Politics
Rajnath wants INDIA Bloc to apologise on Sanatan Dharma
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday hit out at the opposition over DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s comments on Sanatan Dharma, asking why Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Ashok Gehlot are “silent” on the issue. Addressing a public meeting in Jaisalmer on the launch of the third round...
A Raja likens Sanatana Dharma to HIV, leprosy
Amid the ongoing controversy over it, DMK MP Andimuthu Raja said that ‘Sanatana Dharma’ should be compared to diseases that carry social stigma like HIV and leprosy. Speaking at an event against the Centre’s Vishwakarma Yojana in Chennai, Raja said that Udhyanaidhi Stalin’s comparison of Sanatana Dharma to malaria was “relatively...
More Punjab AAP leaders ‘keen’ to switch to Cong
A day after Congress leaders spoke against a probable alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab for the Lok Sabha polls, state unit chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring added fuel to the fire on Wednesday, saying some MLAs and other leaders of AAP were keen to join the...
Cong won Karnataka at cost of Deve Gowda’s JD(S)
HD Deve Gowda’s party, the JD(S), lost deposits in two-thirds of the seats it contested in the Karnataka Assembly elections earlier this year, paving the way for a Congress win in the state, data from an analytical report by the Election Commission (EC) shows. For long, the political wisdom...
Defamation case against Gehlot for scam charge
A Delhi court will hear on September 14 a criminal defamation complaint filed by Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat against Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal posted the matter for hearing after noting that Gehlot, who appeared before the court through video conference,...
World knows Bharat as India, says Mamata
Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that the ’India versus Bharat’ debate has been orchestrated by the BJP to divert attention from pressing issues such as price rise, communal tensions, border disputes and unemployment. The debate started after Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan shared on X, formerly...
New turn in ‘India’ name change row
After the G20 invite row, another fresh controversy has arisen. In an X post shared by BJP leader Sambit Patra on Wednesday, PM Modi is referred to as “Prime Minister of Bharat” for the ASEAN visit to Indonesia. Look at how confused the Modi government is! The Prime Minister of Bharat at the 20th...
Kejriwal’s poser to BJP on Bharat name change
Amid controversy over G20 dinner invites purportedly sent on behalf of the ’President of Bharat’, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday asked a ”flustered” BJP whether it would change the name of Bharat if the opposition alliance INDIA rechristens itself ’Bharat’. The Congress on Tuesday alleged that an...
Udhayanidhi, Priyank Kharge booked in UP’s Rampur
An FIR was registered here against DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s son Priyank Kharge for allegedly outraging religious feelings, police said on Wednesday. Stalin was booked for his call to eradicate Sanatan Dharma and Kharge for backing his remark, they said. The two were booked...
Court summons Kejriwal’s wife over voters list
A Delhi court has summoned Sunita Kejriwal, the wife of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, for allegedly violating the law by getting herself enrolled in the voters list of two assembly constituencies. Metropolitan Magistrate Arjinder Kaur summoned Sunita Kejriwal as an accused on November 18 on an application moved by...
Rahul Gandhi leaves for a Europe tour
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday left for an almost week-long Europe tour during which he will hold meetings with European Union (EU) lawyers, students and the Indian diaspora, sources said. Gandhi will meet a group of EU lawyers in Brussels on September 7 and also hold a similar...
Mamata distances INDIA bloc from Udhayanidhi call
With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attempting to push the Opposition’s newly formed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) onto the backfoot over Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remark against Sanatana Dharma, the bloc seems to be making attempts to diffuse the escalating tension and find a way out of the soup....
BJP demands apology from opposition alliance leaders
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday slammed DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin for his comments against ’Sanatan Dharma’ and asked leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc to tender a public apology. Describing the INDIA alliance as a ”ghamandiya gathbandhan”, Thakur accused the bloc of stooping to ”politics of polarisation” to...
Security beefed up for Udhayanidhi as heat intensifies
Two days after his Sanatan Dharma comment, police has increased security to Tamil Nadu state minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s residence. At present, ten police personnel have been deployed at his official residence and ten at his residence in ECR. Security was beefed up after Udhayanidhi Stalin received death threats over...
Kharge forms central poll panel for assembly polls
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday constituted the party’s Central Election Committee with 16 members including himself and former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The development comes ahead of key assembly elections in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The panel discusses and finalises the list...
YSR’s daughter may merge party with Cong
Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s daughter Y S Sharmila may join the Congress and merge her YSR Telangana Party with it soon, sources said here on Monday. Sharmila, the sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, is likely to be present...
Stalin son’s call: VHP warns of serious consequences
The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Sunday attacked DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin over his remarks against ’Sanatan Dharma’ and asked him to refrain from making such statements as they can lead to “serious consequences”. In a statement, VHP working president Alok Kumar also asked the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government to...
Delhi police FIR against Udhayanidhi
Udhayanidhi Stalin, who serves as a Minister in the Tamil Nadu government led by his father and Chief Minister MK Stalin, has been booked by Delhi police for his controversial remark on ‘Santana Dharma’. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader sparked a row on Saturday after he compared Sanatana Dharma with diseases like dengue and malaria...
