Politics

KCR likely to skip PM’s Hyderabad meeting today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Hyderabad on Thursday to attend the 20th annual celebrations at the Indian School of Business (ISB). Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is reportedly set to skip meeting Modi and will be in Bengaluru on Thursday to meet JD(S) leader and former...

May 26 · >

Karti Chidambaram appears before CBI in visa scam case

  Congress MP Karti Chidambaram reached the CBI headquarters on Thursday to join the investigation into an alleged scam pertaining to the issuance of visas to 263 Chinese nationals in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the home minister, officials said. A special court had ordered him to...

May 26 · >

Yogi intervenes in Akhilesh’s spat with deputy CM

The Uttar Pradesh assembly on Wednesday witnessed a heated exchange of words between Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya during the budget session. UP CM Yogi Adityanath had to intervene and he stated that unparliamentary words and threats should not be made part...

May 26 · >

Meghalaya, Assam to begin new round of boundary talks

  Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday said that he and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma will soon commence the second phase of dialogue to resolve the remaining six areas of difference along the inter-state boundary. The two northeastern states have earlier agreed to demarcate the...

May 26 · >

Row over Rahul’s meeting with ‘anti-India’ Corbyn

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s meeting with British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in London triggered a row back home with the BJP asking him whether he endorsed the UK opposition leader’s “anti-India” views. The Congress justified Gandhi’s meeting and shared pictures of Corbyn with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to...

May 25 · >

SC asks Jharkhand HC to decide on probe against CM

  The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Jharkhand High Court to first hear preliminary objections on maintainability of a PIL, which it is hearing, seeking investigation against Chief Minister Hemant Soren and into transactions of some shell companies operated by his family members and associates into the alleged...

May 25 · >

G-23 leaders in Sonia’s key group to anchor party strategy

To chart the Congress’ future course, its chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday formed three groups — on political affairs for guidance on key issues, Task Force-2024 to implement the Udaipur ‘Nav Sankalp’ declaration and another to coordinate the October 2 ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. While Rahul Gandhi and two prominent...

May 25 · >

Chidambaram’s son alleges witch hunt in new CBI case

Days after he was booked by the CBI in yet another corruption case, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Tuesday called it a witch-hunt and harassment and asserted he has full faith in the judiciary and trusts the institution to stand by the truth. Karti Chidambaram, the Congress MP from...

May 25 · >

No senior Cong leader at Sidhu’s residence after jail verdict

No senior Punjab Congress leader was seen either at Navjot Singh Sidhu’s residence here or at a court where the former cricketer surrendered on a Supreme Court order. The Supreme Court has sentenced Sidhu to a year in jail in a 1988 road rage case leading to the death...

May 21 · >

Bommai in Delhi amid speculation about cabinet changes

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai arrived in the national capital on Friday and his sudden visit, the second in less than 10 days, sparked speculation in political circles, especially within the ruling BJP. After landing in Delhi, the chief minister directly went to call on a Union minister, sources...

May 21 · >
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