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ED summons Lalu, Tejashwi in money laundering probe
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and his father and RJD chief Lalu Prasad for questioning in the railways land-for-jobs money laundering case probe, official sources said on Wednesday. While Tejashwi (34), has been asked to depose before the federal probe agency at its...
Opposition asks why no action against BJP MPs
Amid the massive row over the suspension spree of MPs over their conduct in the House, Opposition parties have questioned why two BJP members in Lok Sabha have not faced any action yet despite being at the centre of huge controversies. These two BJP MPs are Ramesh Bidhuri and...
Tamil Nadu governor asks chief minister to drop minister
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has demanded Chief Minister MK Stalin drop K Ponmudi from his cabinet after the Higher Education Minister was convicted in a corruption case, sources told NDTV Wednesday afternoon. The demand is likely to develop into the latest Governor Vs government flashpoint in the southern...
Modi says India-US ties not derailing over Khalistani’s murder
Allegations an Indian national conspired to murder an American-Canadian citizen – Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun – will be examined, but “a few incidents” cannot derail ties between India and the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday, in his first public remarks since US federal prosecutors last...
Nitish loses cool in INDIA Bloc meet over translation request
As parties of the INDIA bloc are trying to find a common footing to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the group’s crucial member and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is learnt to have lost his cool during alliance meeting last evening when representatives of southern ally DMK...
Row over mimicry of V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar by TMC MP
Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee today stated “mimicry is an art” to defend his parody of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar outside the parliament, and said he has high respect for him. Banerjee was seen mimicking Dhankhar, who also chairs the Rajya Sabha, in an incident that has been...
141 MPs suspended in unprecedented standoff
Adding to the shock surrounding the suspension of 79 Opposition MPs from Parliament in a single day, as many as 49 members faced the same action today. This has taken the total number of MPs suspended this session to a whopping 141, the highest ever. National Conference leader Farooq...
Court rejects Gyanvapi mosque committee pleas
In a crucial judgment in the Gyanvapi case, the Allahabad High Court today rejected all petitions by the mosque committee challenging civil suits that seek restoration of a temple at the mosque site. The high court asked the Varanasi court to complete hearing in one of these civil suits,...
INDIA Bloc issues persist despite suspension solidarity
With the suspension of 78 MPs from Parliament for “unruly behaviour”, the INDIA bloc has lost almost half its strength in the Rajya Sabha and one-third in the Lok Sabha. And while the mass suspensions have offered a common ground for the bloc’s constituents, the level of such solidarity...
Advani, Joshi requested not to attend Ram temple event
BJP veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi who were at the forefront of the agitation for the Ram temple in Ayodhya are unlikely to attend next month’s consecration ceremony due to their health and age, the temple trust said in Ayodhya on Monday. “Both are elders of the...
Ex-Army chief chronicles insights during China tension
‘Jo ucchit samjho woh karo’ (Do whatever you deem appropriate), this is what Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told the then Army Chief Gen MM Naravane on the night of August 31, 2020 following a tense situation arising out of Chinese PLA moving tanks and troops in Rechin La mountain...
US warns Pakistan during army chief’s visit
Restrict China’s penetration into Pakistan to only economic corridor, and don’t provide any access to Beijing in security set-up, the US has clearly instructed Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir during his ongoing visit to Washington. The move is being seen as stopping Chinese security...
Italian PM sparks row with remarks on Islam
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has sparked a controversy by addressing what she sees as a compatibility issue between Islam and Europe. Speaking at her right-wing party’s event, the firebrand Italian leader touched upon the issue of Saudi-backed Islamic cultural centres in Italy. “I believe there is a problem...
Opposition meet to redraw strategy to take on BJP
The meeting of opposition INDIA bloc parties on Tuesday is likely to focus on seat-sharing in key states, with some leaders pushing for an agreement before December 31, and on redrawing the joint strategy to take on the BJP after the recent reverses in assembly polls. The key challenge...
Cong goes for crowdfunding to finance 2024 polls
When you depend on rich people, you have to follow their policies, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said today at the launch of the party’s Donate for Desh campaign to raise funds ahead of the general election due next year. “It’s the first time Congress is asking people for donations...
Bengal BJP worried about ‘wrong message’ from Modi-Mamata meet
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s visit to New Delhi and a near certain meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday has the Bengal BJP worried. Sources told News18 that the saffron party’s state unit is anxious that any meeting between Modi and Mamata months...
Parliament security breach serious issue, says Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the security breach at the new Parliament building was ”a serious matter.” Rubbishing reports that Lalit Mohan Jha, one of the accused in the Parliament security breach case, has links to the state, she said it was a ploy of...
Sangh Parivar a ‘factory of lies’, says Karnataka CM
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday called the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its allied organisations as ”factories of lies.” Responding to a question by reporters on the BJP calling the five guarantees of the Congress government as ”failures”, Siddaramaiah termed the BJP and the Sangh Parivar a ”factory of...
