Politics
BJP plans Modi swearing-in celebration across 22 US cities
The supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are planning to celebrate his third swearing-in in 22 cities across the United States, a senior leader from Overseas Friends of BJP-USA has said. The celebrations in cities, including New York, Jersey City, Washington DC, Boston, Tampa, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Chicago, Los...
Chidambaram says Cong did not reject EVMs
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said his party did not reject Electronic Voting Machines and the party is for improvement of VVPAT and asserted that he has never blamed the EVMs. Answering a question at a press conference here, Chidambaram said that in the Congress party’s manifesto...
‘Tiger’ posters for Nitish Kumar in Patna
Days after NDA’s ally JDU secured 16 seats in the Lok Sabha elections and party chief Nitish Kumar emerged as a kingmaker, a large poster of the Bihar chief minister along with the words, Tiger Zinda Hai (Tiger is alive) appeared in Patna on Friday. The posters were seen...
Nitish touches Modi’s feet in symbolic gesture
As leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) arrived for a parliamentary party meeting on Friday, Janta Dal United (U) chief Nitish Kumar was spotted touching Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s feet, as a mark of respect. Newly elected MPs of the BJP-led NDA met today to elect Modi as...
Buzz over key Cabinet berths as partners mount pressure
As the oath-taking ceremony for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic third term approaches this weekend, speculation is rising over which important Cabinet berths will be allocated to BJP allies as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition government takes shape. As the possible formula for Cabinet allocation within the NDA...
AAP scores zero in third straight LS election in Delhi
The Aam Aadmi Party failed to open its account in Delhi for the third consecutive Lok Sabha elections despite an emotive campaign over the shock arrest of Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on charges of corruption. There are 10 Assembly segments in each of the seven Lok...
Thakurwaad, poor ticket decision behind UP debacle
On a winning streak, ‘UP Ke Ladke’ left a severe dent on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the party’s strongholds by securing 16 of out 27 seats in Uttar Pradesh’s Purvanchal (East) region, bringing down BJP-led NDA’s tally from 20 seats (which it had secured in 2019 LS...
INDIA Bloc to sit in opposition as numbers in NDA’s favour
A meeting of INDIA bloc leaders took place at the residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in the national capital. INDI bloc will sit in the opposition and make no attempts to form the government, it was decided in the meeting, sources said. In a joint statement, the INDIA...
Naidu, Nitish eye key posts in Cabinet, alliance
A day after the announcement of the Lok Sabha Election 2024, both TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar extended their support to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). With the support of its two alliance partners, the NDA crossed the majority mark of 272...
Poll results blow myth of BJP’s invincibility: Uddhav Thackeray
The Lok Sabha election results have shown that the Bharatiya Janata Party can be defeated, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Wednesday as he met his party candidates who won the polls. Shiv Sena (UBT) winners Rajabhau Prakash Waje (from Nashik seat) and Sanjay Dina Patil (Mumbai...
Nothing to be ashamed of, Naveen Patnaik tells his MLAs
Outgoing CM Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said that when he took charge of Odisha 70 per cent of the state’s population was living below the poverty line, and during his 24-year tenure, he brought it down to 10 per cent. Meeting the newly-elected MLAs of his party, he said...
Nitish may put forward common minimum programme
The common minimum programme could be one of the demands by Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) if it becomes part of the new government led by the National Democratic Alliance, sources told News18. The idea of a common minimum programme envisages policy, priorities and shared agenda of a coalition government or...
Nitish, Tejashwi board same flight to Delhi
With hectic parleys on to form the next government at the Centre, Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders Tejashwi Yadav will be leaving for Delhi on the same flight on Wednesday. According to reports, the two Bihar leaders,...
Gandhi family loyalist turns giant killer in Amethi
“Stray cattle menace”, “unemployment”, and “local issues” turned out to be the major factors that made the people of Uttar Pradesh’s high-profile Lok Sabha constituency Amethi vote for a change. In an interview with News18, Congress’s “giant-slayer” Kishori Lal Sharma who snatched the seat from union minister and BJP’s...
Chirag Paswan carves his niche in Bihar Politics
Chirag Paswan, the chief of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), may have started his career as a Bollywood actor but quickly adapted to the world of politics around 10 years ago. His political journey started with the mentorship of his father and former Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan,...
Kharge outlines INDIA Bloc’s next action plan
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said he will discuss the road ahead at a meeting of INDIA bloc partners tomorrow (June 5) and see if they can get majority as the BJP fell short of magic figure of 272 Lok Sabha seats. Addressing his first press conference after...
Modi thanks people for NDA’s 3rd term
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked the people of the country for the NDA’s third term, calling it an “unprecedented moment” in the history of India. The Prime Minister assured the countrymen that he will move forward with new energy, new enthusiasm and new resolves to fulfil their...
Nitish Kumar sparks epic memes after BJP falls short
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s party Janata Dal (U) emerged as the kingmaker in the next government as the BJP fell short in Lok Sabha elections. Though Kumar is a part of the NDA at present, but he is infamously known as “paltu-ram” for switching sides frequently. The JDU...
