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Kejriwal claims Channi losing from both constituencies
AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday claimed that Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is losing from both constituencies– Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur in the February 20 assembly polls. We have conducted surveys thrice. In all the three surveys, the Aam Aadmi Party was ahead in both the seats,...
ISRO records success with 2022’s first space launch
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with two smaller co-passenger satellites at 05.59 am today from the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. This was the ISRO’s first launch mission of 2022, the 25-hour countdown for...
Stalin plans CMs conclave on misuse of power by Governors
Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday announced a convention of chief ministers from opposition parties will be held in Delhi after discussion with his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee on “brazen misuse of power by the Governors of non-BJP ruled states.” Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee suggested a meeting...
CBI files case against ABG Shipyard for Rs22,842-cr loan fraud
ABG Shipyard Limited, one of the India’s largest private sector shipyard firm, has been booked in a bank fraud case by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). On Saturday, the CBI filed a case against ABG Shipyard and its then chairman and managing director Rishi Agarwal, and others for allegedly...
Channi hits back at Kejriwal over sand mining
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi hit back at his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal for criticizing him over an illegal sand mining case in his constituency after being cleared of allegations linked to the controversy on Saturday. Channi, citing the status report submitted by Deputy Commissioner upon an order...
Modi says only BJP govt has antidote for rioters
Pointing out that no major riot has taken place in Gujarat since the last two decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that voters in Uttar Pradesh have also realised that only the BJP government has the antidote for rioters and criminals. Addressing an election rally here, he...
Telangana CM asks PM to sack Sarma for anti-Rahul remarks
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to suspend Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma for his controversial remarks against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s birth and father. Launching a scathing attack on the second consecutive day in Yadadri Bhongir after his Janagaon public...
Capt replaced as his govt was being run by BJP: Priyanka
The Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government had to be replaced as it was being run by the BJP from Delhi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claimed on Sunday and also attacked the AAP, saying it has “emerged” from the RSS. Addressing a public meeting in Kotkapura ahead of the February...
EC allows padayatras with limited number of people
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday further relaxed Covid-19-induced curbs on the assembly poll campaign in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand, and Manipur. It allowed padayatras with a limited number of people and revised the timings of the poll campaign ban period. As per...
Uniform Civil Code after polls, says Uttarakhand CM
Implementing Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand at the earliest will boost equal rights for everyone in the state, chief minister Pushkar S Dhami said today. As soon as the new BJP government is formed in the state, it will form a committee to prepare a draft of UCC in...
TMC rift over ‘one man one post’ deepening
The rift in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is deepening, so is the distance between poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s IPAC and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee. Even as four municipalities go to polls on February 12, the focus of Bengal politics is on the internal fight in the TMC. Banerjee has...
SP candidate agents booked for ‘distributing cash’
The Uttar Pradesh police has registered an FIR against representatives of a Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate for allegedly distributing cash at the party election offie in Lala Bazar of Handia assembly constituency. A video, which has gone viral on social media, shows a crowd gathered in the terrace of...
KCR vows to unseat Modi govt, break ‘Delhi Fort’
Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Friday announced that he will plunge into national politics to root out the Narendra Modi government “for failing to address the issues of the states and fulfill people’s aspirations”. “Be careful Narendra Modi. I am Telangana’s son and a tiger who will...
Gadkari says TMC-AAP vote split will help BJP in Goa
Union road and transport minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will get a full majority in Goa as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) are dividing votes and will reduce the strength of the Congress. Gadkari also questioned why...
Modi accuses Cong of using Gen Rawat’s cut-outs for votes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress on Thursday of abusing General Bipin Rawat when he was alive and using his cut-outs now for votes. Addressing a rally in Uttarakhand’s Srinagar ahead of the February 14 state Assembly polls, Modi said it is the same Congress that had asked...
Modi claims making ‘lakhpatis’ out of poor UP villagers
People have become “lakhpatis” after getting houses under the PM Awas Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said twice in the last week. The message won’t be lost amid the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh where the Bharatiya Janata Party feels the housing scheme could be the game changer...
BJP, CPIM allege TMC obstruction in municipality poll
Days after protests over polls by candidates, the Trinamool Congress has won two municipalities-Sainthia and Budge Budge without any contest. Elections to 108 municipalities across West Bengal will be held on 27 February between 7 am to 5 pm and the candidates were allowed to submit their nominations till...
Sena hopes to make Goa inroad with ‘sons of soil’ plea
As the Shiv Sena makes yet another attempt to make inroads in Goa, its pitch for the ’sons of the soil’ issue features prominently in its agenda for the assembly polls with the demand of 80 per cent of jobs in the private sector for Goans. The party has...
