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Akhilesh Yadav unlikely to appear before CBI in mining case
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is unlikely to appear before the CBI on Thursday for questioning in an illegal mining case registered five years ago in which he is a witness, party sources said. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister is scheduled to attend a meeting of PDA ”Picchda...
SC extends PBRS leader Kavitha’s protection against ED
The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended till March 13 the protection it had granted to BRS leader K Kavitha from any coercive action in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. A bench comprising justices Bela M...
Nath tells party workers he is ready to leave if they want
After putting the buzz over his switch to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at rest with his announcement of joining Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Gwalior on March 2, Congress veteran Kamal Nath on Wednesday told the party workers that he would not “impose” himself on them...
Virbhadra Singh’s son quits as minister, cornering Cong further
Compounding the Congress’s problems in Himachal Pradesh, state minister Vikramaditya Singh quit as minister this morning after accusing Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of overlooking MLAs and disrespecting his father and the Congress’s tallest leader in the hill state, the late Virbhadra Singh. This comes amid dramatic developments in...
Jolt to Cong in Gujarat as MP Naran Rathwa Joins BJP
In a major blow to the opposition Congress in Gujarat, its Rajya Sabha member and former Union minister Naran Rathwa on Tuesday joined the ruling BJP along with his son and a large number of supporters here ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Rathwa is a tribal leader from...
LG suspends Kejriwal govt’s proposed solar policy
Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has put on hold the implementation of the Delhi government’s solar policy announced in January. This move comes shortly after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal vowed that the policy would eliminate electricity bills in the capital city. Under the Delhi Solar Policy 2024, people installing...
Siddaramaiah promises action in ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ video
Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said strict action will be taken if anyone is found guilty over BJP allegations that supporters of Congress leader Syed Naseer Hussain raised pro-Pakistan slogans inside the Vidhana Soudha as he won the Rajya Sabha elections a day before. “We have sent the...
Up to 9 Samajwadi MLAs may have cross-voted in RS poll
Akhilesh Yadav’s decision to not let any Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA go to Ayodhya earlier this month as part of the all-party delegation led by the Speaker, and Yadav’s decision to field retired bureaucrat Alok Ranjan and Jaya Bachchan as Rajya Sabha nominees – these are the two major...
Kharge tears into household consumption survey ‘election-inspired’
Targeting the Centre for releasing an “election-inspired” Household Consumption Expenditure Survey, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Tuesday demanded a census be conducted soon for accurate information, insisting it should also incorporate a caste survey. In a post on ‘X’ in Hindi, Kharge said that after 10 years of “deep sleep”,...
Kamal Nath blames media for buzz of switch to BJP
Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on Tuesday said the speculation of his switch over to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was created by the media as he never made such a statement. Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Nath was talking to reporters after reaching Chhindwara, his home turf...
