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Modi to attend ‘Bharat Shakti’ war games in Pokhran
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the war game ‘Bharat Shakti’ in Rajasthan’s Pokhran on the eve of the Lok Sabha Elections notifications on March 12. The exercises in the warfare event will only include an exhibition of indigenously developed weapons platforms and systems. According to an HT report,...
RLD ditches INDIA to join NDA ahead of Lok Sabha polls
In yet another blow to the INDI alliance, Jayant Chaudhary’s Rashtriya Lok Dal, on Saturday, formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Taking to X, BJP National President JP Nadda said, “Today, in the presence of Honorable Home Minister Shri...
Rahul promises MSP to farmers if Cong wins
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said his party will provide Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers legally if it came to power at the Centre. He was speaking at a public meeting in Morena after his `Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ entered Madhya Pradesh from Rajasthan. The BJP government...
Buzz about BJD-BJP pre-poll alliance
Just a few weeks ahead of the announcement of dates for the 2024 general elections, the question that many are asking in Odisha is whether there will be a pre-poll alliance between the state’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and principal opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)? Strange though it...
Cong alleges ‘double-engine misgovernance’ to target Centre
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday targeted the governments at the Centre and in Gujarat over “high suicide rate” in the BJP-ruled state and alleged they have failed to fulfil their promises of creating new job opportunities for youths. He also said the prime minister’s “silence on this grave...
Gautam Gambhir seeks ‘political break’ ahead of BJP list
Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir may not seek re-election from East Delhi Lok Sabha seat after he requested BJP president JP Nadda to relieve him of his political duties. Gambhir, who retirement from all forms of cricket in 2018, joined the BJP months before the 2019 general elections and defeated Aam...
Cops removed from their posts after Shahjahan Sheikh’s arrest
The West Bengal government on Friday removed two officers from the Basirhat police district, a day after TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, a key accused in sexual assault and land grab in Sandeshkhali, was arrested after being on the run for 55 days, an official said. The DSP of the...
Fadnavis declines Sharad Pawar’s lunch invite
Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday declined the lunch invitation from Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar for Saturday at the latter’s Baramati residence, citing his busy schedule as the reason for his inability to attend. In a letter to the NCP supremo, Maharashtra deputy CM...
Priyanka played key role in foiling ‘Operation Lotus’ in HP
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra played a “pivotal” role in protecting people’s mandate in Himachal Pradesh, remaining in constant touch with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and senior leaders to “foil” the BJP’s ‘operation Lotus’, sources said Thursday. This came after the Congress asserted that the situation...
Suspense over Pawar lunch invite to Shinde, Fadnavis, Ajit
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) president Sharad Pawar has invited Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar for lunch at his residence in Maharashtra’s Baramati during their visit to the former’s hometown on March 2. The lunch invitation to Shinde and the two deputy...
Nath’s son says neither he nor father joining BJP
After days of suspense over their political plans, Congress MP Nakul Nath on Thursday categorically said that neither he nor his father, Congress veteran Kamal Nath were going to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. Speculation about the Naths’ intentions was intensified in the last few days as several Congress...
EC seeks 3.40 lakh forces; 1,085 CAPF companies for March
The deployment of paramilitary forces has begun, ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections. At least 430 BSF companies, 155 from CISF and 500 companies from CRPF will be deployed in the first week of March, as initial deployment is scheduled for March 1 to 7. The...
Bengal governor says it is ‘beginning of an end…’
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Thursday hailed the arrest of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh and said that the development will bring an end to the ongoing violence in the state. Terming the arrest of Shahjahan an “eye-opener” for everyone, the Governor stated that strong action will be...
6 HP cross-voting Cong MLAs disqualified by Speaker
Six Congress MLAs from Himachal Pradesh who cross-voted for the BJP in the Rajya Sabha election has been disqualified from the assembly, the Speaker announced today. The BJP had clapped for and congratulated the six MLAs for their ‘bravery’ yesterday when they came to the assembly, after staying the...
New twist in HP resignation drama as Vikramaditya stays firm
High-profile minister Vikramaditya Singh, son of Himachal Congress president Pratibha Singh, confirmed on Thursday that he has not taken back his resignation and will not act in this regard unless the Congress observers put forth their final decision. “We spoke to the observer and discussed the current situation. They...
Akhilesh Yadav unlikely to appear before CBI in mining case
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is unlikely to appear before the CBI on Thursday for questioning in an illegal mining case registered five years ago in which he is a witness, party sources said. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister is scheduled to attend a meeting of PDA ”Picchda...
SC extends PBRS leader Kavitha’s protection against ED
The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended till March 13 the protection it had granted to BRS leader K Kavitha from any coercive action in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. A bench comprising justices Bela M...
Nath tells party workers he is ready to leave if they want
After putting the buzz over his switch to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at rest with his announcement of joining Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Gwalior on March 2, Congress veteran Kamal Nath on Wednesday told the party workers that he would not “impose” himself on them...
