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Modi to meet Putin, no word yet on meeting with Xi
Trade and geopolitics will be on the agenda when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet on the sidelines of a regional summit in Uzbekistan today. The government has not confirmed any meeting with China’s Xi Jingping. Modi and Vladimir Putin will discuss issues of strategic...
ED raids 40 locations across multiple states
The Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches at 40 locations spread across multiple states as part of a money laundering investigation linked to alleged irregularities in the now-withdrawn Delhi excise policy. 20 of these locations are in TRS-ruled Telangana’s capital, Hyderabad, sources said. The searches are being conducted at premises linked to...
Karnataka BJP to fall back on Hindutva to escape graft
The opposition Congress this week released a “rate card” of the BJP government in Karnataka, alleging bribes and large-scale corruption at every level. An embarrassed BJP dismissed the charges, calling the Congress corrupt instead. The ruling party’s response, however, was not aggressive and many senior leaders and MLAs kept...
UP row over survey of Madrasas; Mayawati objects
After the orders of the Uttar Pradesh government to survey of private Madrasas operating in the state, officials reached the world-renowned seminary Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema located in Lucknow on Thursday. Senior administrative officials including the SDM, BSA and DMO reached the Nadwatul Ulema on Thursday for a survey....
Azad gets death threat after call to terrorists to give up arms
Ghulam Nabi Azad, who held a series of public meetings in Jammu and Kashmir before the launch of his party today, made an appeal to terrorists asking them to give up arms as it only brings destruction and miseries to people. A terrorist propaganda arm has issued death threat...
Soren demands copy of EC opinion from Governor
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Thursday demanded the copy of the Election Commission’s opinion in connection with the office of profit case against him. He wrote to governor Ramesh Bais saying the political scenario in the state was “confusing and misleading”, and making the recommendation of the poll...
Punjab Police files case in BJP bid to bribe MLAs
Punjab Police filed a case on Aam Aadmi Party’s complaint that the BJP was trying to bribe its MLAs. AAP today sought a probe into allegations of an attempt by the BJP to topple its government. The ruling party claimed that the BJP had offered Rs 25 crore each...
Stalin asks Shah to stop his bid to make India Hindia
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has responded to Home Minister Amit Shah’s comments on the Hindi language, which the BJP leader had said is not a competitor of local languages but a “friend”. “I want to make one thing very clear. Some people are spreading disinformation that Hindi...
Nitish meets Prashant Kishor, says not upset with him
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and poll strategist Prashant Kishor, his former deputy, have been exchanging sharp digs at each other for weeks. Last evening, the two met for 45 minutes, triggering speculation of a collaboration in the 2024 national election. Pawan Verma, a former leader of Nitish Kumar’s...
IT park admits encroachment, blames it on developer
A tech park in east Bengaluru has admitted to encroaching on a storm water drain, but blamed it on Purvankara, the builder of the adjacent Purva Parkridge. The Bagmane World Technology Centre — developed by the city’s well-known developer Bagmane Group — is one of the 15 big names...
Goa CM claims GFP chief himself wanted to join BJP
After the Goa Forward Party termed the eight Congress MLAs’ move of joining the Bharatiya Janata Party an “act of pure evil”, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said GFP chief Vijai Sardesai himself wanted to join the ruling party. Sardesai, however, denied it claiming that being a party...
Hindi not a competitor, but friend of all languages: Shah
Hindi language is not a competitor but a “friend” of all the other regional languages in the country and they are mutually dependent on each other for their growth, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today. He denounced the “disinformation” campaign to pit Hindi against native languages and underlined...
8 Goa Cong MLAs likely to join BJP
Barely two months after the Congress seemed to have staved off a defection bid, eight of its 11 MLAs led by top leaders Digambar Kamat and Michael Lobo will join the ruling BJP later today, sources said. They met the Vidhan Sabha Speaker, besides Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. If...
Goa fiasco couldn’t have come at a worse time for Rahul
The defection by the Congress MLAs in Goa couldn’t have come at a worse time for Rahul Gandhi and the party. On February 4, just a few days before the Goa polls, in the presence of Rahul Gandhi, Congress leaders had taken an oath that after the election, they...
No move for single opposition leader at national level: Yechuri
There is not going to be anything at the national level under one single leader to fight Narendra Modi in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury said in an interview. He was referring to the meetings held by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar in Delhi...
High Court seeks report on violence during BJP Bengal march
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday sought a report from the West Bengal Home Secretary over the allegation that BJP supporters were forcibly prevented from attending its march to Nabanna programme. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice R Bharadwaj also directed the state government to...
Air India-Vistara merger on cards
Air India and Vistara may merge soon as all possibilities are being discussed, Vinod Kanan, chief executive officer (CEO) of Vistara has said. Ever since Tata Sons acquired Air India, there have been talks of a possible merger between the two airlines, both owned by the group. Vistara, the joint venture...
BJP to launch mega outreach to woo SC community
In a mega outreach to the Scheduled Caste (SC) community, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to do ‘pravas’ in community bastis. Observing the week in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday (September 17) falls as Sewa Pakhwaras, the BJP has decided to revive its touch with the...
