Politics
Karnataka Ex-CM Shettar returns to BJP
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who joined the Congress last year before Karnataka assembly election, rejoins the Bharatiya Janata Party. The 68-year-old Shettar, a staunch RSS man and a senior BJP leader, switched to Congress after he was denied a ticket during the 2023 assembly election. He belongs...
TMC snaps ties with Cong, to fight alone in Bengal
Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday in a big announcement declared to go solo in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Bengal and said that “Trinamool Congress (TMC) is not in touch with Congress as far as seats in the state are concerned”. The West Bengal Chief Minister added that...
FIR against Rahul, other Cong leaders in Assam
The Congress’ Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra was fraught with confrontation between the party workers and the Assam government on Tuesday, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directing Director General of Police G P Singh to register a case against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly provoking a crowd to break barricades....
Moily creates storm over Modi’s ritualistic fasting
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the ‘pran prathista’ of Ram Lalla at the new Ram temple in Ayodhya, senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily on Tuesday stoked a controversy by saying he had doubts whether PM Modi actually fasted for 11 days before the ceremony. “If...
Pawar’s grandnephew appears before ED
Rohit Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA and grandnephew of Sharad Pawar, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday to record his statement for questioning in connection with the Maharashtra State Cooperative (MSC) Bank scam case. He was accompanied by NCP working president Supriya Sule to the investigative agency’s...
Mamata says BJP will sell country for votes in Ram’s name
On the day of ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony at the new Ram temple in Ayodhya, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of “saffronising everything”. “Ramakrishna will remain but some people will sell the country for votes,” the TMC chief said. Banerjee’s statement came hours after Prime Minister...
AAP holds havan across UP to mark Ayodhya consecration
Aam Aadmi Party on Monday said it held havan programmes across Uttar Pradesh to mark the consecration of Ram Lalla’s idol at the temple in Ayodhya. AAP’s state chief Sabhajit Singh participated in an event in Noida and performed havan along with local leaders and workers. “Singh said that...
Rahul accuses BJP, RSS of attacking country’s foundations
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the BJP and RSS were attacking the foundations of the country, while asserting the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra was undertaken to protect the idea of India. The idea that people of all faiths should live harmoniously in India and that all...
ED summons Soren again to record statement in PMLA case
The Enforcement Directorate has issued a fresh summons to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and asked him to again record his statement in a money laundering case between January 27 and 31, official sources said on Monday. The central agency recorded his statement for the first time in the...
Dalits stop BJP MP at source of ‘Krishna shila’ for Ram idol
Minutes before the ‘pran pratishtha’ in Ayodhya, a group of Dalits blocked BJP MP Pratap Simha from entering Gujjegoudanapura village in Karnataka’s Mysuru from where the ‘Krishna shila’, or black stone, used to carve the idol was sourced. The MP had no choice but to return without attending the...
DMK denies ban on live streaming of ‘pran pratishta’ event
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday rained down on the Tamil Nadu government over reports of its decision to ban live streaming of the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony at the new Ram temple on January 22. Sharing a newspaper report that claimed oral instructions from the government barring special...
Rahul claims a Cong PM would have controlled Manipur violence
If there was a prime minister of the Congress, the violence in Manipur would have been controlled by the fourth day, party leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Sunday. Addressing a rally as part of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam’s Nagaon district, he claimed that even PM Narendra...
Storm over Rahul visit to Assamese icon’s birthplace
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should avoid visiting the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardeva at Batadrava on January 22, as there can be no competition between Lord Ram and the medieval age Vaishnav saint revered as an icon in the state. Sarma...
Mamata call to leaders signals problems with INDIA adjustments
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has asked Murshidabad leaders to start preparing for three seats in the district, which has three Lok Sabha constituencies – Jangipur, Baharampur and Murshidabad – and two constituencies in South Maldah. Of these, Baharampur is the stronghold of senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury,...
Rahul accuses BJP of dividing country on basis of religion
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP of “dividing the country in the name of caste, creed and religion”, asserting that his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, which entered Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday, was aimed at uniting the people. While interacting with the residents of Doimukh, he alleged that the...
Law Commission report on One Nation One Poll next week
The Law Commission of India is set to submit its report on ‘One Nation, One Poll’ next week. The report would be submitted to the Ministry of Law & Justice and a high-level committee. Confirming the same to CNN-News18, top sources in the Law Commission said the report will...
Idea of simultaneous polls undemocractic, says Kharge
Calling the idea of holding simultaneous elections as ‘undemocratic’ and against the guarantees of federalism and the basic structure of the Constitution, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge demanded dissolution of the high-powered committee formed to study it. In a letter to the secretary of the committee on one nation, one...
Fresh ED summons to Lalu Prasad, son in land scam
The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his son and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav to appear for questioning at its Patna office in connection with the alleged railways land-for-jobs money laundering case, official sources said on Friday. While Prasad has been...
