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DMK to coordinate opposition unity efforts: Stalin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has said the DMK will take all steps to coordinate the opposition ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Addressing reporters upon his arrival here from Japan on Wednesday night, he also charged the ruling BJP at the Centre with trying to...
Modi blasts Cong for misleading poor, ‘guarantee habit’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack against the Congress during the mega rally in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district on Wednesday and said that the UPA government operated under a “remote control” rule. Hailing the work done by his government at the campaigning marking its nine years in power...
Gehlot adds free power to pre-poll promises
The Congress has tweaked its free electricity promise — which was hugely successful in Karnataka — for Rajasthan, which will have its assembly election by the end of this year. Free electricity up to 100 units and fixed rate for the next 100 was Ashok Gehlot government’s announcement this...
Rahul holds session with Silicon Valley AI experts, entrepreneurs
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday spent the first half of his day with Silicon Valley-based startup entrepreneurs, known for doing path-breaking work in the field of Artificial Intelligence and cutting-edge technologies. Sitting in the front row of the Plug and Play auditorium along with Indian Overseas Congress chairperson Sam...
Farmers call Khap Mahapanchayat for wrestlers
Several wrestlers continue to protest against former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan despite calls from the government to trust the ongoing police probe. Farmers today will hold a ‘mahapanchayat’ to discuss the issue. The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has said that a grand meeting of all khaps...
Gehlot, Pilot patch-up success increasingly in doubt
The demeanour of Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot at the impromptu press briefing by Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, announcing that they would work together for the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly election and win it suggested that the problem between the two leaders persists. Venugopal’s statement that “the final decision...
World body condemns action against Indian wrestlers
Amid the long-standing protest by ace Indian wrestlers, who have alleged that their complaints against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh have been largely ignored, the global governing body of the sport – United World Wrestling (UWW) – has released a statement on the issue....
Yechury appeals to Cong to supports AAP on ordinance
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday condemned the Centre’s ordinance on control of administrative services in Delhi and extended his party’s support to the AAP in opposing it in Parliament when a bill will be brought to replace it. He also appealed to the Congress and other opposition...
Mamata says Shah trip prompted by her own visit plan
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she wrote a letter to the Centre seeking permission to visit “peace-loving people of Manipur”. Addressing a press conference in Howrah, the TMC supremo said her letter requesting permission to visit prompted Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to the...
Owaisi dares Centre to strike on China instead of Telangana
All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has launched a scathing attack on the BJP over its state chief Bandi Sanjay’s claim that it will conduct a “surgical strike in Telangana’s Old City”, saying it should mount a surgical strike on China instead. Addressing a public meeting in 2020,...
Cong clinches a Rajasthan peace deal for election
The Congress bit the Rajasthan bullet on Monday, summoning Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy and political rival Sachin Pilot to Delhi for discussions with Rahul Gandhi and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge. The assembly election in Rajasthan is due later this year and the party, which is...
Opposition weighing one man against Modi in 2024
It’s now or never. And the Opposition knows this. The idea of a joint candidate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha elections 2024 is gathering weight in the fissured ranks, with one perquisite uniting regional parties – the Congress must stay out of their seats. From Mamata...
HP-Punjab tussle over power project intensifies
The ongoing dispute between Himachal Pradesh and neighbouring Punjab over the Shanan Hydroelectric Power project appears to be escalating, as Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday urged the Centre to intervene and facilitate the transfer of the project to the state once the 99-year lease expires in March...
Owaisi says Modi event was like Delhi Sultan coronation
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the inauguration of the new Parliament saying he took only Hindu ‘pujaris’ (priests) inside the building and charged that the event seemed like the “coronation of a Sultan of Delhi”. Addressing a public meeting in Adilabad...
EC orders updating of electoral rolls in five states
The Election Commission has asked chief electoral officers of poll-bound states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Mizoram to carry out a fresh special summary revision to update the electoral rolls. In its May 24 dated letter to the five chief electoral officers (CEOs), the poll body said...
Opposition slams Delhi Police ‘manhandling’ wrestlers
Opposition leaders and sportspersons on Sunday strongly criticised the alleged manhandling of protesting wrestlers by the Delhi Police at Jantar Mantar. The incident occurred when wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, and several others were detained following a scuffle that erupted between the protesters and the Delhi Police...
Kharge meeting Gehlot, Pilot to sort out problem
In an effort to find a middle ground between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his bete noire Sachin Pilot, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is scheduled to hold meetings with the two warring leaders on Monday in Delhi. As per a senior party leader familiar with the development, the Congress chief will...
Cong meet to iron out Punjab row over supporting AAP
In response to the discontentment within the Congress’ Punjab unit regarding potential support to the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government on the Delhi ordinance issue, the party high command on Sunday summoned senior state-level leaders to the national capital for consultations. The decision comes after the Punjab Congress urged the...
