Politics
Uddhav threatens revenge against Shinde for backstabbing
I will take revenge on Eknath Shinde for backstabbing me, Uddhav Thackeray warned on Thursday as he told his party workers that they should all work hard and “bring our days back”. Speaking at a function of Shiv Sena UBT’s labour union, party chief Thackeray said: “I will not...
JD(S) promises to restore 4% reservation for Muslims
The JD(S) on Thursday released its “Janata Pranalike” (People’s Manifesto) for the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka promising to restore four per cent reservation for Muslims, to “throw out” Amul and to save Nandini brand calling it Kannadiga’s identity, among various assurances. The party led by former Prime...
Priyanka slams PM Modi over ‘suicide note’ joke
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a joke made by him involving a suicide note, saying the PM and those laughing heartily at his joke ought to educate themselves better rather than “ridicule” mental health issues in an “insensitive” manner....
Amit Shah bid to patch up EPS, Tamil Nadu BJP strain
Amid the strained relationship between the AIADMK led by Edappadi K Palaniswami and BJP’s Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai, the former met Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda in New Delhi late on Wednesday. The meeting between the AIADMK senior leaders and the top leaders...
Yediyurappa to lead campaign to offset Shettar loss impact
A week after former chief minister Jagadish Shettar quit the BJP crying “betrayal” of the Lingayat community by his party and filed the nomination on a Congress ticket from Hubli-Dharwad Central Assembly seat, the saffron party has decided to pay him back in the same coin. The BJP...
Ajit Pawar vows to stay in NCP till ‘last moment’
Ajit Pawar on Tuesday reiterated that he would stay in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) till his last moment amid rumours over his next political move. He was speaking at a party programme in Maharashtra’s Baramati. “Several speculations about me were circulated and rumours were spread. For no reason,...
Yogi says dons now begging for their lives
Reiterating that there is no place for criminals in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said mafia dons are now fearing and begging for their lives under his BJP-led government’s rule in the state. Addressing a public meeting in Unnao, he said, “Before 2017, the mafia and...
BJP accuses Kejriwal of Rs 45 cr home beautification
The BJP on Tuesday claimed that around Rs 45 crore was spent on the “beautification” of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence in the Civil Lines area of the city and demanded his resignation on “moral” grounds. No immediate reaction was available from the Delhi government or the...
Karnataka opposes plea against scrapping 4% Muslim quota
The BJP-led Karnataka government on Tuesday opposed a plea challenging scrapping of four per cent reservation for Muslims in the 2B category of the Other Backward Castes (OBC). Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai-led government said that the pleas are not maintainable as petitioners have directly moved the Supreme Court. The...
Religion-based reservation unconstitutional, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said reservation based on religion was unconstitutional, and asserted that the BJP would implement the quota formula adopted by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai-led government in Karnataka. He said, BJP has given tickets for the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka on merits...
Modi blames Cong for ‘step-motherly’ treatment to villages
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday blamed the previous Congress governments for meting out “step-motherly” treatment to villages in the country after Independence and breaking their trust. Addressing a public event in Rewa on the occasion of the National Panchayati Raj Day, Modi said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led...
Unemployment highest in 4 decades, alleges Rahul
Last Updated: April 24, 2023, 23:09 IST Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the BJP-led government at the Centre, accusing it of promoting privatisation of state-owned companies and reducing the number of government jobs in the country. Addressing a public meeting here in Haveri district, he...
Rahul gets relief as Patna HC stays lower court order
In a temporary relief of Rahul Gandhi in the defamation case for his ‘Modi-surname’ remark, the Patna High Court on Monday stayed the order of a lower court asking the Congress leader to appear before the Patna MP/MLA court on Tuesday to present his case. Rahul Gandhi’s counsel said that all lower court...
AAP councillor joins BJP ahead of MCD Mayor poll
Ahead of the MCD mayor poll, AAP councillor from Dwarka C ward Sunita joined the BJP in presence of senior leaders of the Delhi unit on Monday. The elections for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will be held on April...
AIADMK-BJP seek central probe into TN minister’s audio
The AIADMK and BJP have demanded a central agency probe into an audio clip purportedly of state finance minister P Thiaga Rajan on corruption in the DMK. A Shankar, political commentator and editor of digital views and investigative news outlet Savukku, had put out a 26-second clip on Twitter,...
Siddaramaiah calls Bommai ‘corrupt Lingayat CM’
Commenting on BJP’s outreach of the Lingayat community in poll-bound Karnataka, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that a Lingayat leader -referring to CM Basavaraj Bommai — is the “root of all corruption in the state.” Siddaramaiah was responding to a question asked about the saffron party saying that a...
Kodnani’s political career set for revival after acquittal
With her acquittal in the second and last case against her in the 2002 riots cases, doors are now open for former Bharatiya Janata Party minister Maya Kodnani to stage a comeback in Gujarat’s active politics, a decade after her political graph nosedived following allegations related to the post-Godhra...
Punjab CM refuses to sign Rs 55 lakh bill for don’s jail comforts
After dreaded gangster Atiq Ahmed, another mafia-politician from Uttar Pradesh — Mukhtar Ansari — is in the spotlight. The focused shifted to Punjab after chief minister Bhagwant Mann refused to clear a file with a bill of Rs 55 lakh incurred on “facilitating” the stay of the gangster in...
