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Jayalalithaa’s aide Sasikala announces her comeback
V K Sasikala, a confidante of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday vowed to usher in Amma’s rule by winning the 2026 Assembly polls. She also asserted that she would question the government as the ‘opposition party’ when Edappadi K Palaniswami did not ask the right questions, in...
Kiren Rijiju meets Kharge ahead of new Lok Sabha’s first session
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday, a week ahead of the first session of the new Lok Sabha. Rijiju met Kharge at the Congress chief’s 10, Rajaji Marg residence in what was said to be a courtesy call. Assuming charge of the ministry...
Man charged for Pannun’s murder plot brought to US
Indian national Nikhil Gupta, who is accused of being involved in murder-for-hire plot against a Sikh separatist, has been extradited from Czech Republic, media reports said Sunday. Gupta, 52, was arrested in the Czech Republic last year at the request of the US government on charges of being involved...
RSS chief’s first meeting with Yogi after poll debacle
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh head Mohan Bhagwat are likely to meet on Saturday for the first time since the Lok Sabha elections. The expected meeting in UP’s Gorakhpur district would come on the heels of Bhagwat saying that a true “sevak” is not...
Fire fighting over RSS charge of ‘arrogance’ by ruling party leaders
After his controversial statement on the BJP’s performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, RSS leader Indresh Kumar attempted to clarify his remarks by saying the polls show that those who opposed Lord Ram have been defeated while those who set the goal of restoring Lord Ram’s glory are...
PM back in Delhi after G7 mega outreach
PM Narendra Modi has left for Delhi after attending the G7 Summit in Italy, where he held a series of key bilateral meetings with world leaders. The Prime Minister held bilateral meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Pope Francis. He...
Yediyurappa’s son asserts truth will prevail in court
State BJP President B Y Vijayendra on Friday reacted to the Karnataka High Court restraining the CID from arresting his father and former chief minister B S Yediyurappa in a POCSO case, and said that the truth will prevail in the “temple of justice”. Earlier in the day, the...
Annamalai meets Tamilisai amid rift rumours
Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Friday visited party leader Tamilisai Soundararajan in Chennai and said her political experience is providing impetus for the party’s growth. After calling on Soundararajan at her residence, Annamalai, in a post on X, said he was extremely happy in visiting ‘Akka Tamilisai’,...
Yediyurappa moves High Court for bail in Posco case
A Bengaluru court on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against former Karnataka CM and BJP leader BS Yediyurappa in a POCSO case. Meanwhile, Yediyurappa approached the Karnataka High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the case. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), probing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences...
BJP terms move against BSY as Cong vendetta over Rahul case
Soon after a Bengaluru court issued an arrest warrant against former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act case registered against him, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Congress government of doing “politics of vendetta”. Addressing the media...
TMC MP Yusuf Pathan gets notice for encroachment in Gujarat
The BJP-ruled Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) in Gujarat has issued a notice to former India cricketer and recently elected Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP from Baharampur Yusuf Pathan for allegedly encroaching on a plot of land the civic body said belongs to it. While the notice was served...
Sikkim CM’s wife quits as MLA within a day of taking oath
Krishna Kumari Rai, the wife of Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, quit as the MLA from Namchi Singhithang just a day after taking oath of office. Chief Minister Tamang’s Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) swept the Assembly elections held recently by winning 31 out of the 32 seats, besides...
Biden appears lost at G7 event, Italian PM guides him back
Gaffe-prone US President Joe Biden was seen awkwardly saluting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after he arrived in Italy for the G7 summit on Thursday. Later, he appeared to wander off from a group of leaders while they posed for a photograph. In a video of the interaction, Biden...
INDIA Bloc may move no-trust motion against Modi
Congress, along with other INDIA bloc members, is expected to move a no-confidence motion or resolution against the government on either of the two grounds. One, that the PM has no mandate, and two, the rising stock rates after exit polls shows financial impropriety, hence the government must resign....
‘Celebration later, work first’, Modi tells cabinet colleagues
A day after the oath-taking on June 9, it was a full house as the Cabinet meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 5 PM on June 10 at his Lok Kalyan Marg Residence. Apart from talks between cabinet colleagues and some smiles exchanged as was seen...
AAP govt complains to SC about Haryana water mafias
The Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government on Thursday filed a fresh affidavit before the Supreme Court saying it “cannot” take action against tanker mafias as they are operating on the “Haryana side of the Yamuna River.” “Haryana should explain why action not taken,” the Delhi government said in the...
BJP govt announces reopening of all Puri temple entry gates
Keeping its poll promise, the new BJP-led government in Odisha, in its first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, took the decision to reopen all the four entry gates of Lord Jagannath Temple at Puri for the devotees from Thursday morning (June 13). The devotees were allowed to enter the 12th...
Elon Musk pursued SpaceX women for sex: Report
Fired SpaceX engineers have filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk for sexual harassment and retaliation in California state court, escalating their multifront legal battle with the billionaire chief executive and his aerospace company. “Musk knowingly and purposefully created an unwelcome hostile work environment based upon his conduct of interjecting...
