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BJP to kick-start UP poll ‘Sankalp Peti’ campaign tomorrow
As the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections inch closer, the ruling BJP is gearing up to sense the mood of the people and include their issues in the party’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ (manifesto) for the elections. The BJP is all set to launch its massive public outreach programme ‘Sankalp Peti’...
Supreme Court okays Centre’s plan to widen Char Dham roads
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has cleared the way for widening of roads as part of the Char Dham project, agreeing with the Centre’s arguments that wider roads in the area were of strategic importance. Border security concerns need to be met and movement of troops and equipment is needed,...
Opposition plans march to support suspended MPs
The opposition parties are meeting to discuss a proposal for a march by all opposition lawmakers of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in solidarity with suspended MPs. A protest march from Gandhi statue to Vijay Chowk has been proposed. Twelve MPs — six from the Congress, two each from...
Tejashwi Yadav’s bride takes name suggested by Lalu
Patna: Bihar’s Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav today broke his silence on his low-key wedding. Speaking to reporters in Patna, he revealed that the newlywed couple decided to keep the event small and intimate so that there was enough space for the two families to mingle and understand...
NCP in talks with Cong over Goa polls
Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Monday said his party NCP is of the view that there should be no division of votes among like-minded parties to take on the BJP in the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. The NCP is also in talks with the Congress over the forthcoming...
Anti-conversion, love jihad bills to rock Karnataka House
The proposed bills on anti-conversion and “love jihad” are likely to rock the Winter Session of the Karnataka Assembly which got underway in Belgaum on Monday. The Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government in the state has decided to table the controversial anti-conversion bill in both the Assembly and the Legislative...
Vijayan dismisses Guv’s criticism of varsity affairs
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday dismissed allegations of political interference in appointing vice chancellors to universities are baseless. The CM, while speaking at a press conference held at Kannur, said he was clarifying the government position in view of the things said by the Governor in public....
Nagaland firing victims’ families refuse compensation
Guwahati: A week after the tragic death of 14 young people in Nagaland’s Mon District during a botched operation by the special forces of the Army, the family members of the victims, and the villagers, have decided not to receive any government compensation until the Army personnel involved in...
India country of Hindus, not ‘Hindutvavadis’, says Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said India is a country of Hindus and not Hindutvavadis, who want to be in power in any condition. In an attack against the Centre, he said there is inflation in the country and there is suffering, then this has been done by...
Karnataka right-wing groups set Christian books on fire
Bengaluru: Members of right-wing groups have set fire to Christian religious books in Kolar in Karnataka, alleging conversions by the church in the latest communal attack against Christians in Karnataka. No arrest has been made in the case. The police said the Christian community was warned against distributing...
AAP, SP, BSP presence adds fizz to U’khand poll
Uttarakhand is likely to see an interesting contest between the BJP and the Congress in the upcoming Assembly elections – scheduled to be held in early 2022. This time, the Delhi ruling AAP will also be contesting the state elections, however it is expected that the key contest will...
Ex-CJI Gogoi criticised for ‘insult to parliament’
News Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday called out former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi’s explanation about his low attendance in the Rajya Sabha. Ramesh said that Justice Gogoi’s remarks in an interview to NDTV in which he said he will attend the Upper House “when he feels...
Armed man chases away Karnataka church priest
Bengaluru: A man armed with a machete barged into a church in Karnataka’s Belagavi yesterday afternoon and chased the priest in charge. CCTV footage of the incident shows the man, machete in hand, following Father Francis D’souza, in-charge of the church. On spotting him, the priest is seen...
Nagaland protest targets Amit Shah
Kohima: Protesters in Nagaland’s Mon district burned the effigy of the Home Minister Amit Shah to underline the extent of their anger in the botched army operation that led to the death of six civilians. – The protesters – who included residents from the village of Oting, the home...
Khattar says no more public namaz
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said “namaz in open spaces will not be tolerated”, while announcing temporary suspension on public prayer services amid protests. CM Khattar told the media said all previous sanctions given for public prayers stood nullified and the state government will now work...
Farmers stage victory march to mark end of stir
Chandigarh: Farmers camping at Delhi’s Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders will take out a victory march today as they return to their villages in Punjab and Haryana after a 15-month agitation that forced the centre to withdraw three contentious farm laws. Farmers are now dismantling their makeshift accommodations...
TMC’s Mahua Moitra declines comment on Mamata reprimand
After a video of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee reprimanding TMC MP Mahua Moitra at an internal party meeting went viral, the MP has refused to comment over the issue instead wanting to focus on her work in Goa with Mamata expected to visit the state. Sources...
Tejashwi’s uncle slams marriage with Christian friend
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav’s maternal uncle Sadhu Yadav on Friday went all out at his nephew over his inter-community marriage to former schoolmate Rachel Godinho. Sadhu Yadav, the former Gopalganj MP, did not pull his punches in his attack on Tejashwi. “He has demeaned the image of Lalu Prasad’s...
