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Sonia Gandhi’s questioning today, Cong plans protests
The Congress has planned another show of strength as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questions party chief Sonia Gandhi today in an alleged money laundering case connected to the National Herald newspaper. Mrs Gandhi’s questioning had been deferred earlier after she tested positive for Covid and was hospitalised. After being...
Pawar dissolves all party departments, cells
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar has dissolved all departments and cells of the party with immediate effect, a senior NCP leader said on Wednesday. NCP national general secretary Praful Patel tweeted, “with approval of national president, Nationalist Congress party, Sharad Pawar, all departments and cells stand dissolved with...
‘Political vendetta’ against Opposition to figure in house
Congress MPs will on Thursday raise the issue of “political vendetta on opposition parties leaders” in both the Houses of Parliament, along with GST on essential commodities and other issues. Following continued protests and sloganeering by Opposition parties over price rise and the increase in GST rates, both houses...
Rishi Sunak could be 6th Indian-origin head of state
Rishi Sunak, the Indian-origin former UK Chancellor, retained the lead in the fifth round of voting on Wednesday to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister. The race has now come down to just two, with UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss battling against Mr...
BJP slips in MP mayoral polls, retains municipal bodies
In 2014, the BJP swept the mayoral elections in Madhya Pradesh by scoring all 16 seats. This year, however, the state’s ruling BJP retained nine seats, lost five to Congress, one to the Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, and one to a party rebel who fought as an independent...
Comparison of Lanka crisis with India ‘misinformed’: Jaishankar
India is naturally worried over the “very serious crisis” in Sri Lanka and there are “very strong” lessons of fiscal prudence, responsible governance and not having “a culture of freebies” to be learnt, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told an all-party meeting on Tuesday. Jaishankar, who made the initial...
BJP plans ‘Tricolour in every home’ around I-Day
From ensuring national flag hoisting at every residence including those of government employees, advocates, as well as police posts, to having prabhat pheris (morning processions) singing “Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram” and “Vande Mataram” in every civic ward of the country for three days ahead of Independence Day— the Bharatiya...
Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut summoned by Enforcement
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has been summoned for questioning tomorrow by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering probe. He was questioned last on July 1 for about 10 hours in a case about an alleged scam in the redevelopment of a housing complex named Patra...
DMK, MDMK demand greater autonomy for Lankan Tamils
India should impress upon Sri Lanka to provide greater autonomy to Tamil majority northern and eastern provinces of the island nation while extending humanitarian assistance to the neighbouring country, DMK said on Tuesday at the all-party meeting here. Representing DMK at the meeting, its senior leader T R Baalu...
12 Shiv Sena MPs in touch with Shinde, likely to cross over
In another jolt to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction, 12 party MPs are in touch with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and are likely to switch sides to his camp. Sources said all the 12 MPs are expected to fly to Delhi tonight and will hold a press conference...
SC to hear Nupur Sharma’s plea against arrest
The Supreme Court will hear today suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma’s plea urging protection from arrest as well as the revival of her withdrawn petition seeking clubbing of FIRs lodged in several states over her controversial remarks on the Prophet. Suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Monday moved the...
Shinde forms new Shiv Sena national executive with ousted leaders
The Uddhav-Thackeray led Shiv Sena faction seems to be in for another major setback as 12 of Sena’s 18 party MPs are in touch with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and are likely to switch sides to his camp with a press conference in Delhi about their probable move expected today,...
Gujarat Youth Cong tweets BJP poster hailing PM
The Gujarat Youth Congress on Monday faced an embarrassing situation after a tweet carrying a BJP poster praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the speed at which projects were being completed was issued from the former’s official handle. Functionaries of the opposition party’s youth wing deleted the tweet some...
Rishi Sunak widens lead in British PM race after party vote
Former finance minister Rishi Sunak widened his lead in the latest round of voting Monday by Conservative MPs to decide Britain’s next prime minister, but the race to get in the final two tightened. Sunak won the support of 115 Tory lawmakers, followed by Penny Mordaunt on 82 votes,...
Buzz over Uddhav, Shinde patch-up bid
Marathi actor Deepali Sayed, who identifies herself as a Shiv Sena leader, has claimed Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Sena president Uddhav Thackeray have agreed to meet to resolve differences. After her tweet stating that some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are mediating an upcoming “meeting” between Thackeray...
UP parties fear cross-voting in presidential polls
As the election to choose India’s 15th President began on Monday at Tilak Bhawan of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly at 10 am, with BJP’s candidate Draupadi Murmu having support of most of the Opposition, it seems some political parties fear cross-voting by their MLAs. BJP’s Draupadi Murmu, who is...
Mann calls Bhagat Singh a terrorist, creates storm
Little less than a month after handing down a shock defeat to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypolls, hardliner Simranjit Singh Mann is back with his vitriolic statements that have set the political landscape of the state on fire. Post his Sangrur win, he...
AAP debuts in Madhya Pradesh with Singrauli mayoral victory
Of the 11 civic bodies in Madhya Pradesh where mayoral elections were held recently, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) so far emerged victorious in Burhanpur, Satna, Khandwa and Sagar on Sunday, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) opened its account by winning in Singrauli. As per the latest trends,...
