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Uddhav accuses BJP of ‘deceiving’ his ‘gullible’ father
Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said since he had seen the BJP deceive his “gullible” father and Sena founder Bal Thackeray, he himself was acting shrewdly with that party and cannot ignore the “games” it played in the guise of Hindutva. In a...
Commercial LPG, jet fuel prices hiked further
The price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder has been hiked by Rs 102.5 to Rs 2,355.50, compared with Rs 2,253 earlier. A five-kg LPG cylinder is now priced at Rs 655. Apart from this, jet fuel prices on Sunday were also hiked by 3.22 per cent — the...
Sena claims Fadnavis wanted Mumbai out of Maharashtra
The Shiv Sena on Sunday make shocking claims against former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and the Bharatiya Janata Party. On Maharashtra Day, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party, in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, alleged that Fadnavis and his team are “conspiring to break away Mumbai from Maharashtra”. The party accused its former...
More action likely at Raj Thackeray’s Aurangabad rally
On Maharashtra Day, high-voltage action is expected in the state with Raj Thackeray holding a mega rally in Aurangabad on Sunday (May 1). The public meeting holds significance as it comes months after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief stoked a major controversy by giving an ultimatum to the...
Hottest April in 122 years and it’s here to stay
Northwest and central India experienced their hottest April in 122 years with average maximum temperatures reaching 35.9 and 37.78 degrees Celsius respectively, the weather office said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference, India Meteorological Department Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said northwest and west central parts of the country –...
Assam CM says Muslim women need uniform civil code
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday added fuel to fire on the debate on the need for Uniform Civil Code, calling it ‘an issue for every Muslim woman, who did not want her husband to bring home three other wives’. “Everybody wants UCC. No Muslim woman wants...
Opposition unity among key points in Kejriwal, Mamata meet
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee held a meeting in the national capital today, the first after their parties contested the assembly elections in Goa recently. There was buzz over ties souring between the two Chief Ministers, after the Trinamool Congress decided to...
Chief Justice reminds PM, CMs of Lakshman Rekha
Chief Justice of India N V Ramana today said the Constitution provides separation of power among the three organs of the state, and one should be mindful of the ‘Lakshman Rekha’ while discharging their duty. He was speaking at the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts, which was inaugurated...
Record heat wave in North India; Delhi sizzling
Delhi recorded its second hottest April in 72 years with a monthly average maximum temperature of 40.2 degrees Celsius even as parts of the country are sweltering in intense heatwaves. The furnace-like temperatures have led to hours-long blackouts. The city recorded a high of 43.5 degrees Celsius on April...
21 Naga People’s Front MLAs Join CM Rio’s NDPP
In a major political development, 21 MLAs of the Naga People’s Front (NPF) on Friday joined the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) of Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio. NDPP spokesperson Merentoshi R Jamir said that after these legislators of the NPF, which had 25 legislators earlier, switched sides, the...
Top cops transferred, Internet blocked in Patiala
A day after Patiala witnessed clashes between two groups during an anti-Khalistan march that left four people injured, the Punjab government today took strict action against the state police, removing three top officers in the department over their failure to control the violence in the district. The Patiala Range...
Curfew in Patiala after 2 groups clash, Sena leader held
Shiv Sena leader Harish Singla has been arrested in connection with the clashes that broke out in Patiala today during an anti-Khalistan protest march. The clash took place outside the Kali Mata temple when members of an outfit that calls itself Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray) began a ‘Khalistan Murdabad...
Google, Amazon, Facebook face heat on restrictive policies
With a number of global tech giants facing CCI probe for alleged anti-competitive practices, a key Parliamentary panel on Thursday decided to summon representatives of Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter and others to examine their competitive behaviour. The next meeting of the panel on the issue is likely to be...
Clerics advise ‘Alvida Namaz’ only at home, mosques
Amid the ongoing controversy over use of loudspeakers, Muslim clerics have appealed to people to offer the ‘Alvida’ Namaz on the occasion of last Friday of Ramzan only in designated places to avoid causing any inconvenience to others. Meanwhile, the administration has beefed up security at several places that...
Gehlot asks Modi to meet CMs on inflation and ‘listen’
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a meeting with all chief ministers on the issue of inflation and “listen to everyone”. He was of the opinion that all states must hold a communication with the Centre about “many serious issues”,...
Biden proposes $33 billion package for Ukraine
US President Joe Biden on Thursday proposed a huge $33 billion package for arming and supporting Ukraine, saying that “caving” in to Russia is not an option for the West as the war stretches into a third month. Speaking in the White House, Biden also outlined proposed new laws...
Jitendra Singh debunks claims of PMO insult to KCR
Union minister of state Jitendra Singh slammed KT Rama Rao, Telangana chief minister’s son, who has reportedly claimed that his father was told to stay away from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s events in Hyderabad. Singh took to Twitter to lash out at chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao and his...
Rahul says Modi’s federalism is coercive, not cooperative
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his federalism is “not cooperative but coercive”. His remarks came a day after Modi flagged higher fuel prices in many opposition-ruled states and urged them to reduce VAT in “national interest” to benefit the common...
