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Karnataka Cong leader earns rebuke over Muslim remark
A Congress leader in Karnataka, belonging to the Siddaramaiah camp, has been strongly reprimanded by the party leadership for his “Muslims outnumber Vokkaligas” comment, which had stirred up a huge political controversy in the state ahead of next year’s assembly elections. Zameer Ahmed Khan, reacting to Siddaramaiah’s arch-rival DK...
Row over Speaker attributing to TN progress to Christians
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker and DMK leader M Appavu’s month-old statement attributing the development of the state to Christians and that Tamil Nadu would have been Bihar if Catholic Christians were not there has sparked a controversy. Last month on June 28, Appavu and DMK LMA Inigo Irudayaraj...
Droupadi Murmu sworn in as 15th President
Droupadi Murmu took oath to head the highest constitutional post of the country at 10:15 am, followed by a 21-gun salute. Chief Justice of India NV Ramana administered the oath of office of the President to her. The President-elect visited Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, early in the...
SC to hear plea against Aadhaar-voter ID linking
The controversial law to link Aadhaar and Voter Identity Card has been challenged in the Supreme Court, with Congress’s Randeep Singh Surjewala demanding that it be scrapped. In his petition, Mr Surjewala has called the law “unconstitutional” and a violation of the rights to privacy and equality. The top...
Calcutta HC wants arrested Bengal minister shifted to Odisha AIIMS
Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in connection with the school jobs scam, should be taken to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences tomorrow by air ambulance, the Calcutta High Court has said. The court also remarked that given his “immense power and position” as the senior-most cabinet minister, it...
Mehbooba alleges people being coerced to buy Tricolour
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of forcing people to buy the national flag for the Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign while asserting that patriotism comes naturally and cannot be imposed. The campaign has been launched to encourage the citizens to hoist the national...
Smriti Irani notice to Cong over ‘malicious allegations’
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday sent a legal notice to the Congress and its senior leaders Pawan Khera, Jairam Ramesh, and Netta D’Souza over their “malicious allegations” against her daughter and asked them to tender a written unconditional apology. She also asked them to withdraw the allegations they...
Assam CM claims most cross-voters were from Cong
Who’s the traitor? After the declaration of the presidential poll results, Assam is counting the number of “gaddaars”. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that of the 22 opposition MLAs of the state who voted for National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee Droupadi Murmu defying their party lines,...
Alva says ‘disappointed’ with TMC abstaining from voting
Margaret Alva, the Opposition candidate for the Vice Presidential poll scheduled on August 6, on Friday termed the Trinamool Congress’ decision to abstain from voting as disappointing, adding that this is not the time for ‘whataboutery’. “TMC’s decision to abstain from voting in the VP election is disappointing. This...
ED seizes Rs 20 cr cash in raid at house of Bengal minister’s aide
The Enforcement Directorate recovered Rs 20 crore in cash from the house of an associate of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee. The ED raided Arpita Mukerjee’s house in connection with an alleged teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal. “The said amount is suspected to be proceeds of crime of...
ED defers Sonia’s summons to July 26 in money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate has deferred by a day to July 26 the summons issued to Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her questioning in the National Herald newspaper-linked money laundering case, officials said Friday. They said she is now required to appear before the federal agency on Tuesday, and not...
SC strikes down bail condition for SP leader Azam Khan
The Supreme Court Friday set aside a condition imposed by the Allahabad High Court while granting bail to Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan and said it is “disturbed” about the new trend where courts are referring to matters which are “unrelated” to the consideration of bail pleas. The apex...
Lt Governor wants CBI to probe Kejriwal’s liquor policy
Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena today recommended an investigation by probe agency Central Bureau of Investigation into the Arvind Kejriwal-led government’s contentious new excise policy. A July 8 report by the Chief Secretary established several violations of established law “in addition to deliberate and gross procedural lapses to...
TMC says it can’t be taken for granted for opposition unity
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress “cannot be taken for granted” for Opposition unity, said party leader Derek O’Brien today. Speaking to NDTV on why the party has chosen to abstain in the Vice-Presidential election on August 6, he said that the TMC — which has 35...
Murmu election ‘great pride’ for India, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday congratulated Droupadi Murmu for her election as the President of India and said it is a moment of great pride for the entire country. In a series of tweets in Hindi, Shah said Murmu has reached this highest position of the country...
Uddhav not a ‘winnable face’ for 2024 says Sena rebel
Rebel Shiv Sena leader Rahul Shewale on Thursday said Uddhav Thackeray was not a “winnable” face for the 2024 Lok Sabha election and it was imperative for them to tie up with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The issue of leadership for the next Lok Sabha polls came up...
Lanka security forces raid main protest camp
Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers and police raided the main anti-government protest camp in the capital early Friday and began tearing down tents of unarmed activists, an AFP reporter said. They swooped in on the protesters blocking the Presidential Secretariat in the capital hours before demonstrators were due to...
PM says Murmur win ray of hope for citizens
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Droupadi Murmu on winning the presidential election. “India scripts history,” PM Modi tweeted after the National Democratic Alliance candidate – now the first tribal President of India – defeated the joint opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. “At a time when 1.3 billion Indians are...
