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DMK’s Raja warns against forcing Tamilnadu to secede
DMK, the ruling party of Tamil Nadu, has raised a secessionist demand if the state is not given autonomy. Party MP A Raja, in the presence of DMK president and Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, in fact, warned the Centre to give Tamil Nadu more rights or else...
Cong protest against Noida cops ‘protecting’ TV anchor
Congress workers staged a protest outside a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida Tuesday night in connection with a case related to the airing of a doctored video of party leader Rahul Gandhi. The Congress workers alleged that the Noida police obstructed the process of arresting TV anchor...
Ajmer Dargah cleric held for call to ‘behead’ Nupur Sharma
A cleric of the Ajmer dargah, who on camera allegedly offered his house to anyone who beheads now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remark against Prophet Mohammad, has been arrested, police said on Wednesday. The Ajmer police had registered an FIR against ‘khadim’ Salman Chisti on...
‘Auto outpaced Mercedes’, says Shinde in dig at Uddhav
Apparently referring to his humble past when he used to drive an autorickshaw to earn living, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday took a dig at Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, saying an autorickshaw has outpaced Mercedes car. “Autorickshaw outpaced Mercedes (car)… because this is a government of...
Dubai-bound SpiceJet stranded in Karachi for 11 hours
After being stranded for nearly 11 hours in Karachi, 138 passengers of a Delhi-Dubai SpiceJet finally took off for UAE on an alternate flight that was sent from India on Tuesday evening. SpiceJet’s Boeing 737 Max aircraft had made an unscheduled landing at the Karachi airport this morning after...
Shinde says Fadnavis real ‘kalakar’ behind his new govt
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday revealed that the last month’s state Legislative Council polls came as the last trigger for him to rebel against Shiv Sena even as he hailed BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as the real “kalakar” (artist) behind the formation of the new government. “On...
Aaditya Thackeray spared from disqualification out of ‘respect’
The Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena hasn’t given Aaditya Thackeray’s name for disqualification even though he defied the party whip to support the government during the floor test on Monday. Reason: “Out of Respect for Bal Thackeray”. Chief whip of the Shinde-led faction Bharat Gogawale told ANI, “We...
UP arrest for chicken wrapped in paper with photos of deities
A man was arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by selling chicken on a piece of paper having pictures of Hindu deities, and also attacking a police team. The incident took place on Sunday when some people complained that Talib Hussain was selling chicken from...
Mumbai court warrant against Raut in defamation case
A court here on Monday issued a bailable warrant against Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut after he failed to appear before it in connection with a defamation complaint filed by former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya’s wife Medha Somaiya. The Sewri metropolitan magistrate’s court had last month issued a process...
Norwegian anti-Islam extremist’s car rammed after incident
The leader of an extremist Norwegian anti-Islamic group was in a spectacular car chase and collision on Saturday, minutes after burning a Quran on the outskirts of Oslo. Norwegian police said they arrested two people, including the driver of a car accused of deliberately ramming the SUV of Lars Thorsen,...
Uddhav Thackeray dares Shinde, BJP for mid-term poll
Uddhav Thackeray gathered the Shiv Sena — at least the part that he still commands — at its office in Mumbai on Monday evening and dared the new government led by party rebel Eknath Shinde to mid-term elections. This came hours after the Team Shinde-BJP coalition proved its majority comfortably as some...
BJP resolution hails ‘historic’ SC clean chit to Modi
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday in its political resolution at its national executive meeting highlighted the “historic” Supreme Court judgement clearing Narendra Modi in the Gujarat riots of 2002 and demanded an apology from the Congress while also slamming the party for “negative politics”, and cited development as...
Eknath Shinde declared as Sena legislative party leader
In a major setback to the Uddhav Thackeray faction a day before the crucial trust vote of the Eknath Shinde-BJP government, the newly-appointed speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly on Sunday night removed Shiv Sena Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Ajay Chaudhary as the legislative party leader. A letter issued...
Pawar gives Shinde govt 6 months time before collapse
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that mid-term polls are likely in Maharashtra as the government led by rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde may fall in the next six months. He made the statement while addressing NCP legislators and other leaders of the party...
Modi’s Bhagyanagar name for Hyderabad sparks buzz
Hyderabad or Bhagyanagar? Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the city for the big BJP meet, referred to Telangana capital as Bhagyanagar during his address to the delegates from across the country. The Prime Minister said that it was in Bhagyanagar that Sardar Patel, the freedom fighter icon, had coined...
Stalin threatens to turn ‘dictator’ if party men don’t behave
“I will become a dictator and take action if indiscipline and irregularity rear their heads,” Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin asserted in Namakkal on Sunday, addressing a party meet of representatives of urban local bodies. Underscoring that local bodies are the lifeline of democracy,...
Lashkar terrorist was Jammu BJP Morcha IT cell chief
A wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist captured in Jammu and Kashmir was an active member of BJP. He was also the party’s Minority Morcha social media in-charge in Jammu. Talib Hussain Shah and his accomplice were captured by the villagers in Jammu’s Reasi area this morning. Two AK rifles, several grenades...
Shiv Sena MPs undecided on joining Shinde camp
Shiv Sena parliamentarians are still undecided on joining the breakaway faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde amid claims by the BJP leaders that at least a dozen Lok Sabha members were in touch with them. A central BJP minister claimed that the split in the Shiv Sena...
