong after disqualification move
Subsequent to disqualification filed against him, Congress MLA Michael Lobo has said that he is with the party. He made remark during a meeting called by senior Congress leader Mukul Wasnik on Monday night. Wasnik reached Goa on Monday afternoon to oversee latest political developments in the coastal state,...
Mamata skips Smriti Irani’s Metro station inauguration
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Monday inaugurated the underground Sealdah Metro Railway station of East West Metro corridor in the city through virtual mode from Howrah Maidan station. The first Metro train from Sealdah, which is among the busiest railway stations in the country,...
Uma Bharti slams Chouhan’s liquor policy, seeks Nadda help
Veteran BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti on Saturday wrote a letter to the party president JP Nadda, seeking his intervention on the liquor policy in the BJP-ruled state. Expressing her concern over the liquor policy implemented by the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government, Bharti said...
Pawar moots MVA allies jointly fighting 2024 assembly poll
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said he feels the three Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies – Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress – should fight the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections together, but a decision on it will be taken only after the issue is discussed with the leaders of...
Maharashtra assembly serves notices to 53 Shiv Sena MLAs
Maharashtra legislature secretary has issued show cause notices to 53 out of the total 55 Shiv Sena MLAs in the state – 39 of the faction led by Eknath Shinde and 14 of the Uddhav Thackeray group. One of the 14 MLAs from the Thackeray side, Santosh Bangar, joined...
Notification for Goa Dy Speaker election withdrawn
Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Sunday cancelled the notification for election to the post of deputy speaker, which was scheduled for July 12. The move comes amid speculation that some Congress MLAs in the 40-member House may cross over to the ruling BJP. The order, issued by Legislature...
Aaditya Thackeray leads protest against Metro car shed
Former Maharashtra and Shiv Sena minister on Sunday slammed the state government’s decision to construct a Metro car shed in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony and said the 808 acres of land was reserved as forest and “human greed and lack of compassion cannot be allowed to destroy biodiversity” during a...
Shivpal, Rajbhar at Yogi dinner indicate deeper UP cracks
After weeks of speculations over the widening rift, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party Chief and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) showed first signs of dissent against ally Samajwadi Party as their party chiefs attended the dinner hosted by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday. SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar and...
