Politics
Cong, AAP come together for Chandigarh mayoral poll
In a big move ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress have decided to come together to contest the Chandigarh mayoral elections. If the alliance between the two holds and works out, it will be the first time ever that the...
Cong dubs Ayodhya consecration event as ‘Chunav Navami’
Hours after Congress released a statement refusing to attend the consecration ceremony of Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22, many of its alliance partners, including Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Samajwadi Party (SP), and Trinamool Congress (TMC), too announced their ‘inability to attend’ the event. Terming the day “Chunav...
Kharge hits out at Modi at Nyay Yatra launch
In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday accused him of using faith for electoral gain and said “one should not do dhongbaazi (deception) for votes”. Addressing the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra flag-off rally here, Kharge alleged that Modi comes to Manipur...
Kharge, Kejriwal meeting for seat talks sparks debate
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge appearing with a muffler protecting his ears from the cold as he shook hands with the original ‘Muffler Man’, AAP boss Arvind Kejriwal, has sparked animated discussions in political circles. Even though the muffler seemed to have shifted from one leader to the other, the...
Milind joins Shinde Shiv Sena within hours of quitting Cong
Milind Deora formally joined the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Sunday, hours after he quit the Congress. His ‘Paksh Pravesh’ took place at the Chief Minister’s official residence– Versha– in the presence of Shinde and other senior party leaders. After resigning from Congress’s primary membership, Deora...
Mamata wants state to be renamed Bangla
Trinamool Congress Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants to change the name of her state to ‘Bangla’. She argues that because West Bengal came at the bottom of the alphabetical list, its representatives are forced to wait till the end during Central meetings. On Thursday, in...
Nitish believed to have ‘refused’ INDIA Bloc convener post
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has not yet accepted a proposal to name him the convener of the INDIA bloc, even as leaders of the opposition front held a meeting via video conferencing on Saturday where they discussed seat-sharing and preparations for the Lok Sabha elections. The Trinamool Congress,...
Sharad Pawar says no need to project any face
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday asserted that there was no dispute among the INDIA bloc members over appointing its convenor even as he said there was no need to project any face for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the leader can be chosen once the results are...
Rahul’s Manipur to Mumbai ‘nyay’ yatra begins today
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be hitting the road again. This time from Manipur to Mumbai, as part of his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, which begins today. The first leg of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari to Kashmir was quite a success as it had at least ended the...
Cong claims Milind resignation timing decided by Modi
With its senior leader Milind Deora resigning just before the start of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the Congress on Sunday alleged that the timing of the announcement of his departure from the party was determined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh told PTI that...
AAP, Cong leaders discuss seat sharing for Lok Sabha polls
Leaders of INDIA bloc parties the Congress and AAP held a meeting on Friday to discuss seat sharing in Delhi, Punjab and other states for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, with both sides saying the talks were progressing well. The meeting at Congress leader Mukul Wasnik’s residence on Friday...
Shinde predicts political quake in Maharashtra after LS poll
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday claimed that there will be a political earthquake in the state after the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.Shinde was speaking at a public meeting in neighbouring Navi Mumbai after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the ’Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri-Nhava Sheva Atal Setu’, the...
Kharge says faithful can visit Ayodhya any day
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said anyone having faith in Lord Ram can visit the Ayodhya temple any day and added the BJP was attacking his party over the decision to decline the invite to the January 22 consecration ceremony as part of “a conspiracy”. The Congress has...
Ram Temple fulfillment of ‘divine dream,’ says Advani
Ahead of the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony at Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir, veteran BJP leader LK Advani, who is also the former Home Minister of the country said that the temple’s inauguration was a ‘fulfillment of a divine dream’. An article written by Advani, titled ‘Construction of Ram Mandir – Fulfillment...
Moily: No restriction on anyone to go to Ayodhya; Ram belongs to all
Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily was rather evasive when asked if he will attend the Ayodhya consecration event. Moily told News18 that there is no restriction imposed on him, and that the Congress high command has permitted those who want to attend the event on January 22. He said the...
Advani to finally make it to Ayodhya
The political war of words continues over invitations to the pran pratishtha of Ram Lalla’s idol after the Congress said it will not be attending the inauguration of the Ayodhya temple on January 22. Analysts are saying the grand old party may have committed a blunder going into the...
Calcutta HC protection to ED officials in Sandeshkhali incident
In a big relief, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted interim protection to ED officials in the Sandeshkhali incident in West Bengal, where they were attacked by a mob when they went to search TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh’s house on January 5 in connection with an alleged ration...
Mamata rejects ‘One Nation, One Election’ idea
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the ‘One Nation, One Election’ idea is not practically feasible going by India’s federal structure. Hours after sending a letter to Dr Niten Chandra, secretary of a high-level committee that has called for suggestions for implementation...
