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G-23 member blames ‘self-Interest, fear’ for PK fiasco
Prashant Kishor’s decision to not join the Congress is a lost opportunity for the Grand Old Party and self-interest marred the election strategist’s chances of joining hands in the run-up to the 2024 elections, rued senior party leader Sandeep Dikshit, who is also a part of the rebel G23...
Ex-bureaucrats decry ‘frenzy of hate-filled destruction’
Over 100 former bureaucrats have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a hope that he will call for an end to what they termed as “politics of hate” allegedly practised “assiduously” by governments under BJP’s control. In an open letter, they said “we are witnessing a frenzy of...
Cops deny permission to religious conclave in Roorkee
A right wing group’s request for a religious gathering at Roorkee has met with a firm no from the Uttarakhand police, singed by the huge controversy over hate speeches at several such events, including the one at Haridwar in December. The police have taken prompt precautionary measures — including...
Musk’s stance opens door to potential Trump return
Four days after Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump’s account on January 8, 2021, the then-US president’s son pleaded with entrepreneur Elon Musk to employ his “brilliance” to launch a social media platform that “isn’t biased” to crush the competition. Musk didn’t accept Donald Trump Jr’s challenge. But the Tesla...
Massive fire at Delhi landfill site
A massive fire broke out at the Bhalswa landfill site in north Delhi on Tuesday, officials said. The fire department received information about the blaze around 5.47 pm following which 10 fire tenders were rushed to the spot, they said. Officials said presently 13 fire tenders are working at...
Prashant Kishor declines offer to join Congress
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday declined to join the Congress a day after party president Sonia Gandhi decided to constitute an ‘empowered action group’ for 2024 to address political challenges ahead. Informing about the development, Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted, “Following a presentation & discussions with...
Twitter CEO Agrawal set to receive $42m if terminated
Twitter Inc CEO Parag Agrawal would get an estimated $42 million if he were terminated within 12 months of a change in control at the social media company, according to research firm Equilar. On Monday billionaire Elon Musk struck a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion, ending its...
Governor no more than postman, claims Stalin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin yesterday launched a scathing attack on Governor RN Ravi over the anti-NEET Bill, saying the State was not asking for his approval for the Bill but to send it for Presidential assent like a “postman”. The Governor does not...
PK-KCR meeting triggers tremors in Telangana Cong
The two-day-long discussions between poll strategist Prasant Kishor and Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) at Pragathi Bhavan in Hyderabad recently created tremors in Telangana Congress. Sources say state unit leaders are perplexed as Kishor has been having parleys with party chief Sonia Gandhi on the possibility of...
Tejashwi cautions against expectations of ‘twist’
Amid speculation over political re-alignment in Bihar after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar attended an RJD-hosted Iftar, leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Monday cautioned against imagining any “political twist” to it and asserted that his party would keep fighting forces that remain aligned with the BJP and the RSS....
Hardik Patel rejects rumours of joining BJP
Gujarat Congress leader Hardik Patel on Monday dismissed rumours of joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while stating that his displeasure was with the state party leadership. Addressing speculations of his likely switch to the saffron party, Patel was quoted by ANI saying, “People will say a lot of...
Tamil Nadu bill to take over Governor’s powers passed
The Tamil Nadu Assembly today passed a Bill that will enable the state government to take over the Governor’s power to appoint vice-chancellors to universities. Arguing the need to implement this legislation, Chief Minister MK Stalin said the state government’s lack of power to appoint vice-chancellors impacts higher education....
Uddhav skips PM’s award; minister says ‘insult to state’
The function for the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award, conferred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has snowballed into a political row after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray skipped the event and instead visited the home of an 80-year-old Shiv Sainik. Chandrabhaga Shinde, 80, was protesting outside Matoshree against independent...
NCP leader wants to recite Hanuman Chalisa at PM House
After MP-MLA couple’s high voltage face-off with Shiv Sena over recitation of Hanuman Chalisa, an NCP leader from Mumbai, Fahmida Hasan has written to Union home minister Amit Shah to grant permission to chant the same Hindu devotional hymn outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence. Hasan has demanded to...
BJP accuses Rajasthan CM of ‘sheltering rioters’
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) IT cell head Amit Malviya on Sunday claimed that Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot’s iftar party included one of the accused in communal riots last year, when several homes and shops of Hindus were burnt down in Chabbra town in Rajasthan’s Baran district. According to police, the...
Prof sacked for ‘offensive’ remark against Lord Ram
Lovely Professional University has sacked an assistant professor for allegedly using derogatory language against Lord Ram. A purported video of Assistant Professor Gursang Preet Kaur making the comments had surfaced on social media on Saturday, leading to the demand that she be sacked. The private university in a statement...
KCR ropes in Kishor outfit to lead 2023 poll campaign
Amid speculations of Prashant Kishor joining Congress, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) ropes in consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), associated with political strategist Prashant Kishor, to lead its poll campaign for the 2023 state elections. As per reports, the poll strategist visited Hyderabad on Saturday and stayed at...
Students surround Lanka PM’s home, want President to go
Thousands of Sri Lankan university students mobbed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s home on Sunday demanding his resignation over the island nation’s worsening economic crisis. Months of lengthy blackouts, record inflation and acute food and fuel shortages have sparked increasing public discontent in Sri Lanka, which is dealing with its...
