IPA Webdesk
TMC vs BJP over Ram Navami violence in Howrah
Trinamool Congress and opposition BJP traded accusations over the violence on Ram Navami in West Bengal’s Howrah, with the ruling party accusing the saffron camp of disrupting the peace and harmony in the state. The BJP hit back with serious allegations, saying chief minister Mamata Banerjee had “orchestrated” the...
Puducherry Assembly passes motion seeking statehood
The territorial Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution unanimously urging the Centre to grant statehood to Puducherry after Chief Minister N Rangasamy made out a strong case for it. The resolution was first moved as private members resolution by the opposition DMK and an Independent member G Nehru seeking...
Sidhu to be out today after 10 months in jail
Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu is set to walk out of Patiala jail today, 10 months after serving sentence in a road-rage incident in which a man was killed 34 years ago. A tweet from his official account this morning said that the 59-year-old cricketer-turned-politician will address the...
Court says Sisodia ‘architect of whole criminal conspiracy’
Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Friday dismissed the bail plea of former deputy CM and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case. The AAP leader will now move to the Delhi High Court against the Rouse Avenue Court order. Special Judge M K Nagpal,...
Ram Navami clashes in Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat
The Hindu festival of Ram Navami marking the end of the nine-day Chaitra-Navratri celebrations remained largely incident-free, but communal clashes and disturbances were reported in a few states. Peace and calm now prevail in West Bengal’s Howrah which saw communal clashes and violence after alleged incendiary slogans and stone...
Kharge: Rahul disqualification darkest day in Indian democracy
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said the hurried disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha was the “darkest day in Indian democracy” and indicated “brutal vindictiveness” of the Narendra Modi government. Kharge claimed the BJP government “manipulated” the entire matter beginning from the filing of the defamation...
8 held over posters against PM in Ahmedabad
Eight people have been arrested for putting “Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao” posters in different areas of Ahmedabad, reports news agency ANI. The arrests come just a day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) launched a nationwide poster campaign against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to the Ahmedabad Police, a...
Another JD-S leader joins Cong, third in a month
Former JD(S) MLA S R Srinivas (Gubbi Srinivas alias Vasu) on Thursday became the third legislator to resign from the post, and join Congress, this month, ahead of May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka. According to the Congress, 37 leaders associated with JD(S) in the 2018 Assembly polls, have...
Ajit Pawar slams Shinde govt over SC hate speech remark
Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Ajit Pawar on Thursday slammed the state government over the Supreme Court’s remarks on hate speech and said many parties have repeatedly raised the issue. Referring to the mob violence in Aurangabad on Wednesday night, he also said attempts are being made to...
