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Suspension of 7 BJP MLAs from Delhi assembly set aside
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside the suspension of seven BJP MLAs from the Legislative Assembly for interrupting Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena’s address at the start of the Budget session. The seven Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs — Mohan Singh Bisht, Ajay Mahawar, O P Sharma,...
Bengal tells SC Sandeshkhali case transfer a violation of law
The West Bengal government told the Supreme Court that the transfer of investigation in the Sandeshkhali case to the CBI in a “cursory manner” violates the law laid down by the apex court. In its plea, accessed by CNN-News18, the state government said the Calcutta High Court’s order to...
ED seizes Shahjahan Sheikh’s properties after TMC suspension
The Enforcement Directorate seized nearly Rs 13 crore worth of property belonging to suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh on Tuesday. Sheikh is one of the main accused in the Sandeshkhali violence and sexual harassment case. In a post on X, the federal agency said that it has attached “14...
Security beefed up as farmers headed for Delhi
Protesting farmers will start marching towards Delhi to press their various demands to the central government today. The announcement has prompted the police to increase security at the Punjab and Haryana borders. The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), the two umbrella bodies that are leading...
Revised Karnataka textbooks include reference to Sanatana Dharma
The Karnataka government has finalised the revision of textbooks for classes one to ten, introducing key changes that are likely to fuel debates and controversies, especially around “Sanatana Dharma”. This came amid controversy on remarks by DMK leaders. The revision, now set for printing, includes a notable addition of...
Rahul to announce 10-point poll promise for youth, jobless
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is likely to announce a 10-point poll promise for the youth and unemployed people of the country in the run-up to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The Gandhi scion will make the announcement at a rally in Badnawar District of Madhya Pradesh with Congress president...
DMK’s A Raja says ‘We’re Enemies Of Ram’, BJP questions INDIA Bloc’s silence
Addressing a public meeting in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP A Raja criticised Hindu beliefs, targetted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, made derogatory comments on Manipur and questioned the idea of India as a nation. Irked by his comments, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) responded by questioning...
TMC MLA stokes controversy calling Ram Mandir ‘unholy’
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Ramendu Sinha Roy has stoked a massive controversy for calling Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir “unholy” and a “show piece”. His comments enraged BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari who called the statement “simply outrageous”, and said that Roy’s words shows TMC leadership’s respect for Lord Ram. “In my opinion...
Chaiwala, Chowkidaar, And Now Parivaar: Modi gets another full toss
It was ‘Chaiwala’ in 2014, ‘Chowkidar’ in 2019 and now it is ‘Parivaar’. The Opposition seems to have conceded another full toss to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the Lok Sabha election. This time too, the BJP won’t lose the chance to make this a mass public campaign....
Azad calls for immediate statehood to Jammu and Kashmir
DPAP chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said that statehood should be restored to Jammu and Kashmir immediately after the assembly elections are held in the Union territory. “The prime minister and the home minister have promised in the Parliament to restore the statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. We...
Mann fumes at Congress leader over assembly ‘lock’
The Punjab Assembly on Monday witnessed chaotic scenes during the discussion on the state budget when Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann engaged in a heated argument with the Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa following the former’s request to the Governor to “lock” the opposition in...
No immunity to MLAs, MPs in bribe-for-vote cases: SC
Lawmakers in parliament and state legislatures are not immune from prosecution in bribery cases, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark verdict by a seven-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. The verdict set aside a 1998 judgment in which a five-member Constitution bench had...
AAP announces Rs 1,000 monthly assistance to all Delhi women
Delhi Finance minister Atishi on Monday announced the ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana’ under which Rs 1,000 will be given monthly to all women aged above 18 from the fiscal year 2024-25. Atishi announced the scheme in her maiden budget speech. “The Kejriwal government will give a monthly amount of...
HC reserves verdict on transfer of Shahjahan probe to CBI
The Calcutta High Court reserved its verdict on transferring the investigation into sexual abuse and land grab allegations levelled by the women of West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali against jailed and suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shahjahan Sheikh to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday. Sheikh Shahjahan was arrested and...
BJP drops Delhi sitting MPs to ‘retain 100% strike rate
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) first list of 195 candidates had five of the seven seats from the national capital— New Delhi, South Delhi, West Delhi, Chandni Chowk and North East Delhi parliamentary constituencies. However, of the five, four were fresh faces, with senior leaders such as Ramesh Bidhuri...
TMC leader Tapas Roy quits party, creates stir
Sparking fresh political stir in West Bengal, veteran Trinamool Congress leader Tapas Roy submitted his resignation from the party on Monday. He also resigned from the MLA post earlier in the day. Roy’s resignation came as a surprise to many within the party and the state’s political circles. He...
BJP list has message for MPs headlined for hate speech
As the BJP released its first list of 195 candidates for Lok Sabha polls, some omissions stood out more than the names that made it to the list. These include firebrand leader Pragya Thakur and sitting MPs from Delhi, Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma and Ramesh Bidhuri. The three leaders...
Both Maharashtra blocs weigh winnability in candidate selection
The BJP-led ruling alliance and the opposition bloc are united in their belief that winnability is the only formula for seat-sharing in Maharashtra, which sends the second-highest number of 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha after 80 from Uttar Pradesh. Maharashtra, the country’s most industrialised state and its premier...
