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Modi called Fadnavis to ask him to accept deputy CM post
Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis knew Eknath Shinde will be the next chief minister of Maharashtra, and it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who called Fadnavis and told him that he should take charge as the rebel leader’s deputy, sources in the party told News18. In a big twist...
Uttarakhand CM says uniform civil code soon
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said all states should enact a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) like Uttarakhand is going to. Addressing an event in Udham Singh Nagar district, Dhami said that a committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of retired justice Ranjan Prakash Desai...
Man arrested for social media post against PM Modi
A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly posting objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his social media account, police said here on Friday. The accused, Rehan, hailing from Nadayal village under Sahaswan police station limits, had made the post carrying objectionable remarks against PM Modi and...
Supreme Court holds Nupur responsible for igniting tension
The Supreme Court today blamed suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma for igniting tension with her comments on Prophet Muhammad and said she should “apologise to the whole country”. “The way she has ignited emotions across the country. This lady is single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country,”...
Eknath Shinde projects himself as Bal Thackeray’s real heir
Eknath Shinde, who took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra after nine days of rebellion against Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray leadership, has sent out a subtle message positioning himself as the political heir to Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. Right after the oath ceremony, Shinde changed the profile...
CM Shinde says Fadnavis has a ‘big heart’
Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, who was sworn in as chief minister on Thursday, praised Devendra Fadnavis for his ‘big heart’ in providing him the opportunity to become CM. “Fadnavis has shown a big heart by giving me the opportunity to become chief minister,” Shinde said. He thanked...
Pawar says Fadnavis cannot but be unhappy being No.2
The BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis, who took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra after a party command today, could not have done so “happily”, veteran politician Sharad Pawar has said. Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party — part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi — lost power as Uddhav Thackeray stepped...
Governor asks Mamata to withdraw ‘Jihad against BJP’ call
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to withdraw her alleged comment declaring that the Trinamool Congress will observe July 21 as “a day of jihad against the BJP”. In a letter to Banerjee, Dhankhar claimed that such an “authoritarian and undemocratic” statement...
Hoardings highlight TRS-BJP war ahead of Modi Hyderabad visit
The political heat in Telangana is at its peak ahead of the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, and Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda to Hyderabad. The BJP top trio will be in the city to attend the party’s national executive committee meeting...
M’rashtra adds to BJP boon before 2024 Lok Sabha polls
With a political ‘coup’ in Maharashtra aimed at damaging for good the political future of Uddhav Thackeray, the Bharatiya Janata Party gets a leg-up on its rivals ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and will be in power simultaneously in the three big states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,...
Uddhav Thackeray, sons visit temple after resignation
Uddhav Thackeray, out of power in Maharashtra and marginalised in the party founded by his father, rounded up the day with a visit to a temple in Mumbai. He was accompanied by his sons Aaditya Thackeray and Tejas Thackeray. The eight-day political drama that started with the rebellion of...
Stung by poll loss, Mann takes aim at ‘corrupt’ ex-ministers
Under pressure after popular singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s killing and a shock defeat in the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab is planning to target former Congress ministers whose roles have come under a cloud in different corruption cases to try and negate...
Actor Swara Bhasker receives death threat letter
Actor Swara Bhasker has received a death threat in a letter following which Mumbai police have launched an investigation, an official said on Wednesday. The letter was sent to the actor’s residence located in Versova, he said. After receiving the letter, Swara Bhasker approached Versova police station two days...
AIADMK leadership crisis mars civic poll chances
The current leadership stand-off gripping the AIADMK is scuttling aspirations of grassroots cadre to win local body seats in an upcoming bypoll as both leaders – O Panneerselvam and Edappadi Palaniswami – must sign off on formal nomination papers for the elections. Including Panneerselvam’s signature on the nomination papers...
Muslim body chief condemns Udaipur killing as un-Islamic
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on Tuesday condemned the Udaipur killing incident and called it against Islam and the law of the land. “Maulana Halceemuddin Qasmi, General Secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, has condemned the incident of brutal killing in Udaipur apparently on the pretext of the insult to the Prophet (PBUH)...
Owaisi condemns killing, but with a rider
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi today said every violence has to be condemned and that “radicalisation has to be controlled” in the country, after a tailor’s throat was slit by two men in Rajasthan’s Udaipur in Taliban-style execution. “I cannot sit here comfortably and condemn what has happened in Udaipur...
Uddav plays emotional card in bid to win over rebels
Reaching out to dissident Sena MLAs once again, Maharashtra chief minister Uddav Thackeray urged them to return to Mumbai and hold talks with him, saying it’s not “too late”, but rebel leader Shinde remained unmoved and asserted the legislators backing him are firm on taking forward Hindutva. The fresh...
Four BJP panels to work out preparations for 2024
Ahead of the BJP’s national executive meeting in Hyderabad this week, the party is already gearing up for the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 and is set to review the four major tasks outlined for the polls at the convention. ‘Modi Ki Toli’ (Modi’s Team) to decide the campaign...
