Politics
SC notice to Naidu in skill development scam case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on a plea by the Andhra Pradesh government against a high court order granting regular bail to him in the skill development corporation scam case. A bench of justices Bela M Trivedi and SC Sharma...
Uddhav targets Shinde for Telangana poll tour amid farm crisis
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray (Left), Eknath Shinde on Tuesday hit out at Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over his visit to neighbouring Telangana for poll campaigning amid losses faced by farmers in his home state due to unseasonal rains. Addressing a news conference, Thackeray demanded that a...
Bengal opposition leader suspended for winter session
Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was on Tuesday suspended for the entire winter session of the West Bengal Assembly for making ”objectionable remarks” against Speaker Biman Banerjee. The suspension happened during a discussion on ’Constitution Day’ in the state assembly. A resolution under Rule 169 was tabled in the...
Karnataka minister alleges being ignored in key decisions
Even as deliberations are on to finalise the appointment of Congress legislators and workers to key positions in various state-run boards and corporations, there seem to some differences among leaders over the process, with Home Minister G Parameshwara openly saying he was not consulted. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, however, tried...
‘Islamisation’ row over Nitish govt’s school holidays decision
A political row erupted after the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government decided to slash the holidays for the state’s schools on the occasion of Hindu festivals while increasing them for Muslim festivals. The Bihar education department on Monday issued the holiday calendar for 2024 with fewer leaves and said the...
Cong slams BRS for EC ‘no’ to aid for Telangana farmers
The Congress on Monday slammed the BRS over the EC’s withdrawal of permission to the Telangana government for disbursements of financial aid to farmers under the Rythu Bandhu Scheme, alleging that those ruling the state, in their desperation to hang onto power, have ended up denying what is owed...
Sitharaman misleading public about Kerala’s neglect: Vijayan
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday continued to accuse Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of ”trying to mislead the public” about the alleged neglect shown by the central government towards the southern state. The CM had on Sunday charged Sitharaman with trying to mislead the public through her...
BJP seeks action against Siddaramaiah for ads in Telangana dailies
The BJP has once again gone to the Election Commission of India, complaining against the Congress. The party has knocked on the doors of the poll body due to an advertisement by the Congress-ruled Karnataka government in Telangana edition dailies, which are circulated in poll-bound state, demanding criminal proceedings...
Shivakumar gets court clearance for foreign trip
A Delhi court has allowed Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar, accused in a money laundering case, to travel abroad. Special Judge Vikas Dhull allowed Congress member Shivakumar to travel to Dubai from November 29 to December 3 on an application moved by him. The application claimed that...
Maurya challenges Akhilesh to clarify stand on Mathura Temple
Four days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday alleged the SP does not want to build the Shri Krishna temple and challenged the party chief Akhilesh Yadav to clarify his stand. ”The SP, which is shedding the...
Shah alleges Cong-BRS deal to make Rahul Gandhi PM
Union Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that a deal has been done between the ruling BRS in Telangana and Congress to make K Chandrasekhar Rao as chief minister again and that he would later help Rahul Gandhi to become prime minister. Shah, who addressed an election rally at...
Cong flattened BJP tyres in Telangana, will repeat in Delhi: Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said his party punctured all four tyres of the BJP in poll-bound Telangana and shall do it in Delhi soon. Addressing poll rallies in Telangana, he said BRS chief Chandrasekhar Rao should realise that it was the Congress that built the school...
Key witness retracts statement against Baghel in app case
In a major development in the Mahadev betting app probe, one of the key witnesses against Bhupesh Baghel has given a clean chit to the Chhattisgarh chief minister. Asim Das, a driver arrested in the case, retracted his statement against Baghel in a letter to the PMLA court in...
EC ‘advisory’ to KCR on threat against Cong leaders
The Election Commission (EC) has issued an ‘advisory’ to Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for his controversial remarks against the state’s Congress leadership. Ahead of the Telangana Assembly polls scheduled in the upcoming week, the CM was asked to follow the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct in...
Shah says BJP voted to power whenever Modi is abused
On the Telangana campaign trail, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in an exclusive chat with Network18, responded to the “panauti” remark by the Congress against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying people will give them a befitting reply. “Whenever they have abused PM Modi…the public has given them an answer...
Kharge confident of Cong win in Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh, T’gana
AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday expressed confidence that his party would win the assembly polls in the states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana. Addressing an election rally at LB Nagar here, he urged the electorate to dislodge the BRS government in Telangana. ”Election will be held...
Mahua’s account accessed from more places, including US
Trouble seems to be mounting for Mahua Moitra in the cash-for-query row, with the latest report claiming that the Trinamool Congress MP’s Parliament login ID was not just accessed from Dubai, but two other places including ones in the United States. Apart from Dubai, Moitra’s login credentials were used...
Cong sticks to ‘Panauti’ dig at Modi with new posters
Undeterred by the Election Commission’s show-cause notice to Rahul Gandhi over his “shameful and disgraceful” comments, the Indian National Congress on Friday came up with posters referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as ‘Panauti’, a term associated with bad luck. The poster came in a continuation of Gandhi’s untasteful...
