Politics
Akhilesh climbs wall of JP Centre after entry denied
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday climbed over the boundary of Jai Prakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) in Lucknow to pay floral tribute to Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan on his birth anniversary. The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) had denied Yadav permission to...
Digvijaya says Cong will never support outfit like Hamas
With BJP accusing the Congress of supporting Hamas and the Palestine cause, party leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday said Congress will never support a “militant” organisation like Hamas which can be called a “terrorist activity”. Singh also said the Congress has always been against terrorism and violence. In light...
Mizoram Speaker quits, likely to join BJP ahead of polls
Mizoram Assembly Speaker and MNF leader Lalrinliana Sailo on Wednesday resigned as a legislator and said he would join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the “development” in the state. He won the Chalfilh seat in the 2018 assembly polls but was denied a ticket by the ruling party...
Protest over dropped names in Rajasthan BJP list
A day after the BJP announced its first list of 41 candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly polls, at least five disappointed ticket aspirants — or their supporters — on Tuesday protested against the party. In one case, supporters of a leader who was denied party ticket burned its flags....
AAP says candidates soon for Rajasthan, MP, C’garh
The Aam Aadmi Party is ready to contest the upcoming assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan with full strength and the names of candidates will be declared soon, its national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Monday. The Election Commission has announced that assembly polls...
CWC decision to back caste census ‘historic’, says Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the party’s working committee has taken a “historic decision” unanimously to support the idea of a nationwide caste census, asserting that it is a “powerful step” for the emancipation of the poor. Addressing a press conference after a meeting of the Congress...
AAP leader’s house raided for ‘iIllegal’ Waqf appointments
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Amanatullah Khan’s residence in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar was raided on Tuesday by anti-corruption bureau and CBI in connection with a laundering case. The Anti-Corrpution Bureau (ACB) has alleged irregularities in appointments in the Delhi Waqf Board, while Central Bureau of Investigation has accused Khan...
Shivraj, Raman in, Vasundhara waiting
Setting speculation to rest, the Bharatiya Janata Party has declared the candidature of Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and former Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh from their traditional seats. Chouhan has been put up from Budhni, a seat he has represented since 2006, and Singh has been picked...
Israel-Hamas war triggers political battle in India
The Israel-Palestine War has triggered a ‘political war’ in India, with the BJP citing how the “country is safe” under the Narendra Modi government compared to the UPA days when terror attacks and bomb blasts were common. The Congress, in turn, listed out over 30 “terror attacks” since 2014....
Cong condemns ‘brutal attack’, calls for dialogue
The Congress on Sunday “condemned” the “brutal attacks on the people of Israel” by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Over 600 Israelis have been killed so far in a multi-fronted, unprecedented, massive attack launched by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday. An official statement by the Congress party...
Cong attributes Ladakh victory to Rahul’s Bharat Yatra
With the Congress winning several seats in the elections to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil, the party said it is a direct impact of Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also took a swipe at the media saying ”the national media will...
Raut says every segment of society favours caste survey
Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said caste survey is the need of the hour and claimed every segment of society in the country as well as the opposition INDIA bloc were in favour of it. The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar recently announced results...
Cong MLA joins BJP in poll-bound MP
Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls due this year-end, Congress MLA Sachin Birla on Sunday took the BJP’s membership and formally joined the ruling party. The first-time MLA from Barwaha constituency in Khargone district, Birla (40) took the BJP’s membership during a function at the party’s state office...
Rajasthan welfare boards for castes, communities
Ahead of the Rajasthan assembly polls, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved the formation of eight welfare boards for different communities and castes, an official statement said. These boards will give suggestions to the government on improving the condition of the concerned castes and communities, among other things. The...
Protest erupts over CBI raids against TMC leaders
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday raided the Kolkata residences of senior West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim and TMC MLA Madan Mitra pertaining to the investigation into the alleged West Bengal Municipal recruitment scam. The CBI searches led to a protest by TMC supporters outside his residence...
Court moved over BJP’s Rahul Gandhi poster
A Congress leader has filed a petition in a court against BJP national president JP Nadda and the party’s IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya over a social media post by the saffron party, showing party leader Rahul Gandhi as ‘a new age Ravan’. In his petition, the general secretary...
Gehlot announces caste survey ahead of elections
With assembly elections approaching, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the state will conduct a caste survey on the lines of the one done in Bihar. The issue was discussed on Friday at a core committee meeting of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (RPCC) held at the party’s war...
Chouhan, not figuring on any list, says politics is slippery
The path of politics is slippery and there is fear of slipping at every step, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said while inaugurating the second phase of the ‘Shri Mahakal Mahalok’ temple corridor in Ujjain. Turning towards the spiritual leaders who had assembled for the function on...
