Politics
Nitish promises not to change sides any more
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who joined the BJP-led NDA recently ditching Mahagathbandhan, on Wednesday said he switched allegiances earlier but now he will not change sides again. Kumar arrived in the national capital to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in what was their first meeting after the Janata...
Cong no-confidence move against Khattar govt
Leader of Opposition in the Haryana assembly Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday accused the Manohar Lal Khattar government of having failed on all fronts and said the Congress will bring a no-confidence motion in the upcoming budget session. The Haryana Congress leader and former chief minister said his party will...
Odisha CM slams BJP for politicising crimes, development
Amid a noisy walkout by BJP members from Odisha Assembly, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday came down heavily on the opposition party accusing them of politicising sensitive crime and development issues that affect the image of the state and its people. Patnaik made these remarks while responding to...
Sharad Pawar gets new name for party in RS polls
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday approved the name ‘Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar’ for the Sharad Pawar faction after his group lost the name and symbol of the party he floated in 1999 to his nephew, Ajit. On Tuesday, the poll body said that the group led...
Siddaramaiah, Pinarayi in Delhi for anti-Centre protest
Escalation its attack on the BJP-led central government, the ruling Congress in Karnataka led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is all set to stage a protest “Chalo Delhi” in the national capital on Wednesday, alleging ‘injustice’ to the state in tax devolution and grants-in-aid over the past few years. The...
Chidambaram promises repeal of money laundering law
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has said that the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, is being “completely misused” to target opposition leaders and if his party returns to power, it would repeal the law to enact a better legislation. The former Union finance minister also said that the...
Kejriwal says ED raids meant to trample AAP as nothing found
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday claimed that 23 Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers carried out raids at his personal assistant’s residence for 16 hours but did not find anything. He also claimed that the houses of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders such as Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain and...
RLD likely to cross over to BJP side ahead of Rahul’s UP yatra
Ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, Rashtriya Lok Dal is likely to join BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. Sources told News18 that the Bharatiya Janata Party is offering three Uttar Pradesh seats to the RLD, while Ajit Singh-led party is demanding to contest on five seats in the...
Modi ‘running away’ from caste census, says Cong
The Congress on Tuesday attacked the government over the demand for a caste census and asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “running away” from the issue. In a post in Hindi on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posed “direct questions” to the prime minister over the issue...
Modi says agencies only doing their duty in pursuing graft
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday replied to the ‘Motion of Thanks’ to President Droupadi Murmu’s address in the Lok Sabha and addressed the “anger” of opposition parties towards actions taken by the probe agencies against corruption. He stated that the country is “shocked to see stacks of cash...
Nath’s son declares Chhindwara candidature ahead of Cong list
Even before an official announcement, Congress’ lone Lok Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh, Nakul Nath, has announced his candidature for the upcoming general elections from the Chhindwara seat. Nakul Nath made the announcement at a gathering in the presence of his father Kamal Nath, who is currently MLA from...
Ex-President’s daughter asks Cong to look beyond Gandhi family
To regain importance in Indian politics, Congress should look outside the Nehru-Gandhi family for its leadership, said Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee. Calling herself a die-hard Congressperson, Mukherjee believes that the time has come for the grand old party to come out of dynasty politics....
BJP raps Rahul for serving biscuit from dog’s plate
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and the party’s IT Cell head Amit Malviya late on Monday shared a shocking video of Rahul Gandhi serving biscuit from dog’s plate to a Congress leader during ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’. Sharing the video on X (formerly Twitter), Malviya wrote in Hindi, “Just...
Governor, Mamata flashpoint ahead of assembly session
The Budget Session of the Bengal Assembly, which is set to start on Monday, may see yet another showdown between the Trinamool Congress and Governor CV Anand Bose over the latter’s speech. The last assembly session ended sine die (without designating a future date) in December 2023 and is...
Fadnavis says Bhujbal’s resignation not accepted
The disclosure by Chhagan Bhujbal that he resigned as a minister last November has put a focus on the Maratha quota tightrope the Eknath Shinde-led government is walking amid restlessness in OBCs, with Shiv Sena (UBT) claiming Bhujbal and BJP are hand in glove. Hours after the dramatic announcement...
Ajit jibe against Pawar over ‘last election’
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday took a veiled jibe at Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar by alluding to his age and speaking about the “sentimental appeal of a last election”. The Sharad Pawar faction hit back claiming the comments were “inhuman” and accused the deputy...
Mamata says it’s doubtful if Cong can win even 40 seats in LS poll
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday challenged the Congress to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Hindi heartland states while doubting the ability of the grand old party to secure ‘even 40 seats’ in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, hours after Rahul Gandhi expressed...
INDIA alliance only for Lok Sabha, not state polls: Cong
Maintaining that the INDIA alliance is for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and not for assembly polls in any state, the Congress on Friday asserted that the opposition bloc of 27 parties exists and will fight together. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-headed JD(U) recently joined the BJP-led NDA leaving...
