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Rita Bahuguna convicted for model code violation in 2012 poll
A special court on Friday held BJP MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi and four others guilty of violation of the model code of conduct during the 2012 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The special court for cases involving MPs and MLAs later ordered their release on probation for a period...
Kharge attacks PM’s ‘Rozgar Melas’ as of no significance
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of unemployment, saying the PM is handing over some thousand appointment letters when “millions of youth search for jobs”. Kharge said Modi came to power with a promise of two crore...
Amarinder warns of return of 1980s dark days in Punjab
Former chief minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday warned against the return of the dark era of 1980s in Punjab, saying “the way things are unfolding in the state today is quite worrisome” and cautioned the AAP government against any “laxity”. He also condemned the “complete failure” on the part...
Vande Mataram, Jana Gana Mana on same level: Centre
The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that the national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ “stand on the same level” and citizens should show equal respect to both. While unlike the national anthem there are no penal provisions or official instructions about singing...
Music label sues Rahul over illegal use of KGF songs for yatra
Music label MRT Music, which owns the rights to the tracks of “KGF Chapter 2” in Hindi, filed a copyright infringement complaint on Friday against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Supriya Shrinate and Jairam Ramesh for illegally using the soundtrack of the hit South Indian film in campaign videos of...
AAP Gujarat CM face aspirant quits party, returns to Cong
Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, former MLA Indranil Rajguru quit the Aam Aadmi Party and joined the Congress on Friday and alleged that the Arvind Kejriwal-led outfit was working as a “B-team” of the BJP in the state. Rajguru, who had joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after...
Karan Singh objects to Jairam Ramesh’s ‘unsavoury remarks’
Veteran Congress leader Karan Singh on Friday hit back at party colleague Jairam Ramesh for criticising his recent article on Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India and said the “unsavoury remarks” regarding his father were “unacceptable”. In a statement, Singh said he had hoped his views will be taken...
Sachin Pilot writes to Gehlot demanding board for local deity
Congress leader Sachin Pilot has written a letter to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot demanding constitution of a board in the state government in the name of local deity Veer Tejaji. Veer Tejaji was a legendary Rajasthani folk hero, also considered to be one of the incarnations of Lord...
More Govt-Opposition clashes over new parliament building
With Parliament not in session, the battle between the opposition and government has shifted to the parliamentary committees. At a meeting of the parliament committee of home affairs on DONER, i.e., the Northeast development project, the opposition had a heated confrontation with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led chairman. This was...
KCR produces bombshell ‘video’ to expose BJP conspiracy
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) supremo, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has appealed to all the constitutional institutions in the country to help ‘save democracy’ from the hands of the BJP which have been ruling the country for the past eight-half years. He alleged that the BJP’s main motto...
Kejriwal to announce AAP’s Gujarat CM candidate
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal will announce today the name of the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the next month’s Gujarat Assembly elections, party office-bearers said. The candidate will be named on the basis of opinion submitted to the party by the people of the state, they...
AAP, Opposition fight over Punjab farm fires
With Punjab registering a two-year-high daily farm fire tally on Thursday, stubble burning is turning into a major political issue yet again even as the national capital seems to be getting choked with no let-up in the incidents. On Thursday, Punjab registered close to 2,700 farm fires, a significant...
Houses built under PM’s scheme in MP go ‘missing’
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed over lakhs of houses to the poor as part of an ambitious government drive, at least 75 homes constructed under the same scheme have gone ‘missing’ in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna. The houses had been constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana which...
TMC leader’s Rs 1-cr lottery win under CBI scanner
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) revealed that jailed Trinamool Congress leader from West Bengal’s Birbhum, Anubrata Mondal, had won Rs 1 Crore in lottery in January, ahead of his jail sentence. The shop owner identified as Bapi Gangopadhyay who issued the lottery to Mondal was summoned by CBI...
EC says Gujarat poll date delay to ‘balance’ things
The Election Commission today issued a clarification on why the Gujarat poll schedule announcement for the upcoming assembly elections were delayed and dismissed all allegations of any kind of partiality. “We announced the election dates 110 days ahead of the expiry of the Gujarat assembly. And there will be...
Mamata seeks judicial probe into Gujarat bridge collapse
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sought a judicial commission under the Supreme Court to probe the Gujarat bridge collapse, which left at least 130 people dead. Accountability for the Morbi bridge collapse should be fixed, she said. The Bengal chief minister alleged that the BJP government...
Voting in Telangana, Bihar, Haryana, UP by-elections
In contests symbolic of the fierce turf war between the BJP and regional parties, seven assembly constituencies in six states will elect new legislators in bypolls on Thursday, with Telangana and Bihar hosting two of the more closely watched clashes. Telangana has been primed for a high-stakes battle between...
Pilot, Gehlot fight escalates over Modi’s praise
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has hit back after rival Sachin Pilot appeared to escalate their long-running feud, flagging the “climate of indecision” in the Congress’s state unit and PM Narendra Modi’s praise for his arch-nemesis. Speaking to reporters during a visit to Alwar, Gehlot urged his party leaders...
