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CBI qizzes KCR’s daughter over Delhi excise policy
A team of CBI sleuths on Sunday interrogated Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter and BRS MLC K Kavitha here in connection with the ‘Delhi excise policy scam’ and recorded her statement. The officials, who arrived at 11 am, left her residence at 6.30 pm. The city police...
TMC team to visit EC over spokesperson’s arrest
A five-member TMC parliamentary delegation will visit the Election Commission of India on Monday to raise the alleged violation of the Representation of the People Act in connection with party spokesperson Saket Gokhale’s arrest, the party said. The delegation will comprise Lok Sabha MPs Saugata Roy and Kalyan Banerjee,...
Khattar junks speculation about his ‘replacement’
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday ridiculed the social media speculation that he was being “replaced.” The 68-year-old senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader said some people who are fond of social media go to sleep with the thought that the CM was being “replaced.” Khattar was speaking...
Ex-CM claims strong undercurrent in favour of JD(S)
JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday said there is a strong undercurrent in favour of his party, especially in the rural areas, in the run-up to assembly polls in Karnataka likely to be held by April-May 2023. The former chief minister also expressed confidence about JD(S) winning more...
Centre adopts hands-off approach on Maha-K’taka row
The Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre is faced with the challenging situation of trying to rein in the two warring states, Karnataka and Maharashtra, where it is in power. However, it seems like the central government has taken a stand of no interference on this issue especially when...
Sukhu to be sworn in Himachal CM today with deputy
Congress leader Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu will take the oath as Himachal Pradesh’s seventh Chief Minister today. Sukhu, MLA from Nadaun in the hill state’s Hamirpur district, headed the Congress’ campaign committee for the recently held state polls He was chosen by the Congress high command for the top post...
Patel swearing as Gujarat CM for 2nd term on Monday
Two days after the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a thumping win in the Gujarat assembly elections, Bhupendra Patel met Governor Acharya Devvrat at Raj Bhavan and staked claim to form a government. He is all set to assume the Chief Minister post for a second term, and will...
Cong says no impact of Gujarat poll results on yatra
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Saturday claimed that Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra was unfazed by the Gujarat assembly election results and said the party’s disappointing show in the polls will be analysed and suitable action taken. He, however, alleged that Central and state government machinery was misused in Gujarat...
No J&K progress till democratic rights guaranteed: Farooq
National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah Saturday said the idea of all round development of the people of Jammu and Kashmir will remain elusive till their basic democratic rights are not guaranteed and respected. Abdullah in his message on International Human Rights Day said human rights are indispensable and...
HP Cong MLAs authorise party chief to pick CM
Newly elected Congress MLAs met here on Friday and unanimously passed a resolution authorising the party president to pick the legislature party leader, who will be the next Himachal Pradesh chief minister. Ahead of the Congress Legislature Party meeting, chief minister hopefuls Pratibha Singh, Mukesh Agnihotri and Sukhwinder Singh...
Exchange of fire along India-Pak border in Rajasthan
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) troops and Pakistan Rangers exchanged fire late Friday evening in the Anupgarh sector along the India-Pakistan International Border in Rajasthan, officials said. No casualties have been reported on the Indian side, they said. The BSF has called for a flag meeting with their cross-border...
Mamata denied chance to speak at G20 virtual meet
ed Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday did not get a chance to speak at the virtual meeting of governors, chief ministers and lieutenant governors chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for discussion on various aspects of India’s G20 presidency, a senior official here said. Banerjee, who had...
KCR proposes a Telangana model for whole country
With the slogan “Ab ki baar, kisan sarkar” (this time, a government for farmers), Telangana chief minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) formally launched the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and unveiled its flag. The move came after the Election Commission approved changing the name of his party Telangana Rashtra Samithi...
Mob clashes with cops in UP’s Badaun town
A group of residents clashed with the police and threw stones at the cops in Kakrala town of Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district on Friday. Police said a man gathered the mob as he was angry over being stopped for routine checking. Two men were arrested and search is on...
Cong to take a leaf out of Priyanka’s HP playbook
It may cause a fiscal catastrophe but the Himachal Pradesh win could have given the Congress a pan-India issue for pitching in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections — bringing back the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) nationwide. It was the OPS promise of the Congress that caught the fancy of...
Mrs Virbhadra Singh frontrunner for HP CM post
After winning Himachal Pradesh, the Congress has called a meeting of its MLAs today to tackle its next challenge – deciding on a Chief Minister. It won’t be easy; the Congress has at least four candidates to choose from. The meeting will take place at Radisson hotel in Shimla...
Cong set to lose Opposition leader post in Gujarat
As if a crushing defeat in the Gujarat assembly elections wasn’t enough, a bruised and battered Congress is also likely to lose the post of the Leader of Opposition in the state. Gujarat’s assembly has 182 seats and a party needs at least 10 per cent of these to...
Pilot says myth about BJP infallibility in North busted
A victory under his belt in Himachal Pradesh, Congress’s Sachin Pilot, the party in-charge of the state, said that the “myth” of the BJP’s invulnerability in north India is over. Gujarat, he said, was “different”. Asked about the possibility that the Congress victory in Himachal is the fallout of...
