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Cong rides out Rajasthan storm but set for Haryana hurricane
A desert storm may have been averted in Rajasthan with all three wins by the Ashok Gehlot government in Friday’s Rajya Sabha elections but in Haryana, the storm may just be whipping up. The lone Congress candidate, Ajay Maken, lost in a nail-biting finish and this has given rise...
BJP’s late night wins in Haryana, Maharashtra
The BJP clinched victories in three of the four states where a close contest for the 16 Rajya Sabha seats saw cross-voting and alleged breach of election rules. The Congress retained three seats in Rajasthan, but suffered setback in Haryana. Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, and former...
Pakistan to ban new car purchases to secure IMF bailout
Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Friday the government would raise taxes on the rich and ban government officials from buying new cars, amid pressure to control the fiscal deficit and secure International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout money. The nation of 220 million people is facing a balance...
EC probing model code violation charge by Cong against Nadda
The Election Commission is investigating the allegation of the Congress that BJP president JP Nadda has violated the model code of conduct during his recent visit to Jharkhand where an assembly by-poll will be held later this month, an official said on Thursday. The Congress, which is part...
Siddu sparks row comparing BJP leaders with hound dogs
Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has stirred up a row after he compared BJP leaders to dogs. Speaking at an event in Mysore on Thursday, Siddaramaiah said that when he talks, “25 people from BJP start barking against me like Mudhol (hound) dogs”. “But when they...
Crowd attacks Tripura BJP leader, cops hurt, vehicles damaged
Tripura BJP vice-president Patal Kanya Jamatia was attacked by a group of people at Jampuijala in Sepahijala district on Thursday but escaped unhurt, police said. The police, however, did not identify the group. The attack on Patal Kanya Jamatia took place few hours after Tipra Motha chairman Pradyot Kishore...
Uddhav says BJP forced India to kneel down before the world
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said that because of the BJP, the country had to face an embarrassing situation at the international level as it was “brought to its knees and was forced to apologise” by the Gulf countries over the controversial remarks made by a BJP...
Delhi police FIR against Nupur Sharma, Jindal, others
8The Delhi Police on Wednesday registered a case against some people who are allegedly spreading messages of hate, inciting various groups and creating situations which is detrimental for the maintenance of public tranquillity. Among those named in the FIR, registered by the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operation (IFSO) unit...
Pilot blames BJP for Cong’s resort politics
Amid visuals of Rajasthan MLAs lodged together in an Udaipur resort ahead of the crucial Rajya Sabha elections, former state Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot said there was no ‘forceful attempt or coercion’ and that the leaders ‘wanted to be together’. “There’s no fear, All MLAs wanted to stay...
AAP dissolves Gujarat unit ahead of assembly polls
The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday said its Gujarat organisational structure has been dissolved to restructure the party unit with an aim to defeat the ruling BJP in the state Assembly elections due later this year, AAP leaders said. “Except for the AAP Gujarat president’s post, all other party...
Tight contest for RS seats in 4 states
Elections will be held to fill 16 vacant seats in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, today. 41 candidates have been elected unopposed. The election will be crucial in view of the Presidential elections due in July. The 57 vacant seats were spread across 15 states. Of these,...
Parties scramble to keep flock together in runup to RS poll
As June 10 Rajya Sabha polls near, political temperatures are soaring in several states that could see close contests, with parties trying to keep their flock together and trading accusations of poaching of MLAs. After more than two decades, Maharashtra will witness a contest in the Rajya Sabha polls...
BJP writes to ED on RS poll horse trading chances
The BJP on Tuesday wrote to the Enforcement Directorate and the Rajasthan chief electoral officer, expressing apprehensions of horse-trading and the use of black money in the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls. The Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, Gulab Chand Kataria, Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia,...
BJP draws line for spokespersons after backlash
The BJP has set new boundaries for its spokespersons and leaders joining TV debates as its government faces a huge international backlash over party leader Nupur Sharma’s comments on Prophet Muhammad. Only authorized spokespersons and panelists will participate in TV debates, BJP sources say, and they will be assigned...
Kangana comes out in defence of Nupur Sharma comment
Actor Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday voiced support for suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, saying she was “entitled to her opinions” amid international condemnation over the politician’s controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad. The BJP on Sunday suspended Sharma and expelled its Delhi unit media head Naveen Kumar Jindal as the...
Sonia letter to ED seeks more time for appearance
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has sought more time from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to appear before it as she is still suffering from Covid, party sources said on Tuesday. They said Gandhi, who tested positive on Thursday, is yet to recover and her latest report is not Covid-negative. The...
Ex-Punjab minister arrested in corruption case
A month after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann warned action against senior Congress leader Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, the latter was arrested in connection with a corruption case on Tuesday. Dharamsot was former minister for forest and social welfare department in ex-CM Captain Amarinder Singh’s Cabinet. The development comes as...
‘Chaddi’ war between BJP, Cong escalates in Karnataka
Karnataka is caught up in a fresh political row over another piece of clothing: the chaddi or the underwear. The ruling BJP and opposition Congress exchanged a barrage of barbs after NSUI workers burnt khaki shorts, the kind associated with the saffron party’s ideologue Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), in...
