Politics
Shah claims bad Cong language helps BJP win people’s love
Whenever Congress uses such language, people’s love for the BJP increases and the same will happen in Karnataka, senior party leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah told News18 Kannada in an exclusive interview amid the row over Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and his son Priyank Kharge using words...
Rahul pauses speech on hearing azaan at Karnataka poll rally
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stopped his speech midway on hearing the azaan (call to public prayer in a mosque) during a public meeting in poll-bound Karnataka on Monday. He was addressing people at a rally in Turuvekere in Tumakuru district, ahead of the assembly elections on May 10. #WATCH...
Priyanka says Bhushan waiting for Modi signal before quitting
After Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh offered to resign from his post amid sexual harassment allegations, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should tell him to quit. Priyanka’s remarks came after Singh reportedly said he will resign immediately if PM Modi, Amit Shah...
Retrieving Pak-occupied Kashmir ‘very much on agenda’
To retrieve Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and make it a part of India is very much on the government’s agenda, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday. In a meeting with London-based Jammu and Kashmir-origin students and social groups, he said after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over, he...
Proud to be a Hindu, asserts Kamal Nath ahead of polls
Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath on Monday asserted he is “proud to be a Hindu”, but he is not a “fool” and claimed Indian culture is facing attack and the Constitution going into the wrong hands, in remarks aimed at the BJP in a state where Assembly polls...
Vijayan accuses PM of trying to belittle Kerala
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks against the state government over several issues, saying that he was “deliberately trying to belittle” the state. The chief minister claimed that the state has only experienced “neglect and discrimination” at the...
Brij Bhushan says Jantar Mantar protest driven by politicians
WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by India’s top wrestlers, on Sunday claimed the athletes’ protest at Jantar Mantar is being driven by the politicians from day one. The country’s top wrestlers, including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, have been...
Singhvi tells court about ‘vitiating factors’ in Rahul’s conviction
Senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Saturday told the Gujarat High Court that “very serious ex-facie vitiating factors” about the trial’s process led to the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark. Singhvi is arguing on behalf of Gandhi in...
Modi says Cong leaders abused him 91 times so far
Training guns on the Congress over its president M Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘venomous snake’ barb at him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the party and its leaders have hurled at him different types of abuses 91 times till now. Accusing the Congress of also abusing the dominant Lingayat...
Cong central emissary holds discussions in Rajasthan
Amid rumblings in Rajasthan Congress, the party’s in-charge for the state Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Saturday held separate meetings with the ministers and asked them to strengthen the organisation ahead of elections due later this year. He also held a meeting with Speaker C P Joshi. Prior to Randhawa,...
No alliance with SAD at any cost, says Punjab BJP
There is no possibility of the BJP entering into an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal again and it will contest all elections in Punjab on its own, the party’s state unit chief Ashwani Sharma said on Saturday. He added that the homage paid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Tamil Nadu BJP claims alliance with AIADMK intact
My wings have not been clipped and I will continue to aggressively push for the growth of the BJP in Tamil Nadu, the party’s state unit chief K Annamalai told News18 in an interview, adding that the alliance with the AIADMK will continue till the 2026 Assembly elections. Asked...
BJP asks EC to file case against Kharge on ‘poisonous snake’
The BJP on Friday urged the Election Commission to file a criminal case against Mallikarjun Kharge and bar him from campaigning in the Karnataka assembly polls, stepping up its attack on the Congress president for his “poisonous snake” barb at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union minister Bhupender Yadav, who...
BJP’s ‘Vishkanya’ remark against Sonia shows rot: Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday slammed a Karnataka BJP leader for calling former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi a ‘Vishkanya,’ saying the use of the term was a reflection of the vitiated political discourse in the country. “Remarks made by a Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Karnataka against...
Pawar calls for united action to end growing hatred
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Friday called for working together to end the growing hatred in the country while attending an ‘Eid Milan’ event organised by his party here on Friday. “As long as we don’t strengthen humanity and brotherhood, this problem cannot be solved. We...
Cong files complaint against Amit Shah over hate speech
A police complaint was lodged on Thursday by Congress leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, Dr Parmeshwar, and DK Shivakumar, the Chief of Karnataka Congress, against several BJP leaders including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, as stated in the copy of the complaint. The complaint, submitted at the High Grounds police...
BJP says Kharge’s ‘poisonous snake’ jibe will be turning point
Days ahead of the crucial Karnataka assembly elections, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday landed himself in trouble as he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “poisonous snake”, drawing a massive backlash from the BJP. After receiving criticism and sensing the negative impact of his statement during the...
Rahul promises free travel for women if Cong wins Karnataka
Announcing the fifth poll “guarantee” of the Congress ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, party leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday promised free travel for women in public transport buses, if it’s voted to power in the State. He hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for...
