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Cong invites Smriti Irani as Amethi MP to join Yatra
Congress leader and former Uttar Pradesh MLC Deepak Singh on Thursday said he has written to BJP MP from Amethi Smriti Irani, inviting her to join the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in the state. The party also invited BSP chief Mayawati to join the yatra. Singh said he...
Modi takes part in mother’s last rites
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Gujarat after his mother died early this morning. She was 99. PM Modi, who was scheduled to launch the developmental projects in West Bengal, may join the events through video conferencing. “Smt Hiraba Modi passed away on 30/12/2022, at 3:39 am (early morning,...
Cricketer Rishabh Pant seriously hurt in car crash
India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant on Friday sustained injuries after his car collided with the divider and caught fire while he was travelling from Delhi to Uttarakhand. He was driving his Mercedes car, which met with an accident near Roorkee in Uttarakhand. Pant has sustained injuries to his head, knee...
Punjab BJP leaders seek Amit Shah’s help for security cover
Punjab BJP has written to union home minister Amit Shah, seeking security for some senior leaders. Citing the “bad state of law and order” in Punjab and alleged repeated threat calls to various party leaders, general secretary of the BJP state unit, Anil Sachar, has sought the intervention of...
Maharashtra to seek stoppage of work on Karnataka dam
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said the state will ask Karnataka to stop the work of raising the height of Alamaty dam on the Krishna river till an ongoing study to assess its flood impact in Sangli and Kolhapur is completed. Replying to a question in the...
Pragya Thakur named in case for ‘Hindus, keep knives ‘speech
BJP MP Pragya Thakur has been named in a police case for allegedly making a provocative speech in Karnataka’s Shivamogga. The complaint against the Bhopal MP alleged that she made derogatory remarks against Muslims while speaking at the Hindu Jagarana Vedike’s South Region annual convention. At the event, Pragya...
Shinde govt starts work for renaming Ahmednagar
The Maharashtra government has asked the district administration to submit a proposal to rename Ahmednagar as `Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Nagar’, the Legislative Council was informed on Wednesday. Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar made the statement in reply to a question during Question Hour. He, however, did not specify whether the government...
Blatant caste discrimination in Tamil Nadu Dalit village
A shocking case of caste discrimination has surfaced from a village in Tamil Nadu, the home of Periyar movement, where human feces were found dumped in a water tank meant for the Scheduled Caste community. The district authorities who went to investigate, found the horrors did not end there....
Uzbekistan says 18 child deaths linked to India-made syrup
Uzbekistan has claimed that at least 18 children in the country have died after allegedly taking an India-manufactured cough syrup. India is set to probe the claims. The health ministry of Uzbekistan, in a statement, said that the children who died had consumed cough syrup Doc-1 Max – manufactured...
Nitish says reopening of CBI case due to his forming govt
Days after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reopened a corruption case against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Yadav, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took a veiled dig at the BJP-ruled central government. Nitish Kumar, who parted ways with the BJP earlier this year and tied up with...
Mumbai belongs to Maharashtra, asserts Fadnavis
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday asserted Mumbai belongs to the state which will not tolerate anyone’s claim over its capital and strongly condemned remarks made by some Karnataka leaders amid the raging boundary dispute between the two states. Speaking in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Fadnavis said...
Rahul tweets message to PM after mother hospitalised
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday shared a heart-warming message for Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose 99-year-old mother Heeraben Modi was admitted to a hospital in Ahmedabad, Gujarat earlier in the day. In a tweet, Rahul Gandhi said he supports the PM in this difficult time and prayed for...
Ramesh to move SC against Pragya Thakur ‘hate speech’
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur’s remarks at a function in Karnataka’s Shivamogga are a clear example of hate speech and he would move the Supreme Court against her. Ramesh said he would file a case against Thakur in the apex court as...
Yogi outreach for Pasmanda Muslims ahead of polls
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh may have suffered a setback with the Allahabad High Court ordering local body elections at the earliest without reservation for Other Backward Classes, but the ruling BJP is set on at least one course of action — to woo Pasmanda Muslims ahead...
BJP organises X’mas celebrations in outreach to Christians
The Bharatiya Christian Manch, headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson, has begun an outreach programme with the community to promote the development agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This comes days after Mar Andrews Thazhath of Catholic Bishop’s Conference of India (CBCI) met Modi in Parliament. He...
Cold wave, dense fog disrupt life in North India
Delhi woke up to chills this morning, its streets wrapped in a blanket of dense fog that brought visibility down to a minimum. The minimum temperature in the national capital this morning dipped to 5.6 degrees Celsius as a cold wave swept through north India. Dense fog was observed...
Tejashwi says he is not bothered by CBI reopening cases
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has dared the CBI, which is reopening its case against himself, father Lalu Yadav and his two sisters, saying are there was no wrongdoing. “The allegation is that Lalu Yadav’s family received a prime property from a realty giant in Delhi in return...
Caste no ground for CM’s choice, says Gehlot
Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Monday said he has not become the chief minister of Rajasthan on the basis of caste as he is the lone MLA from his community. Gehlot’s statement has come amid demands from a section to make his bete noire Sachin Pilot as the chief...
