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Tharoor praises G20 Sherpa’s negotiation with Russia, China
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday praised India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant for “negotiations” with China and Russia to reach consensus on a joint communique from G20 leaders on the bloc’s stance on Ukraine war. Taking to his official X (formerly known as Twitter) account, the Lok Sabha MP...
Centre refutes Baghel, Gehlot’s air travel curbs claim
After Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said he cannot attend the G20 dinner on Saturday due to air restrictions around Delhi, the Centre refuted this claim and clarified that the movement is not prohibited to governors and CMs. This comes as Bhaghel claimed he wont be attending the President’s...
Bengal Governor warns of bigger action in education row
A day after West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu accused him of trying to “destroy” the higher education system in the state and running a “puppet regime” in universities, Governor C V Ananda Bose on Saturday warned of much bigger action at midnight. “Wait for the stroke of midnight...
Naidu’s arrest: TDP calls mass hunger strike
The Telugu Desam Party has decided to observe a mass hunger strike across Andhra Pradesh on Sunday in protest against the ”illegal” arrest of party supremo and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. Andhra Pradesh TDP president K Atchannaidu, in a statement on Saturday, requested the party cadres to...
Naidu arrested over corruption charges
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the Skill Development Corporation scam. The CID arrested Naidu in Nandyal, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) said on Saturday. The TDP chief was arrested at around 6 a.m. in the morning following high...
HC notice to Gehlot over judicial corruption remark
The Rajasthan High Court has issued a show-cause notice to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking suo moto criminal contempt proceedings against him over his “corruption” in the judiciary remarks. The litigation was filed by local advocate Shivcharan Gupta on Thursday following Gehlot’s remark...
Net-zero emission remains contentious as before
A day after several top world leaders touched down in Delhi for the big G20 Summit being hosted by India over the weekend, they will gather at the event venue — the Bharat Mandapam, the newly inaugurated India Trade Promotion Organisation complex at Delhi’s Pragati Maidan — to kick...
Rahul for US, Europe, India axis to counter China model
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the United States, Europe, and India need to create an alternative, competitive model to the Chinese production model that is ”coercive.” Gandhi was addressing the journalists at the Brussels Press Club in Brussels on the second day of his visit. Gandhi is...
BJP attributes Ghosi drubbing to candidate’s ‘turncoat’ image
The Samajwadi Party put all speculation to rest as its candidate Sudhakar Singh registered a thumping win in the Ghosi bypoll in Uttar Pradesh on Friday. Singh defeated BJP’s newly inducted candidate Dara Singh Chauhan with a margin of more than 25,000 votes. Political analysts said Chauhan’s “party-hopper” image...
Court reserves order in Modi degree case against Kejriwal
A sessions court here on Friday reserved its order on the pleas filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh, challenging the summons issued to them by a local magistrate in a criminal defamation case over comments about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualification. After...
By-poll results boost alliance hopes for 2024
The results of the bypolls, considered the mini polls before the main Lok Sabha elections, have given hope and confidence to the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) front that they can take on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2024. The results are: INDIA 4, NDA 3. In...
BJP, JDS form alliance in Karnataka for Lok Sabha polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (Secular) have agreed form an alliance in Karnataka for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP will have an understanding on four to five seats with JD(S) for the Parliamentary election, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Friday. “HD...
Modi asks ministers for ‘proper response’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reacted to the Sanatana Dharma row for the first time saying the remarks of Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin “need a proper response”. In the informal meeting with the Council of Ministers today, PM Modi highlighted the need to respond to the Sanatana...
Modi has 15 bilateral meetings lined up for G20
PM Narendra Modi is likely to hold 15 bilateral meetings during G20 summit, sources said. Among those he will hold one-on-one discussions with include US President Joe Biden and France’s Emmanuel Macron. Sources said PM Modi will hold bilateral meetings with the US president and the Bangladeshi prime minister...
Manmohan Singh backs India’s Russia-Ukraine stance
India has “done the right thing in putting its sovereign and economic interests first while also appealing for peace,” former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said in an interview with The Indian Express, ahead of the mega G20 meet for which world leaders are converging in Delhi from today....
Rajnath wants INDIA Bloc to apologise on Sanatan Dharma
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday hit out at the opposition over DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s comments on Sanatan Dharma, asking why Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Ashok Gehlot are “silent” on the issue. Addressing a public meeting in Jaisalmer on the launch of the third round...
A Raja likens Sanatana Dharma to HIV, leprosy
Amid the ongoing controversy over it, DMK MP Andimuthu Raja said that ‘Sanatana Dharma’ should be compared to diseases that carry social stigma like HIV and leprosy. Speaking at an event against the Centre’s Vishwakarma Yojana in Chennai, Raja said that Udhyanaidhi Stalin’s comparison of Sanatana Dharma to malaria was “relatively...
More Punjab AAP leaders ‘keen’ to switch to Cong
A day after Congress leaders spoke against a probable alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab for the Lok Sabha polls, state unit chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring added fuel to the fire on Wednesday, saying some MLAs and other leaders of AAP were keen to join the...
