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Chhattisgarh CM suspense to end soon
A key meeting of the BJP’s newly-elected 54 MLAs in Chhattisgarh to pick the legislative party leader will be held here on Sunday which is likely to end the suspense over who will be the next chief minister. “The BJP’s legislative party meeting will take place on Sunday. The...
Danish Ali suspended for ‘anti-party activities’
Lok Sabha MP from Amroha and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Danish Ali, who had been at the receiving end of unsavoury remarks by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri in the Parliament, has been suspended from the party for “anti-party activities”. “This is to inform you that Mr Danish Ali...
Cong review says MP, C’garh results unexpected, disappointing
Days after facing defeat in the recently concluded Assembly polls, the Congress party on Friday conducted separate review meetings over its dismal performance in Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh, and said that its defeat in the two states at the hands of the BJP was unexpected. The meeting was chaired...
Telangana BJP MLA refuses to be sworn in by Owaisi
Telangana BJP legislator T Raja Singh has refused to be administered his oath by AIMIM’s Akbaruddin Owaisi, who was appointed by the protem speaker of the state assembly. Singh, who won from Goshamahal in last month’s assembly elections, said none of the BJP lawmakers would take oath. In a...
TMC to use Mahua Moitra as symbol of Nari Shakti
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra’s expulsion from Lok Sabha following an Ethics Committee report into the ‘cash for query’ charges against her has given much-needed ammunition to her party to raise the issue in the run-up to the 2024 polls. On Friday, as Moitra made her way out of...
Sarma assails Kapil Sibal claim ‘Assam was part of Myanmar’
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday rained down on advocate Kapil Sibal over his ‘Assam was a part of Myanmar’ remark during a hearing in the Supreme Court. “Those who have no knowledge of Assam’s history should not speak. Assam was never a part of Myanmar. There...
CPI secretary Kanam Rajendran passes away at 73
Communist Party of India (CPI) state secretary Kanam Rajendran, 73 died at a private hospital following cardiac arrest on Friday at Amrita hospital. The veteran leader was undergoing treatment at the hospital for ailments including diabetes. The leader was admitted to the hospital on October 25 with multiple ailments,...
Mahua expelled from parliament in cash-for-query case
Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra has been expelled from the Parliament after Ethics Panel’s recommendation over cash-for-query row. Opposition INDIA bloc leaders questioned the Lok Sabha Ethics Panel recommendation for expelling Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, and accused the BJP-led government of doing “vendetta politics”. The report was tabled in the...
AAP legislator’s call to dalits to stop going to temples
If going to temples leads to our people being murdered, if touching idols leads to our people being killed, then we should stop going to such places, AAP MLA and former minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said at an event of the Scheduled Caste community organised by the Guru Ravidas...
Cong meeting today to review results of assembly polls
In view of its defeat in the recently concluded Assembly elections, the Congress party is set to hold a meeting on Friday to review its poll performance in three states – Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. The meeting will be chaired by party president Mallikarjun Kharge, while central leadership...
Fadnavis opposes Nawab Malik joining treasury benches
The ruling alliance in Maharashtra seems to be under strain after NCP leader Nawab Malik sat on the treasury bench in the House on Thursday. Expressing his opposition, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis wrote to his cabinet colleague Ajit Pawar that it will not be appropriate to make...
BJP MP regrets remarks against BSP’s Danish Ali
BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri expressed regret for his objectionable remarks against BSP’s Danish Ali on Thursday at a meeting of the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee, which heard both leaders separately. Sources said that Bidhuri noted that senior BJP leader and Union minister Rajnath Singh had conveyed his apology in...
Suspense over BJP’s CM picks; ex-MPs too in reckoning
Several Lok Sabha MPs including Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Singh Patel on Wednesday handed over their resignation to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla after Bharatiya Janata Paty reportedly decided to move elected parliamentarians to bigger roles in the states. The BJP announced that 12 MPs, who...
Modi attributes poll victory to party workers, team spirit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed in a grand manner by BJP leaders and party workers at the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting on Thursday. This comes after the saffron party won the Assembly elections in three major states — Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. #WATCH | Bharatiya Janata Party...
Revanth Reddy to take CM oath with 12 ministers
Anumula Revanth Reddy, President of Telangana Congress, will take oath as the new Chief Minister of Telangana in a grand ceremony at Hyderabad’s LB Stadium today. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Sridhar Babu, Ponnam Prabhakar, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Damodar Rajanarasimha, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Dana Anasuya, Tummala Nageswar Rao, Konda Surekha and...
TMC condemns BJP leader’s remarks against Mamata Banerjee
The TMC on Wednesday condemned a BJP leader’s alleged objectionable remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her participation in festivities with actor Salman Khan at the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) and characterised it as indicative of a regressive attitude of the saffron camp. During the...
Most new MP lawmakers are crorepatis
As many as 205 of the 230 newly elected MLAs in Madhya Pradesh are crorepatis with state Congress president Kamal Nath figuring among the three richest lawmakers with more than Rs 134 crore worth of assets. The average assets of the MLAs stood at Rs 11.77 crore. Newly elected...
Demand to name Nitish Kumar as convenor of INDIA Bloc
Janata Dal (United) leader Ram Nath Thakur Wednesday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should be made the convenor of the INDIA bloc. The JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP said Nitish Kumar has built his image such that makes him the best fit for being the convenor of the opposition...
