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Cong ‘Black Paper’ counters BJP White Paper claims on UPA blunders
It’s black versus white – the colour code for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. As the BJP-led Centre released a white paper on the previous UPA government’s economic mismanagement of 10 years, the Congress countered it early on Thursday with a “black paper”. Released by national president Mallikarjun Kharge,...
Uttarakhand official says rioters trying to create terror
Violence in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani while officials were demolishing an illegal mosque and madrasa resulted in the deaths of 4 people. The clash led to injuries to over 50 policemen, with several administration officials, municipal workers, and journalists also caught in the crossfire. Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued in Haldwani...
SP leader triggers row over Ram Temple consecration
Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya has once again stirred up a controversy by raising questions on the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Maurya’s statement in the Uttar Pradesh legislative council on Wednesday drew sharp criticism by Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and...
AIADMK says door closed for BJP in Lok Sabha polls
Tamil Nadu’s main opposition AIADMK on Wednesday said it had already shut its door on the BJP and ruled out joining forces with the saffron party for the Lok Sabha polls. Following Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remark that ‘the BJP’s doors are open for the AIADMK,’ senior party...
Nitish promises not to change sides any more
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who joined the BJP-led NDA recently ditching Mahagathbandhan, on Wednesday said he switched allegiances earlier but now he will not change sides again. Kumar arrived in the national capital to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in what was their first meeting after the Janata...
Cong no-confidence move against Khattar govt
Leader of Opposition in the Haryana assembly Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday accused the Manohar Lal Khattar government of having failed on all fronts and said the Congress will bring a no-confidence motion in the upcoming budget session. The Haryana Congress leader and former chief minister said his party will...
Odisha CM slams BJP for politicising crimes, development
Amid a noisy walkout by BJP members from Odisha Assembly, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday came down heavily on the opposition party accusing them of politicising sensitive crime and development issues that affect the image of the state and its people. Patnaik made these remarks while responding to...
Sharad Pawar gets new name for party in RS polls
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday approved the name ‘Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar’ for the Sharad Pawar faction after his group lost the name and symbol of the party he floated in 1999 to his nephew, Ajit. On Tuesday, the poll body said that the group led...
Siddaramaiah, Pinarayi in Delhi for anti-Centre protest
Escalation its attack on the BJP-led central government, the ruling Congress in Karnataka led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is all set to stage a protest “Chalo Delhi” in the national capital on Wednesday, alleging ‘injustice’ to the state in tax devolution and grants-in-aid over the past few years. The...
Chidambaram promises repeal of money laundering law
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has said that the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, is being “completely misused” to target opposition leaders and if his party returns to power, it would repeal the law to enact a better legislation. The former Union finance minister also said that the...
Kejriwal says ED raids meant to trample AAP as nothing found
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday claimed that 23 Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers carried out raids at his personal assistant’s residence for 16 hours but did not find anything. He also claimed that the houses of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders such as Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain and...
RLD likely to cross over to BJP side ahead of Rahul’s UP yatra
Ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, Rashtriya Lok Dal is likely to join BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. Sources told News18 that the Bharatiya Janata Party is offering three Uttar Pradesh seats to the RLD, while Ajit Singh-led party is demanding to contest on five seats in the...
Modi ‘running away’ from caste census, says Cong
The Congress on Tuesday attacked the government over the demand for a caste census and asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “running away” from the issue. In a post in Hindi on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posed “direct questions” to the prime minister over the issue...
Modi says agencies only doing their duty in pursuing graft
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday replied to the ‘Motion of Thanks’ to President Droupadi Murmu’s address in the Lok Sabha and addressed the “anger” of opposition parties towards actions taken by the probe agencies against corruption. He stated that the country is “shocked to see stacks of cash...
ED raids premises of Kejriwal’s secretary, MP
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal secretary and a Rajya Sabha MP are among those linked to the Aam Aadmi Party who are being raided by the Enforcement Directorate as part of a money laundering probe, said sources. ED officials are currently conducting searches at over 12 premises across...
Nath’s son declares Chhindwara candidature ahead of Cong list
Even before an official announcement, Congress’ lone Lok Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh, Nakul Nath, has announced his candidature for the upcoming general elections from the Chhindwara seat. Nakul Nath made the announcement at a gathering in the presence of his father Kamal Nath, who is currently MLA from...
Ex-President’s daughter asks Cong to look beyond Gandhi family
To regain importance in Indian politics, Congress should look outside the Nehru-Gandhi family for its leadership, said Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee. Calling herself a die-hard Congressperson, Mukherjee believes that the time has come for the grand old party to come out of dynasty politics....
BJP raps Rahul for serving biscuit from dog’s plate
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and the party’s IT Cell head Amit Malviya late on Monday shared a shocking video of Rahul Gandhi serving biscuit from dog’s plate to a Congress leader during ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’. Sharing the video on X (formerly Twitter), Malviya wrote in Hindi, “Just...
