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CAA: Crucial impact on results of at least 8 Bengal seats
The Citizenship Amendment Act, or the CAA, has always been a high-stakes topic in West Bengal and Assam, but multiple surveys by the central government and the BJP stressed on the necessity of its implementation. It is likely to play a crucial role in at least eight Lok Sabha...
Mamatal declares public holiday on Ram Navami
Ram Navami on April 18 this year has been declared a public holiday in West Bengal. The move came “too late”, said BJP, claiming Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants to “redeem her anti-Hindu image”. Durga Puja, Kali Puja and Saraswati Puja – the major festivals in West Bengal –...
Rift with CEC may have prompted Arun Goel to quit
Arun Goel stirred up a row yesterday when he abruptly resigned from the Election Commission just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. His exit has left the three-member Election Commission of India with only one office-bearer – Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. While he stated “personal reasons” in...
Kejriwal asks women not to cook for Modi-chanting husbands
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged women voters to cast their vote in large numbers for Aam Aadmi Party in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Speaking at a townhall event — Mahila Samman Samaroh — the Aam Aadmi Party chief told the women that if their husbands...
Himachal police files case against Cong rebel’s father
The Himachal Pradesh Police on Sunday registered a case against an independent MLA and the father of a Congress rebel over “electoral offences” related to the recent Rajya Sabha polls in which six party MLAs voted for the BJP candidate from the state. The case against Hamirpur’s independent MLA...
Deve Gowda accuses INDIA Bloc of making a joke of secularism
The JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda said on Saturday that the INDIA bloc is a bundle of groups who have made secularism a joke. In a veiled attack on the INDIA bloc, he reminded them that TMC leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata...
Yusuf Pathan to contest from Adhir Ranjan’s constituency
Former Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as Trinamool Congress (TMC) Candidate from Berhampore, said party supremo Mamata Banerjee while announcing the names of candidates for all 42 seats of West Bengal. Berhampore is currently held by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and whole...
Talks between BJP, Naveen Patnaik’s party reported stalled
The much-anticipated pre-poll alliance and seat-sharing talks between Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have hit a roadblock, raising the prospect of both parties contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha and state assembly elections independently. The talks, which took place in Delhi, failed to...
Cong asks what stops PM from visiting ‘disturbed’ Northeast
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Assam’s Kaziranga National Park, the Congress on Saturday attacked the Centre over the “increasingly disturbed” situation in different parts of the Northeast, and asked why the PM had not found time to visit the violence-hit Manipur yet. Prime Minister Modi took the elephant...
Shah asks Shinde to change some Sena candidates
In a major development in the seat-sharing talks between the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in Maharashtra, Union Home Minister Amit Shah advised chief minister Eknath Shinde to ‘change some Shiv Sena candidates’ for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In the 2 hour-long meeting, which was held at Shah’s residence late on Friday,...
RSS meet to deliberate on Sandeshkhali, farmers’ protest
West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali and the uprising by women following the allegations of sexual assault and coerced slavery by local politicians are likely to be at the forefront of discussions in RSS’s ‘Pratinidhi Sabha’ scheduled to be held between March 15 and 18 in Nagpur. Pratinidhi Sabha is the organisation’s...
Sukhu indicates willingness to talk to rebels
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu suggested dialogue as a way out of the crisis triggered last week by six party rebels as he headed Thursday to Delhi for a meeting with the Congress central leadership. As he softened his stand towards the Congress rebels who cross-voted in...
Sudha Murty nominated to Rajya Sabha
Author and philanthropist Sudha Murty has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu. Congratulating Ms Murty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said her presence in the Rajya Sabha is a powerful testament to the country’s ‘Nari Shakti’ as the announcement came on International Women’s Day. I am...
Omar Abdullah cautions against personal remarks on PM
National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah here on Friday said personal attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi backfire for the opposition and slogans about his family only secure a self-goal. Omar Abdullah’s remarks came in response to a question about RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s jibe on the...
Delhi court summons Kejriwal on Mar 16 on ED’s new complaint
In the latest development in the drama surrounding the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) summons to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his refusal to appear before it, a Delhi court has asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader to appear in court on March 16. The fresh summons comes after the...
BJP, Navin Patnaik’s BJD confirm alliance talks
‘Rising Odisha’ seems to be the central idea of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ‘forging an alliance’ with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Sources told News18 that Naveen Patanaik’s party needs funds for various projects in Odisha and “double engine government will...
Modi meets gang-rape survivors from Sandeshkhali, assures support
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met five gang-rape survivors from Shandeshkhali, shortly after addressing a women’s rally at Barasat in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas on Wednesday afternoon. He assured them support on behalf of his party (BJP) in their fight for justice against the atrocities meted out to them...
CBI team at Bengal Police HQ for Shahjahan Sheikh’s custody
As the Calcutta High Court’s deadline to hand over TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ended at 4 pm on Wednesday, the teams of the central agency reached the state Police headquarters in Kolkata. Around 4.15 pm, CBI teams arrived at the state headquarters...
