Politics
Opposition has several PM options, BJP only one: Uddhav
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said the opposition’s INDIA grouping has several options available for the prime ministerial candidate, while the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has only one choice.He was addressing a press conference at Grand Hyatt Hotel, the venue of the two-day meeting of...
Akhilesh claims INDIA will defeat BJP in 2024
A day before a meeting of the opposition INDIA bloc, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the alliance will defeat the BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Yadav added that his party and its allies are ready to face elections anytime. ”The country wants a change. INDIA...
Case against Digvijaya Singh over post on Jain temple
The Madhya Pradesh police have registered a case against Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh following an alleged misleading post on his X social media account over a Jain temple in Damoh district, an official said on Wednesday. Amid the police case, state BJP chief VD Sharma demanded that Singh’s account...
Karnataka Cong eyes migration from BJP
The Congress government in Karnataka launched its most ambitious Griha Lakshmi scheme, under which woman head of every family gets Rs 2,000 per month, in the presence of party leader Rahul Gandhi in Mysore on Wednesday. It is one of the five poll guarantees that helped the Congress win...
Opposition dubs LPG price cut as poll gimmick
As BJP-led Centre on Tuesday announced a Rs 200 per cylinder cut in prices of domestic cooking gas, ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections, leaders have reacted from across the pollical spectrum. Announcing the decision, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said that this was done to provide relief...
AAP urges Supreme Court to order ED shut down
The AAP on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to shut down the Enforcement Directorate after the CBI booked an assistant director with the federal agency on bribery charges. The CBI registered an FIR against ED Assistant Director Pawan Khatri in connection with an alleged bribery of Rs 5 crore...
Lalu uses a Bihari slang against Modi
RJD president Lalu Prasad on Tuesday took recourse to trademark irreverence while asserting his resolve to fight the BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Hum log Narendra Modi ka nareti pakde hue hain……nareti par chadhne jaa rahe hain (we are catching Narendra Modi by his throat, we are...
Rahul, Kharge to attend Karnataka scheme launch
The Karnataka government will launch on Wednesday a scheme offering Rs 2,000 monthly financial assistance to more than one crore women who are heads of their households, in the presence of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the district headquarters town of Mysuru, officials said...
Mamata predicts Lok Sabha polls this December
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may go for early Lok Sabha polls which are due in April-May next year. The TMC chief, who was speaking at a TMC youth wing rally, claimed that all...
One-day Manipur Assembly session today
The crucial one-day session of the Manipur Assembly on Tuesday is likely to hold a discussion on the state’s prevailing situation of ethnic strife, though most of the Kuki MLAs, regardless of party affiliations, are likely to skip the session over safety concerns. Six of the ten MLAs from...
Gujarat court Summons Tejashwi Yadav in defamation case
A metropolitan court in Ahmedabad on Monday issued summons to Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in a criminal defamation case filed against him over his reported remarks that ”only Gujaratis can be thugs (fraudster).” The court of Additional Metropolitan Magistrate DJ Parmar issued summons to the senior Rashtriya...
Seat sharing on Mumbai Opposition meet agenda
As the race for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls hots up, all eyes are on the opposition bloc INDIA’s meeting in Mumbai where a logo of the coalition is likely to be unveiled and strategic issues including seat sharing are expected to be deliberated upon. There is also talk...
Cong slams bid to obliterate Nehru’s role in ISRO
The Congress has hit out at those “unable to digest the contribution” of Jawaharlal Nehru that led to the setting up of ISRO and asserted that India’s first prime minister used to encourage the scientific approach. The Congress and the BJP have been engaged in a war of words...
UP Cong wants Priyanka Gandhi to contest from Varanasi
The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee is keen to field senior leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Varanasi and will soon send a proposal in this regard to the top leadership, said newly appointed party’s state president Ajay Rai on Sunday. Rai has lost three Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi —...
MP a BJP ‘laboratory’ for atrocities on Dalits: Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday hit out at the BJP over the reported killing of a Dalit man in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar and alleged that the ruling party has made the state a ”laboratory” for atrocities on the community. He also asserted that the BJP will not return...
Haryana CM in a spot over VHP’s Nuh yatra
In just a matter of a few hours, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad is all set to hold the second ‘Jalabhishek Yatra’ taking the same route in Haryana’s trouble-torn Nuh despite being denied permission for it. What makes it tricky for chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar is that the decision...
Gehlot: Rahul Gandhi will be Cong PM candidate
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said that Rahul Gandhi is Congress’ prime ministerial candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He said that this decision was taken by all the 26 opposition parties in the INDIA alliance after deliberations and discussions. Congress has decided to make Rahul...
Bihar, UP people want Nitish Kumar, claims his minister
People from states such as Bihar and Uttar Pradesh want Nitish Kumar to be the prime ministerial candidate of the INDIA bloc, Bihar minister and JD(U) leader Sharvan Kumar said on Saturday. However, Nitish Kumar himself does not aspire to become the PM nominee or the alliance coordinator, he...
