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Hardik Patel finally quits Cong, may be headed for BJP
After months of back and forth over infighting in the Gujarat unit, Patidar leader Hardik Patel finally quit the Congress on Wednesday in yet another blow for the Grand Old Party just months ahead of the assembly elections in the state. Announcing his decision on Twitter with a resignation...
Protesting Punjab farmers serve ultimatum to Mann govt
Punjab farmers sat on a protest near the Chandigarh-Mohali border on Tuesday after being stopped from heading to the state capital to press the AAP government with various demands, including a bonus on wheat and beginning paddy sowing from June 10. In an ultimatum to the Punjab government, farmer leader...
CBI arrests close associate of Chidambaram’s son
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested S Bhaskar Raman, a close associate of Congress leader Karti P Chidambaram in an ongoing visa corruption case following questioning late last night, sources said. The CBI has filed a fresh case against Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram, son of...
China jet crash sabotage, suggests Black Box data
Flight data from a black box recovered from the China Eastern Airlines jet that crashed in March indicates someone in the cockpit intentionally crashed the plane, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with US officials’ preliminary assessment. A Western official told Reuters that the focus...
Export curbs relaxed for outbound wheat consignments
The government on Tuesday announced a relaxation on its orders restricting wheat exports. It has been decided that wherever wheat consignments have been handed over to Customs for examination and registered into their systems on or before May 13, such consignments would be allowed for export, according to an official...
RJD terms Rahul’s comments on regional parties ‘bizarre’
The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Monday asked Rahul Gandhi to look at recent electoral history of regional parties putting up a strong fight against the BJP as it took a swipe at him for his critical comments aimed at them, saying the Congress leader’s claims were “bizarre” and not...
CBI searches Chidambaram’s premises linked to son
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting searches at multiple residential and official premises of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Sivagangai in Tamil Nadu, sources said today. The searches are reportedly being conducted at around seven premises of the former Union Minister across these cities,...
Mehbooba says ‘The Kashmir Files’ behind violence
Days after the killing of Kashmiri pandit government employee Rahul Bhat, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday blamed the Vivek Agnihotri directorial ‘The Kashmir Files’ for ‘triggering’ violence in the union territory, while also claiming that she created a safe environment for Kashmiri Pandits during...
SC pulls up bank for forcing arbitrary settlement on farmers
The Supreme Court has pulled up the Bank of Maharashtra for challenging an order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court directing it to accept the One Time Settlement (OTS) proposal of farmers and issue them sanction letters, saying the bank does not go after big fish but is only...
Modi lauds Yogi govt’s ‘bulldozer drive’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a brainstorming session with Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath cabinet in Lucknow on Monday evening. During his meeting with UP ministers, the PM said that only good governance opens the way to power. With this, he asked all the ministers of the state to further...
PM’s Nepal visit to help BJP sharpen Buddhism focus
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to fly to Nepal on Buddh Purnima today to pay a visit to Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha in Nepal, nearly seven months after inaugurating the Kushinagar airport in October last year. According to reports, the PM will land at the newly...
Delhiites told to stay home as temperature hits 49 degrees
An intense heatwave scorched parts of north India on Sunday with places in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh recording 49 degrees Celsius and above while the weather office has warned of heavy rainfall across Kerala and sounded a red alert for five districts. In Delhi, the Safdarjung observatory recorded 45.6...
Kejriwal announces alliance with Kerala experimental party
Seeking to spread its wings in the southern State of Kerala, New Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced his party’s political alliance with Twenty20, a political party, promoted by a business group here, and targeted the mainstream political parties in the...
BJP accuses Malda cop of bullying Hindus into conversion
West Bengal’s Malda district has become the latest site of a political tussle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress, this time over the issue of “forced conversion“. BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday tweeted some photographs of people protesting with the allegation that the inspector incharge...
Fadnavis likens MVA govt to Babri-like structure
Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis yesterday compared the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government to a Babri-like structure and said he would not rest till he brings it down. “I will not rest till I bring down the Babri-like structure of your power,” Mr Fadnavis said. He chanted Hanuman...
Rahul acknowledges party ties with people strained
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi announced on Sunday that the party will undertake a yatra in October to re-establish and strengthen its connection with the people. While acknowledging that Congress’ connection with people has been broken, he also laid emphasis on the “one family, one ticket” rule to ensure that...
Rahul to embark on Kashmir to Kanyakumari padyatra
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is likely to embark on padyatra (foot march) from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to connect with the masses. The yatra was part of discussion during the ‘chintan shivir’ of the party. It is likely to commence later this year in run-up for the general elections,...
BJP’s change-CM formula evolved from Jharkhand CM defeat
After successfully testing the strategy of going with a new chief ministerial face for state assembly elections, the BJP once again applied it to Tripura. On Saturday, the saffron party’s first-ever CM in the state, Biplab Deb stepped down from the post to make way for Dr Manik Saha....
