Politics
Shah demands Gehlot resignation over ‘red diary’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday demanded the resignation of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over a “red diary” which, he alleged, contained details of corruption and black deeds of the state government. Addressing a “Sahakar Kisan Sammelan” in Gangapur City in the poll-bound state, Shah said the...
Cong takes dig at BJP for leaders barricaded for PM visit
Karnataka Congress took a dig at leaders of the state unit of the BJP for being spotted behind barricades to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bengaluru on Saturday. The prime minister was in the city to interact with ISRO scientists for the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on...
Baghel seeks probe into BJP govt’s toilet scam
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking an investigation into the toilet construction in the state during the previous BJP government. Despite Chhattisgarh being declared an Open Defecation-Free (ODF) state in 2018, around 15 lakh families are yet to have...
Baghel bats for Rahul Gandhi as INDIA PM face
Ahead of the INDIA bloc’s meeting in Mumbai later this month, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on Friday said he would want Rahul Gandhi to be its prime ministerial face. He said the BJP is rattled by the popularity of Rahul Gandhi after his Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir Bharat...
Chouhan’s pre-poll dole for unauthorised colonies
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced regularisation of 2,792 unauthorised colonies across the state, which is expected to benefit 35 lakh residents. The announcement was made by Chouhan on Friday, months ahead of the state assembly polls that are scheduled to be held by the year-end....
Rahul to raise Ladakh issues in parliament
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday vowed to raise in Parliament the issues of the people of Ladakh as he alleged that their ”political voice” was being suppressed and the promises of the central government on employment had turned out to be ”false”. Gandhi has been touring the Union...
Governor warns of action against Mann govt over drugs
Continuing his tussle with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Friday threatened action under section 356 of the Constitution against the CM, alleging “breakdown of the law and order situation”. Purohit has asked Mann to send a report on the action taken by him against the...
Rahul predicts big Cong win in assembly polls
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday predicted that his party will sweep upcoming Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. The former Congress chief also mentioned his party’s success in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh where Congress formed governments winning majority in Assembly elections held earlier this year....
AAP says to contest all 13 Punjab Lok Sabha seats
Notwithstanding an INDIA tie-up at the national level, the Punjab Congress on Thursday asserted that it will contest on all the 13 Lok Sabha seats in the state next year. Addressing concerns of party workers, the state’s leader of opposition Partap Bajwa, while speaking at the oath-taking ceremony of...
Rahul misses Tughlaq Lane bungalow deadline
The deadline has lapsed for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to accept the re-allotment of 12, Tuglaq Lane bungalow after he was reinstated as Lok Sabha MP following the Supreme Court’s stay on his conviction in the “Modi” surname case. Congress sources, according to Times of India, this was not...
Priyanka urges Centre to declare HP havoc as national disaster
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday appealed to the Centre to declare the natural calamity in Himachal Pradesh as a national disaster so that those affected can get immediate relief. About 120 people have died in rain-related incidents in the state this month while a total of 239...
Bihar Raj Bhavan, govt tussle escalates
The ongoing tussle between the Nitish Kumar government and the Raj Bhavan further escalated with the Bihar education department inviting applications for the post of vice-chancellors (VC) in different universities days after Governor (Chancellor) Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar’s secretariat issued a similar advertisement. The chancellor’s secretariat earlier invited applications for...
Leaders across party lines hail ISRO for Chandrayaan success
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders across party lines hailed ISRO after Chandrayaan-3’s successful lunar landing. PM said India’s successful Moon mission is not just India’s alone. as this success belongs to all of humanity. The Prime Minister said it was a historic day for the country’s space sector and...
BJP slams Mamata’s ‘brazenly communal’ stipend to Imams
A new controversy seems to be rearing its head in West Bengal after chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced increase in the stipend of Imams and Brahmin priests, with BJP attacking the Trinamool Congress for the pay disparity between the two even as experts explained the logic behind the move....
Swadeshi may be theme song of BJP for 2024
In 2019, Narendra Modi went to the electorate seeking another term, harping on the much talked about Balakot strike in which the Indian Air Force went deep inside Pakistan to mount an aerial attack on February 26, 2019. The air strike — India’s response to the Pulwama attack —...
Lalu sees son as CM as Nitish takes up INDIA convenorship
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad Yadav in a significant statement told News18 that there could be many conveners for the opposition INDIA bloc. The former Bihar chief minister was visiting his ancestral Phulwaria village in Gopalganj district with wife Rabri Devi after about seven years to meet...
Murmu hails Goa’s common civil code as model for country
President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday hailed the “common civil code” in Goa, saying that it was a matter of pride for the state and a good example for the country. She also noted that women enjoy equal status in the state’s cosmopolitan culture. The president, who arrived in Goa...
Cong promises caste census, Ravidas varsity in MP
The Congress will conduct a caste census in Madhya Pradesh after winning the assembly polls and establish a university in the name of Sant Ravidas, said party president Mallikarjun Kharge, accusing the regime at the Centre of wishing to change the Constitution. He was addressing a public rally in...
