Politics
AAP legislator’s call to dalits to stop going to temples
If going to temples leads to our people being murdered, if touching idols leads to our people being killed, then we should stop going to such places, AAP MLA and former minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said at an event of the Scheduled Caste community organised by the Guru Ravidas...
Cong meeting today to review results of assembly polls
In view of its defeat in the recently concluded Assembly elections, the Congress party is set to hold a meeting on Friday to review its poll performance in three states – Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. The meeting will be chaired by party president Mallikarjun Kharge, while central leadership...
Fadnavis opposes Nawab Malik joining treasury benches
The ruling alliance in Maharashtra seems to be under strain after NCP leader Nawab Malik sat on the treasury bench in the House on Thursday. Expressing his opposition, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis wrote to his cabinet colleague Ajit Pawar that it will not be appropriate to make...
BJP MP regrets remarks against BSP’s Danish Ali
BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri expressed regret for his objectionable remarks against BSP’s Danish Ali on Thursday at a meeting of the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee, which heard both leaders separately. Sources said that Bidhuri noted that senior BJP leader and Union minister Rajnath Singh had conveyed his apology in...
Suspense over BJP’s CM picks; ex-MPs too in reckoning
Several Lok Sabha MPs including Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Singh Patel on Wednesday handed over their resignation to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla after Bharatiya Janata Paty reportedly decided to move elected parliamentarians to bigger roles in the states. The BJP announced that 12 MPs, who...
Modi attributes poll victory to party workers, team spirit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed in a grand manner by BJP leaders and party workers at the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting on Thursday. This comes after the saffron party won the Assembly elections in three major states — Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. #WATCH | Bharatiya Janata Party...
TMC condemns BJP leader’s remarks against Mamata Banerjee
The TMC on Wednesday condemned a BJP leader’s alleged objectionable remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her participation in festivities with actor Salman Khan at the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) and characterised it as indicative of a regressive attitude of the saffron camp. During the...
Most new MP lawmakers are crorepatis
As many as 205 of the 230 newly elected MLAs in Madhya Pradesh are crorepatis with state Congress president Kamal Nath figuring among the three richest lawmakers with more than Rs 134 crore worth of assets. The average assets of the MLAs stood at Rs 11.77 crore. Newly elected...
Demand to name Nitish Kumar as convenor of INDIA Bloc
Janata Dal (United) leader Ram Nath Thakur Wednesday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should be made the convenor of the INDIA bloc. The JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP said Nitish Kumar has built his image such that makes him the best fit for being the convenor of the opposition...
Senthil Kumar ‘withdraws’ derogatory ‘gaumutra’ remark
After being pulled up by Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin over controversial remark, DMK MP DNV Senthil Kumar on Wednesday expressed regret over his statement made in Parliament a day earlier while attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party. Senthil added that he was withdrawing his statement. “The statement...
Harish Rawat on what democracy is doing to Cong
Congress has become “more democratic”, and it is “costing us like anything”, said former AICC general secretary and Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Harish Rawat. While responding to the inner party conflicts witnessed particularly in the Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the senior leader said...
Book reveals Pranab Mukherjee’s views on Rahul
The late Pranab Mukherjee was known to be a man who kept most facts close to his chest. Given his years of experience, there were many who confided in him, and most of it was jotted down in his diary. Years after his death, his daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee, who...
Mamata says not aware of any INDIA Bloc meeting
Trinamool Congress might skip the upcoming meeting of the opposition’s INDI alliance on December 6 as party supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she was not aware of any such meeting. While addressing the media on Monday, the West Bengal Chief Minister said that her party was unaware that...
Big MP win helps Scindia increase his saffron clout
The Bhitarwar seat in the Gwalior-Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh had never been won by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the past 20 years. This time, after the entry of Jyotiraditya Scindia into the saffron camp, the BJP finally bagged the constituency. A Scindia supporter, Mohan Singh Rathore, defeated...
ED procures statement about Baghel role in Mahadev app scam
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has received a notarised copy of an 11-page statement from Subham Soni, one of the prime accused in the Mahadev online betting app case that originated from Chhattisgarh. Soni, who is allegedly one of the promoters of the betting app, is currently in Dubai. The...
Buzz about Chhattisgarh getting its first woman CM
Will Chhattisgarh have its first woman chief minister? After the Bharatiya Janata Party’s unprecedented electoral win, the state is abuzz with the question. The reason is the record that Chhattisgarh has set by sending the maximum number of female representatives to the assembly this year. As per official data,...
Gehlot aide claims Sachin Pilot’s phone was tapped
The fates of one-time Congress rebels Sachin Pilot and TS Singh Deo could not have been more different. Deo, the outgoing deputy chief minister of Chhattisgarh, lost the Assembly election from Ambikapur constituency. Pilot, meanwhile, retained Tonk in Rajasthan by a wide margin and also ensured most of his...
Poll results shadow over Cong future in INDIA Bloc
The assembly poll results, which handed a 3-1 win to the BJP and Congress respectively, have cast a shadow on the future of the Grand Old Party in the opposition bloc. Partners of INDIA have begun training guns on the Congress, with the Trinamool Congress — a prominent player...
