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Athletes welcome suspension of Wrestling Federation
Top athletes have welcomed the Sports Ministry’s move to suspend the newly elected management of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), but they also said the action came late. They said the Centre must have stepped in earlier and taken strong action against the WFI for violating the sports...
AAP to seek legal opinion on new ED summons
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will take legal opinion on the Enforcement Directorate’s fresh summons to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after he returns from his Vipassana, senior party leader Gopal Rai said on Saturday. After Kejriwal skipped the second summons on Thursday, the ED on Friday again issued a...
MP CM claims Ujjain is Global Prime Meridian
While addressing the last day of Madhya Pradesh’s assembly session on Thursday, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav promised to regain the glory of the country and pushed to prove that ‘Ujjain is the global Prime Meridian’. He further claimed to ‘correct the time of the world’. The newly elected chief...
Major organisational reshuffle in Cong; Priyanka ‘without portfolio’
In a major organisational reshuffle ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls, Congress leader Sachin Pilot has been made in charge of Chhattisgarh, while Priyanka Gandhi has been replaced as in-charge of Uttar Pradesh. Avinash Pande has been made in-charge of UP, while Randeep Singh Surjewala has been made...
Storm over DMK leader’s bizarre remark about North Indians
In another scathing remark by a political leader in the North vs South debate, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran allegedly said that Hindi speakers from North Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar migrate to Tamil Nadu to engage themselves in contruction work and cleaning of toilets. The video clip...
Modi sets party target of 50% votes in 2024 polls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is leading the charge for a third consecutive win for the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, set a target for a bigger victory than 2019. He said the saffron party needs to secure 50 percent of the vote next year. “This time,...
Shah attacks Opposition ‘boycott’ of criminal law debate
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday attacked the opposition for “boycotting” a debate in Parliament on the three criminal law bills by “making excuses” and also hit out at them for mimicking the vice president. Shah also said that these three laws will bring a huge change in...
Dhankhar decries politicising ‘sacrilege’ of parliament
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has justified the suspension of members from the Upper House by terming it “unavoidable” due to their “extreme degree of misconduct” and he had “risen to the occasion” when the temple of democracy was “sacrileged”. In a letter to NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Dhankhar...
Cong says country will give befitting reply to wrestlers’ tears
The Congress on Thursday said the country will give a befitting reply to the tears of the wrestlers who sought justice from the BJP government. The opposition party said this after wrestler Sakshi Malik, with tears in her eyes, announced her retirement from wrestling, saying she has lost in...
Consular access to Indians on grounded ‘trafficking’ plane
French police have taken two men into custody a day after grounding a Nicaragua-bound plane carrying over 300 Indian passengers over suspected “human trafficking”. Indian authorities have also reached the spot and are investigating the situation. France grounded a charter flight headed to Nicaragua carrying 303 Indian passengers on...
Rahul bid to pacify Nitish Kumar on INDIA Bloc PM face
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi reached out to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday evening, amid talk of yet more rifts in the INDIA bloc ahead of next year’s general election. Sources have told NDTV Gandhi could not speak to the Janata Dal (United) boss since he was in a...
Cong candidates list soon, vows to bolster opposition unity
The Congress on Thursday said its candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls will be decided “very soon” and asserted that it would take all necessary steps to make the INDIA bloc an effective bulwark against the ruling BJP and its allies. During a four-hour meeting of the Congress...
Row over Karnataka CM’s luxury flight to Delhi amidst drought
Congress found itself amid a raging political controversy after a Karnataka minister flaunted his luxurious private aircraft while travelling to Delhi with Chief Minister Siddaramiah to seek drought relief for the state from the Centre. Karnataka Congress minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan recently posted a video of himself along...
Cong not decided yet on Ram temple invitation
The Congress on Thursday did not divulge its stand on whether top party leaders would attend the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, even as it said it was thankful for the invitations. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi and the...
Lok Sabha clears 3 new criminal laws by majority present
Lok Sabha has passed the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023 bill, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill (BSB) 2023. Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke on the criminal bills and majority of MPs present in the Lower House voted in favour of the bills....
Parliament security to be handed over to CISF
Access to the Parliament complex – a particularly high-profile issue after last week’s security breach – will now be guarded by the Central Industrial Security Force, or CISF, the government has said. In a notification issued Wednesday, the Home Ministry said the CISF will replace Delhi Police as the...
Kejriwal claims ED summons ‘Illegal, politically motivated’
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal responded to the Enforcement Directorate summons and mentioned that they are “illegal”, “politically motivated” adding that they “should be withdrawn”. He said that he is willing to abide by all the legal summons, however these illegal ones should be withdrawn. “This ED summon is also...
Modi hails Deve Gowda’s ‘exemplary’ contribution to nation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met former prime minister and Janata Dal (Secular) president H D Deve Gowda and lauded his “exemplary” contribution to the nation’s progress. Deve Gowda’s two sons, former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and MLA H D Revanna, as well as grandson Prajwal...
