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Suspense over Pawar lunch invite to Shinde, Fadnavis, Ajit
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) president Sharad Pawar has invited Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar for lunch at his residence in Maharashtra’s Baramati during their visit to the former’s hometown on March 2. The lunch invitation to Shinde and the two deputy...
Nath’s son says neither he nor father joining BJP
After days of suspense over their political plans, Congress MP Nakul Nath on Thursday categorically said that neither he nor his father, Congress veteran Kamal Nath were going to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. Speculation about the Naths’ intentions was intensified in the last few days as several Congress...
EC seeks 3.40 lakh forces; 1,085 CAPF companies for March
The deployment of paramilitary forces has begun, ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections. At least 430 BSF companies, 155 from CISF and 500 companies from CRPF will be deployed in the first week of March, as initial deployment is scheduled for March 1 to 7. The...
Bengal governor says it is ‘beginning of an end…’
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Thursday hailed the arrest of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh and said that the development will bring an end to the ongoing violence in the state. Terming the arrest of Shahjahan an “eye-opener” for everyone, the Governor stated that strong action will be...
6 HP cross-voting Cong MLAs disqualified by Speaker
Six Congress MLAs from Himachal Pradesh who cross-voted for the BJP in the Rajya Sabha election has been disqualified from the assembly, the Speaker announced today. The BJP had clapped for and congratulated the six MLAs for their ‘bravery’ yesterday when they came to the assembly, after staying the...
New twist in HP resignation drama as Vikramaditya stays firm
High-profile minister Vikramaditya Singh, son of Himachal Congress president Pratibha Singh, confirmed on Thursday that he has not taken back his resignation and will not act in this regard unless the Congress observers put forth their final decision. “We spoke to the observer and discussed the current situation. They...
Akhilesh Yadav unlikely to appear before CBI in mining case
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is unlikely to appear before the CBI on Thursday for questioning in an illegal mining case registered five years ago in which he is a witness, party sources said. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister is scheduled to attend a meeting of PDA ”Picchda...
SC extends PBRS leader Kavitha’s protection against ED
The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended till March 13 the protection it had granted to BRS leader K Kavitha from any coercive action in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. A bench comprising justices Bela M...
Nath tells party workers he is ready to leave if they want
After putting the buzz over his switch to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at rest with his announcement of joining Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Gwalior on March 2, Congress veteran Kamal Nath on Wednesday told the party workers that he would not “impose” himself on them...
Virbhadra Singh’s son quits as minister, cornering Cong further
Compounding the Congress’s problems in Himachal Pradesh, state minister Vikramaditya Singh quit as minister this morning after accusing Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of overlooking MLAs and disrespecting his father and the Congress’s tallest leader in the hill state, the late Virbhadra Singh. This comes amid dramatic developments in...
