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Modi’s breakfast meet with 40 UP MPs to focus on poll
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet BJP MPs from Uttar Pradesh over breakfast today. The meeting, which will be attended by nearly 40 party leaders, comes months ahead of assembly polls in the state. During the Winter Session of Parliament, the PM has been regularly holding breakfast meetings with...
Pro-RSS mag says BJP, Mamata share ‘Cong-mukt Bharat’ dream
An article in an RSS-linked Bengali magazine has stirred up a hornet’s nest by claiming that both BJP and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee share the dream of “Congress-mukt Bharat” (Congress-free India). While the BJP distanced itself from the article in ‘Swastika’ calling it “baseless” and far from...
Priyanka questions Indira’s omission in Vijay Diwas celebrations
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday alleged that former prime minister Indira Gandhi was being “left out” of the “misogynist” BJP government’s Vijay Diwas celebrations and said it is about time Prime Minister Narendra Modi starts giving women their due. Vijay Diwas commemorates India’s victory over Pakistan in...
Akhilesh meets uncle to end feud, seals alliance
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday met his uncle and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL) chief Shivpal Yadav at the latter’s residence in Lucknow and finally announced an alliance ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls – thus ending the five-year-old differences in the family. The SP chief...
BJP, TMC fight on Durga Puja heritage status credit
While both BJP and Trinamool Congress lauded Kolkata’s Durga Puja festival receiving the UNESCO heritage tag, the two parties took potshots at each other over claiming the credit for the feat. TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee tweeted, “Two minutes of silence for @AmitShah and all the tall leaders...
Cong puts up Bipin Rawat cut-out for Rahul Gandhi rally
In the run-up to the 2022 assembly elections, it seems soldiers are the prime focus of both the ruling BJP and opposition Congress in Uttarakhand. For Rahul Gandhi’s rally on Thursday, a cut-out of General Bipin Rawat — who recently died in a tragic helicopter crash — has been...
Modi packs Dec with 4 more UP trips ahead of poll code
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh four more times this month for official functions before the election model code of conduct comes into effect, probably in early January, News18 has learnt. The PM will be in Shahjahanpur on December 18 to lay the foundation stone of the...
Rahul reiterates demand for Ajay Mishra sacking
New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday renewed his attack on junior Home Minister Ajay Mishra over his son, Ashish Mishra, being accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri farmers killing case, calling him “a criminal” and demanding that he either be sacked or resign. “The minister must resign. He...
Kanpur Metro inauguration sparks credit war
The first phase of metro rail set to to start in Kanpur just before next year’s assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh has sparked a tussle between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) over credit for the project. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to inaugurate...
Boris Johnson faces another crucial leadership test
London: Under-fire British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday faced another crucial test of his leadership with a by-election in a constituency always won by his party, where defeat would intensify calls for a new leader. Johnson, 57, is already reeling after around 100 of his own MPs on...
Aryan Khan gets relief from weekly NCB visit
Mumbai: Aryan Khan, son of megastar Shah Rukh Khan and an accused in the drugs-on-cruise-ship case, will not have to appear at the Mumbai office of the Narcotics Control Bureau every Friday. The relief came today from the Bombay High Court, which scrapped this bail condition. The court said...
Congress plans to pit Priyanka against Mamata
As part of a strategy to counter poaching of its leaders by Trinamool Congress, the Congress is planning to take on Mamata Banerjee by pitting Priyanka Gandhi against her. The Congress plan is to use ‘woman power’ against the Bengal tigress. It came rather as a surprise when Priyanka...
Omicron spreading at unprecedented rate: WHO
The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the new coronavirus variant Omicron was spreading at an unprecedented rate and was likely already present in most countries around the world. Since the new, heavily-mutated variant was first detected in southern Africa last month, it has been reported in 77 countries,...
Akhilesh says no truck with big parties, BJP facilitators
The Samajwadi Party will not have any alliance with bigger parties, including the Congress, and smaller outfits like that of Om Prakash Rajbhar who opened the doors for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh last time are now with him, former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav told News18 in an exclusive...
BJP falls short of majority in Karnataka Council poll
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP in Karnataka fell short of majority in the Legislative Council today, winning only 11 of the 25 Legislative Council seats for which voting was held last Friday. The Congress fared no better, winning another 11 seats, leaving HD Kumaraswamy’s Janata Dal Secular in a position...
KCR, Stalin meet triggers Federal Front speculation
On his second day of itinerary in Tamil Nadu, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Tuesday called on his counterpart MK Stalin in Chennai. KCR met him along with family members, including wife Shobha, son and minister KT Rama Rao and MP Santhosh Kumar among others. As expected KCR...
Trinamool out of Sonia’s opposition strategy meet
New Delhi: The strategy meeting of opposition party leaders called by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi over the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs has been marked by the absence of Trinamool Congress. The meeting was attended by leaders of opposition parties including Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party, DMK and...
Rahul Gandhi repeats demand for Ajay Mishra’s ouster
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday demanded that Union minister Ajay Mishra be removed from his post over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and said it is time for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apologise once again. His remarks came after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the...
