Politics
Sidda offers to quit if transfer scam is proved
With JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy repeatedly attacking him and his son Yathindra, a former Congress MLA, accusing them of a ”cash for transfer” racket, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said he will retire from politics, if proved that he has taken money, even in a single...
Mamata wants Railways to scrap dynamic pricing, focus on safety
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the railways should roll back dynamic pricing of train tickets, and pay more attention to the safety and security of travellers. Banerjee, a former railway minister, claimed that train fares were sometimes higher than flight tickets, following reports that ticket...
Goa minister quits to accommodate ex-Cong MP
A day after his conversation with party leaders about “having to make a sacrifice”, Goa Public Works Department Minister Nilesh Cabral resigned from the Pramod Sawant-led cabinet on Sunday to make way for the induction of MLA Aleixo Sequeira. In his resignation letter to the chief minister, Cabral said...
Kejriwal asks L-G to order suspension of chief secretary
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has sent to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena the vigilance minister’s report accusing chief secretary Naresh Kumar of using his position to enable a “lucrative collaboration” between a company in which his son is a partner and the ILBS, government sources said on Saturday. The...
Modi cites Gehlot-Pilot tussle to target Cong
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a swipe at the Congress over the tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot, saying the two are only pretending to join hands for elections and there has been no reconciliation despite a hundred handshakes. “Delhi Darbar...
Haryana party hopes to become key player in Rajasthan
The Jannayak Janta Party is confident of putting on a good performance in the assembly elections in Rajasthan, where the Haryana-based outfit is contesting from 20 seats in its first foray outside its home base. Ajay Singh Chautala, who heads the regional outfit, was a two-time legislator from Rajasthan...
Amit Shah promises backward class CM for Telangana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided that if BJP comes to power in Telangana, the party will elect a Chief Minister from the Backward Class, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. Shah also hit out at the ruling BRS and Congress and said that the two parties...
Kumaraswamy alleges ‘cash for postings’ scam
The JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday alleged that an official’s name mentioned in a phone conversation between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his son Yathindra has figured in the transfer list of police inspectors released on the previous night. On Thursday, Kumaraswamy, sought to link the phone...
Clash between rival Shiv Sena factions in Mumbai
The Mumbai police have registered an offence against 60 unidentified persons in connection with the clash that occurred between supporters of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray at Shivaji Park here, an official said on Friday. Workers of the Shinde-led Shiv Sena and...
Kejriwal says PM scared of losing polls
After meeting his MLAs and councillors with the question of whether he should resign if arrested or run the government from jail, AAP convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met the party’s volunteers, office bearers, and Members of Parliament at the city’s Thyagaraj Stadium. Along with...
Badal notice to CM Mann for ‘malicious’ allegations
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal sent a legal notice to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday, asking him to tender an unconditional apology within five days for levelling “malicious” allegations against the Badal family during a debate at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in Ludhiana....
Fadnavis ends rumours of his contesting in LS polls
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has cleared the air about him contesting the Lok Sabha polls, while having an informal interaction with media at his residence on Thursday. Fadnavis said he will only be contesting the state assembly polls from Nagpur. There was a buzz in the political...
Cong all set for massive pro-Palestine rally in Kerala
After the Muslim League and the CPI(M), the Congress is set to organise a massive pro-Palestine rally in the north Kerala city of Kozhikode next week. The Congress said that it is the only political party capable of rectifying the pro-Israel stance adopted by the BJP-led Central government. KPCC...
BRS rejects Chidambaram apology for Telangana stir loss of lives
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has apologised for the loss of lives during the Telangana statehood agitation, drawing sharp reactions from the ruling BRS. Speaking to media persons in Hyderabad on Thursday, the former Union Minister also said creating a state or dividing a state was not child’s play...
Pilot predicts Cong return to power in Rajasthan
Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Thursday said Congress will return to power in Rajasthan after the assembly elections and highlighted that the BJP has no blueprint for the state, which will go to polls on November 25. Speaking at News18 Rajasthan’s Agenda Rajasthan, the former Rajasthan deputy CM said...
Conman Sukesh calls Kejriwal ‘main mastermind’
Jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar called Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal “main mastermind” and challenged him to a one-on-one narco test to address any claims of association. He said the AAP convener should drop the blame game and welcome a CBI investigation into allegations of extortion against minister Satyendar Jain....
AAP’s Raghav Chadha tells Cong to ‘fight unitedly’
Aam Aadmi Party (AA) Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Raghav Chadha, while commenting on the strained ties between the Congress and AAP – both part of the opposition’s INDIA bloc against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections – said that “this kind of...
Amit Shah calls Baghel ‘prepaid CM’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the Bemetara district in Chhattisgarh has become a center of “love jihad” and asserted no one would dare do such an act if the BJP is voted to power in the state. He accused Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, a senior Congress...
