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Uddhav-Venugopal meet precursor to civic poll fight
Though Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar has cleared the air that he has no plans to make a switch, the political situation in Maharashtra remains uncertain and it has created a flutter within the Maha Vikas Aghadi. But the recent meeting between Congress’s KC Venugopal and Shiv Sena...
Gehlot govt to spent Rs 133cr for cycles to girls before polls
In a state where bicycles given to girl students have often been in the news for their ‘colour’, the Ashok Gehlot government has decided to buy cycles worth Rs 133 crore in the next three months before the state elections to distribute them to students. News18 has accessed a...
Mukul Roy has dementia, had brain surgery
Bengal’s maverick politician Mukul Roy, who has flip-flopped between TMC and BJP over the last few years has been suffering from Parkinson’s disease and dementia and last month underwent surgery for a neurological disorder, according to doctors treating him. Though he has physically improved, his doctors remained unsure of...
Yogi says no mafia can now threaten anyone in UP
Days after Gangster Atiq Ahmed was gunned down, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that no mafia or criminal can threaten anyone in the state now. Addressing an event in the state, the chief minister said that those who were a threat to UP earlier don’t...
Pawar warns against compromise on law and order
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said an “atmosphere is being created” that taking law into one’s hand is the right thing to do, but this bodes ill for the country. Speaking at an Iftar party organised by the NCP here, he said the NCP will...
Cong dismisses BJP outreach to Christians as hypocrisy
The Congress in Kerala on Tuesday continued their attack on BJP over the saffron party’s recent outreach towards the Christian community by stating the people understand the “hypocrisy” of the Sangh Parivar. Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state Assembly V D Satheesan said the Christian community in Kerala...
Mukul Roy hints at rejoining party, to meet Amit Shah
With political circles guessing veteran Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy’s next move, the leader has himself dropped a big hint, indicating he would soon be rejoining the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Roy travelled to New Delhi for “some personal work”, even as his family initially claimed that he was...
Raut claims MVA will get 40 LS seats if polls held today
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday claimed that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of his party, Congress and the NCP will win at least 40 Lok Sabha and 180-185 Assembly seats in Maharashtra if elections were held now. At the national level, the Bharatiya Janata Party...
Nitish backs Rahul demand for caste census report release
Supporting the Congress’ demand for an up-to-date caste census in the country, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said it would be beneficial for all sections of the society. The survey report would help the government in better implementation of welfare schemes for the socially and economically disadvantaged...
Cong wants responsibility fixed for Navi Mumbai deaths
The Congress on Monday attacked the BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra over the loss of lives due to sunstroke at an award function in Navi Mumbai, and demanded that accountability be fixed in what it said was a case of “culpable homicide”. At least 12 people have died while...
L-G threatens action against Kejriwal over claims against him
As tensions continue to simmer between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, the latter has written a letter threatening legal action against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party for accusing him of attempting to stop the city’s electricity subsidies for the poor....
Son claims Mukul Roy ‘untraceable’ since Monday
The family members of senior TMC leader Mukul Roy have claimed he is “untraceable” since late Monday evening. The former railway minister’s son Subhragshu told PTI that his father was “untraceable” and ”missing” since late Monday evening. “Till now I am unable to contact my father. He is untraceable,”...
Gujarat AAP leader held for remarks against BJP leaders
Gujarat Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Italia was on Monday arrested in connection with a case registered in September last year for allegedly using defamatory words against state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and was granted bail. The case was lodged in Umra police station in Surat on...
Kejriwal summoned in Modi degree defamation case
A court in Ahmedabad has issued summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh in a criminal defamation complaint for their alleged sarcastic and derogatory statements against the Gujarat University over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s academic degree. The court of additional...
BJP, Cong spar over Satyapal Malik’s revelations
The Pulwama attack has once again become a center of political mayhem, after former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik blamed the 2019 incident on “security lapse.” In an interview with The Wire, Malik claimed that the Home Ministry, under Rajnath Singh at the time, denied a request by...
Plea filed in Supreme Court for probing UP killings
A day after gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead under police escort, a plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Sunday seeking the constitution of an independent expert committee headed by a former Supreme Court judge to probe the killings. The plea, filed by...
Minister claims BJP will win 350-plus seats in 2024
Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey has claimed that the BJP will win more than 350 Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 general elections, with Narendra Modi becoming prime minister for another term. Choubey, who was in Ranchi on Sunday to highlight various initiatives taken by the public distribution and environment...
Rahul repeats his Modi-Adani charge in Kolar speech
The former Congress president Rahul Gandhi started his Kolar speech focusing on the four big Congress promises in the elections and raised the 40 percent corruption charge against the Basavaraj Bommai-led government – these local issues are working for the Congress and received much applause from the crowd. But...
