Politics
Swati Maliwal seeks meeting with Sharad Pawar on AAP assault
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has made public a letter she wrote to the chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), requesting a meeting to discuss her assault case involving an aide of one of the INDIA bloc leaders, which NCP (SP) is part...
Karnataka BJP turns heat over petrol, diesel prices, hikes
The recent petrol and diesel price hike has fuelled a new standoff between the ruling Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka. The state government has increased petrol prices by Rs 3 and diesel by Rs 3.50 per litre. The BJP has launched a statewide protest against this...
Cong slams relocation of parliament statues as arbitrary
The Congress on Sunday slammed the move to relocate statues within the Parliament premises as “arbitrary and unilateral”, with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying such decisions made without proper discussion are against the rules and traditions of Parliament. The opposition party has claimed that the idea behind relocating the...
Ex-minister Chandrasekhar counters Musk’s call for EVM ‘elimination’
Former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday took strong objection to SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s call for eliminating electronic voting machines (EVMs) citing the possibility of electronic devices being hacked by humans or artificial intelligence. Calling Musk’s concerns a “huge sweeping generalisation”, Chandrasekhar emphasized that in India...
Prashant Kishor blasts Nitish touching Modi’s feet as shame
Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor charged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with having “touched the feet” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure his own continuance in power. Kishor, who has been running the ‘Jan Suraaj’ campaign, was addressing a public meeting in Bhagalpur on Friday. “People ask...
Storm over Arundhati Roy’s trial under UAPA
A war of words broke out between the government and the Opposition after Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena gave the nod to prosecute Booker prize-winning author Arundhati Roy for a speech about Kashmir she gave 14 years ago. Roy along with Sheikh Showkat Hussain, a former professor in Kashmir,...
Jayalalithaa’s aide Sasikala announces her comeback
V K Sasikala, a confidante of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday vowed to usher in Amma’s rule by winning the 2026 Assembly polls. She also asserted that she would question the government as the ‘opposition party’ when Edappadi K Palaniswami did not ask the right questions, in...
Kiren Rijiju meets Kharge ahead of new Lok Sabha’s first session
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday, a week ahead of the first session of the new Lok Sabha. Rijiju met Kharge at the Congress chief’s 10, Rajaji Marg residence in what was said to be a courtesy call. Assuming charge of the ministry...
RSS chief’s first meeting with Yogi after poll debacle
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh head Mohan Bhagwat are likely to meet on Saturday for the first time since the Lok Sabha elections. The expected meeting in UP’s Gorakhpur district would come on the heels of Bhagwat saying that a true “sevak” is not...
Yediyurappa’s son asserts truth will prevail in court
State BJP President B Y Vijayendra on Friday reacted to the Karnataka High Court restraining the CID from arresting his father and former chief minister B S Yediyurappa in a POCSO case, and said that the truth will prevail in the “temple of justice”. Earlier in the day, the...
Annamalai meets Tamilisai amid rift rumours
Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Friday visited party leader Tamilisai Soundararajan in Chennai and said her political experience is providing impetus for the party’s growth. After calling on Soundararajan at her residence, Annamalai, in a post on X, said he was extremely happy in visiting ‘Akka Tamilisai’,...
Yediyurappa moves High Court for bail in Posco case
A Bengaluru court on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against former Karnataka CM and BJP leader BS Yediyurappa in a POCSO case. Meanwhile, Yediyurappa approached the Karnataka High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the case. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), probing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences...
BJP terms move against BSY as Cong vendetta over Rahul case
Soon after a Bengaluru court issued an arrest warrant against former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act case registered against him, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Congress government of doing “politics of vendetta”. Addressing the media...
Sikkim CM’s wife quits as MLA within a day of taking oath
Krishna Kumari Rai, the wife of Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, quit as the MLA from Namchi Singhithang just a day after taking oath of office. Chief Minister Tamang’s Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) swept the Assembly elections held recently by winning 31 out of the 32 seats, besides...
INDIA Bloc may move no-trust motion against Modi
Congress, along with other INDIA bloc members, is expected to move a no-confidence motion or resolution against the government on either of the two grounds. One, that the PM has no mandate, and two, the rising stock rates after exit polls shows financial impropriety, hence the government must resign....
‘Celebration later, work first’, Modi tells cabinet colleagues
A day after the oath-taking on June 9, it was a full house as the Cabinet meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 5 PM on June 10 at his Lok Kalyan Marg Residence. Apart from talks between cabinet colleagues and some smiles exchanged as was seen...
AAP govt complains to SC about Haryana water mafias
The Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government on Thursday filed a fresh affidavit before the Supreme Court saying it “cannot” take action against tanker mafias as they are operating on the “Haryana side of the Yamuna River.” “Haryana should explain why action not taken,” the Delhi government said in the...
BJP govt announces reopening of all Puri temple entry gates
Keeping its poll promise, the new BJP-led government in Odisha, in its first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, took the decision to reopen all the four entry gates of Lord Jagannath Temple at Puri for the devotees from Thursday morning (June 13). The devotees were allowed to enter the 12th...
