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AAP CM face says Channi will lose in both seats
Punjab chief minister (CM) Charanjit Singh Channi is fighting the elections from two seats as he is scared, and he will lose from both Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur, Aam Aadmi Party’s CM face Bhagwant Mann told CNN-News18 in an exclusive interview in Dhuri on Wednesday. “Meanwhile, I have a...
Lakhimpur Kheri to dent BJP prospects
For the BJP, the Nighasan Assembly constituency that houses the Tikonia area is expected to be a mixed bag in the upcoming state elections. Following the killing of eight people, including four Sikh farmers, in the October 3 incident over the contentious farm laws, the Sikh community has allegedly...
Priyanka slams Sitharaman’s ‘UP-type’ remarks
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has ripped into Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her “typical UP-type” remark while countering Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the Union Budget on Tuesday. At the post-Budget speech media briefing, junior Finance Minister Pankaj Chaudhary asked Ms Sitharaman to respond to Rahul Gandhi’s “zero-sum Budget” comment. “I...
Ambani, Adani, Mittal may land windfall gains
India’s plans to classify data centers and energy storage as infrastructure assets allowing firms to access cheap and long-term credit, in a big boost for billionaires Gautam Adani, Sunil Mittal and Mukesh Ambani’s plans to aggressively grow in these segments. “Data centers and energy storage systems including dense charging...
FM says Modi gave clear instructions for no additional taxes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had instructed that taxes not be raised amid the Covid pandemic, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters today after presenting the Union budget in parliament. PM Modi, she added, had given the same direction last year as well. “Didn’t want to increase tax at the...
AAP disbands Telangana panels for ‘new-generation leaders’
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday dissolved all existing committees of its Telangana unit and constituted a search committee to bring “new-generation leaders” into the party fold to expand its base in the southern state. Announcing the decision here at a press conference, AAP leader Somnath Bharti said...
Boris Johnson’s future in limbo over ‘Partygate’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will probably hold onto his job for now despite a scathing report about government coronavirus lockdown parties, but his long-term future is out of his hands as police probe claims of rule breaking, analysts said on Tuesday. Johnson on Monday apologised after his government...
UP’s Shamli panchayat decides to vote for ‘NOTA’
A panchayat of the Kashyap community said its members will not vote for any candidate in the upcoming Assembly polls as the government has not fulfilled their demand to shift 17 OBCs into the Scheduled Castes list. Members of the community said they arrived at the decision during...
Manjhi disappointed with BJP, JD-U over MLC seat sharing
Former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) supremo Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday sounded disappointed on the issue of seat sharing in the MLC polls with the alliance partners, BJP and JD-U. “The way BJP and JD-U shared the seats among themselves and did not consider...
Priyanka claims credit for contesting all UP seats
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said her party will be contesting all the 403 Assembly seats in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls after nearly three decades, terming it a “major achievement”. The Congress general secretary and the party in-charge for Uttar Pradesh also said she is...
K’taka BJP MLA asks students not to enter campus in hijab
The row over hijab in Karnataka took a new turn on Monday with BJP MLA Raghupathi Bhat saying that students who are protesting and seeking permission to wear hijab in classrooms have been told to come to the college campus only if they decide to shun the hijab. “Otherwise,...
Political future of Punjab bigwigs tied to poll outcome
Apart from being unprecedented in terms of the political combinations in the fray, the February 20 Punjab assembly polls will also determine the political futures of many of the state’s bigwigs. This election, arguably, is a battle of survival for several prominent faces of Punjab, cutting across party lines....
Economic Survey projects GDP growth at 8-8.5%
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2022 in the Lok Sabha on Monday, January 31. It projected an 8 per cent to 8.5 per cent growth rate for the Indian economy in 2022-23 fiscal year. Indian economy is likely to witness a real GDP expansion of 9.2 per...
Shiv Sena drops Panaji candidate for Parrikar’s son
The Shiv Sena has dropped its candidate in Goa’s Panaji in favour of former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s son Utpal, who is running as an independent in the February 14 state election after being passed over by the BJP. Sanjay Raut, a Shiv Sena MP, had earlier urged all...
Stormy Budget session likely with Pegasus, China dominating
The Budget session of Parliament starting Monday is likely to be stormy with opposition parties all geared up to raise the Pegasus snooping allegations, farmers’ issues and the border row with China. The session is being held in the midst of crucial assembly elections in five states, including Uttar...
Ex-UP minister Rangnath Mishra, SP MLA join BJP
Former Uttar Pradesh minister Rangnath Mishra joined the BJP here on Saturday. Mishra was the secondary education minister from 2007-2012 in the BSP government headed by Mayawati. Former Samajwadi Party MLA Manish Rawat also joined the BJP, the saffron party said. It said Rawat joined the party for reposing...
Akhilesh to file nomination from SP fortress Karhal
Samajwadi Party Chief and former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will be filing his nomination from Karhal assembly seat in Mainpuri on Monday. This will be his first ever assembly election; the leader has been a Member of Parliament and MLC earlier. The Karhal assembly seat, which has been...
Protests, resignations in Manipur after BJP list
A number of leaders have resigned though the exact number remained unclear, reports said. BJP supporters burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and shouted slogans as protests erupted on Sunday after the party named candidates for next month’s elections,...
