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Tripura heads for triangular contest in assembly polls
The newly formed political party Tipra Motha is likely to emerge as the kingmaker after the Tripura assembly polls, in which it will fight a triangular contest with the BJP-IPFT and Congress-Left Front alliances. Tipra Motha, headed by erstwhile royal scion Pradyot Manikya Debbarma, refused to stitch an alliance...
BJP protest to seek Kejriwal’s resignation over ED filing
High drama ensued in the national capital on Saturday after BJP workers gathered outside Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s office and demanded his resignation over allegations made against the ruling AAP by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). BJP workers raised slogans against the ruling AAP government after ED alleged that Arvind...
Siddaramaiah Hindutva vs Hindu remark sparks row
Former Karnataka chief minister and the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramiah, on Monday triggered controversy with his remark that he is not anti-Hindu but anti-Hindutva as according to him, Hindutva is for murder, violence and discrimination. Speaking in Kalaburagi during the launch of a book –...
Parliament adjourned amid Opposition protest on Adani row
Both houses of the parliament were adjourned till 2 pm today amid loud protests and sloganeering from opposition parties demanding a discussion on and an investigation into allegations of fraud against the Adani Group. Opposition parties, following a meeting at the chamber of Leader of Opposition in the Rajya...
Delhi Assembly fails to elect mayor even on third attempt
After a third attempt, the mayor and deputy mayor of Delhi could not be successfully elected by the Delhi Assembly. A brand-new date will now be fixed once again by the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in the coming days. This is the third time in a month that the...
Another jolt to Bengal BJP as MLA joins Trinamool
In yet another jolt to the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal, MLA Suman Kanjilal joined Trinamool Congress in presence of party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday. Several BJP MLAs including Mukul Roy, Arjun Singh, and Rajib Banerjee have switched sides following Mamata Banerjee’s landslide victory in...
Mann govt faces heat over sacrilege case
In what could give some anxious moments to the Bhagwant Mann government, a large-scale protest broke out in Punjab’s Faridkot district with victims of the Kotkapura police firing incident along with several Sikh organisations blocking the Bathinda-Amritsar national highway for several hours. The Kotkapura firing incident had taken place...
AAP to contest all seats in MP assembly elections
The AAP will contest all 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, due later this year, a party office-bearer said on Saturday indicating the Arvind Kejriwal-led party will pitch the Delhi model of governance to target the BJP and opposition Congress and accused them of playing “destructive politics”. AAP...
New turn in UP’s OBC politics as Maurya backs caste census
Despite no announcement from the Uttar Pradesh government for a caste-based census in the state, Deputy CM and key BJP leader Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday backed the demand for it and said he is “all for it”. This can be considered a significant turn in OBC politics in...
Video shows Chinese balloon being downed by US missile
Boom. And the Chinese spy balloon, of the size of three buses, that had strayed into the US airspace was shot down with a single missile, showed a video. The Pentagon said on Friday that it had surveillance capabilities. China angrily voiced its “strong dissatisfaction” at the move and...
Assam CM says child marriage crackdown to continue
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday asserted that the drive against child marriage, launched by the state police from the previous day, will continue till the next assembly elections in 2026. More than 2,250 people have been arrested in the state till Saturday in the crackdown on...
RBI says banking sector stable amid Adani stocks rout
The Reserve Bank of India today said the country’s banking system remains resilient and stable, amid concerns about the exposure of lenders to Adani group companies. “Various parameters relating to capital adequacy, asset quality, liquidity, provision coverage and profitability are healthy. Banks are also in compliance with the Large...
Cong opposes private member’s bill against worship places law
The Congress has strongly objected to the introduction in the Rajya Sabha of a private member’s bill which seeks to repeal the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Repeal Bill, 2022 was listed for introduction in the Upper House of Parliament on...
Cong blasts ‘arm-chair liberals’ for criticising yatra
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday took a swipe at “arm-chair liberals” and “professional Congress bashers” who stayed away from the Bharat Jodo Yatra while continuing to pontificate on it, sharing an animation on them. Taking to Twitter, Ramesh shared a 40-second animation with a Hindi voice over...
No plan for remote voting machines, clarifies govt
There is no proposal to use the remote electronic voting machine (RVM) in the “upcoming election” in the country and it is also not proposed for the use of Non-Resident Indian (NRI) voters, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. Responding to a question in the Lower House of Parliament,...
Chidambaram attacks govt’s anti-minority policy
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday attacked the Centre for discontinuing the Maulana Azad National Fellowship, alleging that the government is on an “overdrive” to make life more difficult for students from minority communities. In a written reply in Lok Sabha earlier this week, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti...
Opposition parties unite on alleged Adani fraud in Parliament
Opposition parties on Thursday agreed to jointly raise the issue of allegations of fraud against the Adani Group in Parliament but were yet to agree on the mode of inquiry into the Gujarat-based corporate major. At a meeting of like-minded political parties convened by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, there...
Amarinder refutes reports about his governorship
BJP leader and former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday refuted media reports claiming that he was being considered for the position of new Governor of Maharashtra and called it “purely speculative”. However, the 80-year-old leader added that he will follow whatever Prime Minister Narendra Modi will...
