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Voting progresses in 89 Gujarat assembly seats
A total of 89 seats are voting in the first phase of assembly polls in Gujarat today, in which the BJP is hoping for a seventh consecutive term. Its big challenger is the Aam Aadmi Party, which has managed to push aside the Congress in terms of visibility. The...
US dossier warns Indian Navy against major China threat
China may station aircraft carriers, large warships and submarines in its first overseas military base in Djibouti, a move that would have profound security ramifications for the Indian Navy. Details of the base feature in the US Department of Defence’s annual report on China, which is submitted to the...
Kejriwal says being a Hindu, Hindutva is a given for him
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said he did not exclusively ask for votes in the name of Hindutva and had appealed to the people of Gujarat to vote for the Aam Aadmi Party and not the Congress or the BJP. In an exclusive interview to News18, Kejriwal spoke about...
‘Overstaying’ in power makes BJD tired, visionless: Pradhan
Senior BJP leader and Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday intensified the campaign against ruling BJD for the December 5 Padampur bypoll, alleging that the Naveen Patnaik-led party was “tired due to overstaying” in power in Odisha for 22 years and hence lacks vision for the development of the...
ISIS confirms leader killed in battle, names new chief
The Islamic State jihadist group said Wednesday that its leader Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has been killed in battle and announced a replacement. A spokesman for the group said Hashimi, an Iraqi, was killed “in combat with enemies of God”, without elaborating on the date of his death or...
Gehlot, Pilot unity show for first time since flare-up
In a show of unity, Rajasthan Congress leaders Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot were seen together on Tuesday for the first time since the Rajasthan Chief Minister’s “gaddar” remark which had reignited a war of words between the two leaders a few days back. They were seen together along...
Delhi court grants bail to 8 accused PFI members
A court here has pulled up Delhi Police for not being able to justify how eight people, arrested in a case against the Popular Front Of India, carried out unlawful activities since they were in custody when the offences were claimed to have been committed. Granting bail to the...
Cong says time to end BJP’s misrule in Gandhi’s land
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday slammed the BJP for its 27 years of “misrule” in Gujarat and said it is time to rebuild Mahatma Gandhi’s land. Calling upon the people to reject the BJP in the upcoming assembly polls, Kharge attacked the ruling party...
Giriraj Singh repeats love jihad meant to finish sanatan dharma
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday alleged that “terrorism in the form of love jihad” was a ploy “to finish sanatan dharma” and urged people to unite against it. The rural development minister was speaking at a programme held in Mohammadabad here to commemorate the death anniversary of former...
MNS sees plot behind Maha-Karnataka border row revival
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday wondered whether issues like the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute are being raised to divert attention from “main news”. The border dispute dates back to the 1960s after the reorganisation of states on linguistic lines. The case is coming up before the...
Centre returns 10 Collegium names for high courts
The names of 10 judges recommended for elevation by the Supreme Court Collegium have not received a go-ahead from the Central government. The files, returned on November 25, also include the name of senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal, the son of former Chief Justice of India BN Kirpal. Sources say...
Cong pits ‘poorest of poor’ Kharge against ‘humble’ Modi
Realising that any personal attack on the prime minister would backfire, Congress is steering clear of making any such comments and instead highlighting the Dalit background of party president Mallikarjun Kharge. In 2017, Mani Shankar Aiyar’s comment calling the prime minister a ‘neech aadmi’ had given the BJP a...
Sidhu tipped for key Punjab Cong role when out of jail
Will former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu get a crucial assignment after he walks out of Patiala Jail? The buzz in the Congress circles has been triggered after an indication that the former cricketer could walk out of the prison much before the one-year sentence is to end....
Kejriwal alleges stone thrown at him at Surat roadshow
A scuffle broke out between supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday during Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s roadshow in Surat city in poll-bound Gujarat. The incident occurred in Katargam locality in the evening after BJP workers chanted ‘Modi, Modi’ when...
Yogi says new projects to give Agra a new identity
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said the ongoing projects pertaining to Metro and Smart City have given a new identity to Agra, which he said was “one of the dirtiest cities in the country until 2017″. The chief minister was speaking during a rally ‘Prabhudhhjan’ in...
Covid lockdown protests rage in Chinese cities
Hundreds of people took to the streets in China’s major cities on Sunday to protest against the country’s zero-Covid policy, in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state. China’s hardline virus strategy is stoking public frustration, with many growing weary of snap lockdowns, lengthy quarantines and mass...
Data of 500 million WhatsApp users leaked, on sale
In one of the biggest data breaches ever, phone numbers of nearly 500 million WhatsApp users have been leaked and are up for sale. The database, up for sale on a popular hacking forum, contains the private information of WhatsApp users from 84 countries, according to a report by...
BJP ‘Jan Aakrosh Yatra’ against Rajasthan govt on Dec 1
With an eye on assembly polls due next year in Rajasthan, BJP chief J P Nadda will on December 1 launch the party’s ‘Jan Aakrosh Yatra’ in the Congress-ruled state to corner the Ashok Gehlot government on issues related to farmers and governance. Nadda will flag off 51 Jan...
