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Cong attributes Ladakh victory to Rahul’s Bharat Yatra
With the Congress winning several seats in the elections to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil, the party said it is a direct impact of Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also took a swipe at the media saying ”the national media will...
Raut says every segment of society favours caste survey
Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said caste survey is the need of the hour and claimed every segment of society in the country as well as the opposition INDIA bloc were in favour of it. The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar recently announced results...
Cong MLA joins BJP in poll-bound MP
Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls due this year-end, Congress MLA Sachin Birla on Sunday took the BJP’s membership and formally joined the ruling party. The first-time MLA from Barwaha constituency in Khargone district, Birla (40) took the BJP’s membership during a function at the party’s state office...
Rajasthan welfare boards for castes, communities
Ahead of the Rajasthan assembly polls, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved the formation of eight welfare boards for different communities and castes, an official statement said. These boards will give suggestions to the government on improving the condition of the concerned castes and communities, among other things. The...
Trump accuses Biden of funding Hamas attacks
Former US President has accused his successor Joe Biden of “indirectly” funding the Hamas attack on Israel. “These Hamas attacks are a disgrace and Israel has every right to defend itself with overwhelming force,” Donald Trump said in a statement. “Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which...
Over 2,000 dead in Afghan earthquake
The death count from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply Sunday to more than 2,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of villages razed to the ground. Saturday’s magnitude 6.3 quake — followed by eight strong aftershocks — jolted hard-to-reach areas 30 km (19...
Protest erupts over CBI raids against TMC leaders
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday raided the Kolkata residences of senior West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim and TMC MLA Madan Mitra pertaining to the investigation into the alleged West Bengal Municipal recruitment scam. The CBI searches led to a protest by TMC supporters outside his residence...
Court moved over BJP’s Rahul Gandhi poster
A Congress leader has filed a petition in a court against BJP national president JP Nadda and the party’s IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya over a social media post by the saffron party, showing party leader Rahul Gandhi as ‘a new age Ravan’. In his petition, the general secretary...
Gehlot announces caste survey ahead of elections
With assembly elections approaching, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the state will conduct a caste survey on the lines of the one done in Bihar. The issue was discussed on Friday at a core committee meeting of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (RPCC) held at the party’s war...
Chouhan, not figuring on any list, says politics is slippery
The path of politics is slippery and there is fear of slipping at every step, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said while inaugurating the second phase of the ‘Shri Mahakal Mahalok’ temple corridor in Ujjain. Turning towards the spiritual leaders who had assembled for the function on...
Delhi minister says tax notices to gaming firms will finish them
Delhi Finance Minister Atishi on Saturday said tax evasion notices worth Rs 1.5-lakh crore to online gaming companies will finish them and vowed to seek their withdrawal at the GST Council meeting during the day. She said the sector employed over 50,000 youths and attracted Rs 17,000 crore foreign...
BJP accuses Kharge of false propaganda on budget cuts
The BJP on Friday accused Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge of running a ”false propaganda” about MGNREGA budget cuts, and said the Narendra Modi government has repeatedly revised the budget estimates to meet the growing demand for work under the rural job scheme. In a post on X on Friday,...
Thakur’s jibe against Kejriwal on corruption
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Friday hit out at AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying that earlier he used to stage sit-in protests against corruption, but he was now holding agitations to save his “corrupt friends”. His statement comes a day after AAP workers held protests...
Stalin rejects Modi charge of temple encroachments
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleging that the DMK regime has “encroached” temples in the state and dismissed the accusation as a lie. Addressing an event in Chennai on Thursday to mark the culmination of year-long events to mark the 200th...
5-day ED custody for Sanjay Singh in excise case
Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday sent AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till October 10 in connection with the money laundering case linked with the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy. Sanjay Singh was arrested after the Enforcement Directorate raided his premises...
CEC says money power, freebies to be on special radar
The Election Commission is fully committed to delivering free, fair, transparent and inducement-free elections, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Thursday. A 17-member team headed by the CEC is currently in the city to assess the poll preparedness in Telangana and, as part of that, Rajiv Kumar held...
Cong, BJP poster war over Modi, Rahul characterisation
Congress and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) engaged in a poster war on social media as both national parties gear up for assembly elections in five states and 2024 Lok Sabha polls. X, formerly Twitter, account of Congress on Wednesday posted a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Waste of agencies’ time, says Kejriwal
AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said all the cases filed against his party leaders are “false”, asserting that probing these cases is a waste of time of the Centre and its agencies. Answering a question over the Supreme Court’s observations on the bail application...
