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Yediyurappa, Bommai deny ex-CM is being sidelined
BJP Karnataka strongman B S Yediyurappa on Thursday dismissed reports he is being neglected in the party and said he has his own strength and no one can finish him off politically. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, meanwhile, rubbished reports of differences with his predecessor Yediyurappa. ”There is no truth...
BJP dubs Bihar hooch tragedy deaths as mass murder
BJP Lok Sabha members Thursday termed the deaths in Bihar due to the hooch tragedy as ”mass murder” and urged the Centre to take immediate action against the government under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, holding it responsible for the incident. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, BJP’s Paschim Champaran...
Jaishankar’s veiled attack on China and Pakistan at UN
Multilateral platforms are being misused to justify and protect perpetrators of terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday during an open debate at the UN Security Council, in a veiled attack on China and its close ally Pakistan. Presiding over the UN Security Council open debate on...
Internal harmony must for external security: Rajan
Raghuram Rajan, the former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, endorsed Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra on Wednesday, underscoring the need for “internal harmony”. This, he indicated, was also the way the sufferings of the “lower middle class” could be addressed, he indicated. Dr Rajan had joined the...
Cong describes KCR as ‘South Indian Hitler’ after raids
Telangana Congress workers have taken to the streets after a sweep by cyber police at the party’s social media war room. Authorities raided the office of Congress’s chief poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu on the night of December 13 after they received five FIRs against the party for allegedly running...
AAP claims it caused more damage to Cong than BJP
“Only we can defeat the BJP” — For Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s new national general secretary, organisation, Dr Sandeep Pathak, the goal and the roadmap to achieve it are clear. Pathak, who was made a permanent invitee to AAP’s 11-member political affairs committee ahead of the party gearing up...
Kharge calls Opposition meet for floor strategy on China clash
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, has called a meeting of opposition leaders to discuss the floor strategy to corner the government in wake of recent face-off of the Indian Army with the Chinese PLA at Arunachal Pradesh. The BJP...
Sukhu govt to review projects cleared by BJP regime
With the newly elected Congress government in Himachal Pradesh deciding to set up a committee to review recent projects cleared by the previous Jai Ram Thakur regime, a war of words has begun, with the opposition hurling allegations of political vendetta even as chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu defended...
Maharashtra, Karnataka CMs to meet Amit Shah on border row
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his Karnataka counterpart Basavaraj Bommai will hold a joint meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah today in Delhi to discuss the border dispute between both states. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will also be present at the meeting. Earlier in the...
Stalin’s film actor son to be sworn in as minister today
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi will reportedly be sworn in as a minister on Wednesday. The youth wing secretary of the DMK and MLA’s swearing-in ceremony will be held at 9.30 am. “The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (M K Stalin) has recommended to the Governor...
MP Cong may expel ex-minister for anti-Modi outburst
The Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) has warned senior party leader Raja Pateriya of expulsion from the party over his alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Issuing a notice to Pateriya on Tuesday, Congress sought an explanation why he should not be expelled from the party’s membership. The...
Parliament uproar likely as govt readies statement
The Winter Session of Parliament is underway with the Opposition seeking to corner the BJP-led Central government over a host of issues including the India-China troops clash along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector, inflation, and unemployment. The Congress on Monday hit out at the Centre...
MP ex-minister held over ‘kill Modi, save Constitution’ call
Former Madhya Pradesh minister and senior Congress leader Raja Pateria has been arrested by Panna Police, in connection with his alleged ‘kill Modi to save constitution’ remarks. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered on Monday afternoon at the Pawai police station in MP’s Panna district against the Congress leader for the controversial remark against...
Deserting MLAs won’t affect AAP’s bid for national status
Amid speculations that some of the newly elected AAP MLAs in Gujarat may switch sides, a former Election Commission official on Monday said it will not hamper the party’s bid to get the national party tag. “The national party thing should not get affected at all because post-election people...
New Patel ministry balances caste, regional representation
The Bharatiya Janata Party has tried to balance the caste and regional equations with Patidar, Koli, Dalit, tribal, OBC, Jain, Brahmin, and Kshatriya communities getting representation in the new cabinet of second-term chief minister Bhupendrabhai Patel. Among sixteen ministers, excluding Bhupendra Patel who was sworn in again as Gujarat...
Boss Kharge’s warning to Karnataka’s warring factions
Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge arrived in his hometown Gulbarga/Kalaburgi to a grand reception last week. A victory in Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections under his belt, Kharge was more confident and aggressive. He took centre stage and was frank when he told two top leaders of the party in...
Sukhu says no factionalism in HP Cong, only lobbying
Amid reports of simmering tensions between the Congress high command and former chief minister Virbhadra Singh’s family after Pratibha Singh was “neglected” for Himachal Pradesh CM post, Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday said that there is no factionalism in the state Congress unit but “lobbying happens”. “Lobbying happens, but...
BJP plans grand show of Patel’s swearing as Gujarat CM
The BJP’s seventh term in power in Gujarat will begin today with a grand oath ceremony for Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, who had replaced Vijay Rupani in September last year, ahead of the elections in the state. Around 25 cabinet ministers will also take an oath with him. Contrary...
