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Minister calls Delhi gas chamber as Kejriwal attacks PM
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s efforts at cornering Prime Minister Narendra Modi over shocking levels of air pollution in the capital and rest of north India earned him a sharp rebuke from the Union Environment Minister on Wednesday. In a scathing attack on Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Union...
Two women get IG rank in CRPF, creating a first
The proverbial glass ceiling in the country’s largest paramilitary force has finally been broken. For the first time in 35 years since the first women’s battalion was raised in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), two lady officers have been promoted to the rank of Inspector General (IG). An IG...
Rahul says KCR in league with BJP and Modi
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi steered the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra campaign through the streets of Hyderabad and attacked Telangana’s TRS government led by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for allegedly working with the BJP against the people’s interest. “Whenever BJP brings any bill in parliament, TRS always support the...
No exception to Bengal in CAA implementation, says BJP
A fresh row erupted in West Bengal after Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari claimed on Tuesday that implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) had started in the country and West Bengal would not be left out. Adhikari’s comment came a day after the...
SC to hear pleas against Shinde govt next week
The Supreme Court will begin hearing cases related to the Maharashtra political crisis on Tuesday, including the disqualification of MLAs, the validity of the Eknath Shinde government, and the powers of speaker and governor. Earlier, the SC had rejected the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena’s plea to stay proceedings pending...
Uddhav faction says Gujarat govt answerable for tragedy
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction on Tuesday said the Gujarat government cannot shirk its responsibility for the loss of lives in Morbi bridge collapse and asked whether it should be termed as an “act of fraud, conspiracy or a mere accident”. When a similar incident took place in...
Goa Cong to seek disqualification of 8 MLAs who joined BJP
The Goa unit of the Congress on Tuesday said it was going to file a disqualification petition against the eight MLAs who recently crossed over to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Congress’ strength in the Goa Legislative Assembly dwindled to three after the exit of eight of...
Kejriwal accuses L-G of stopping yoga classes
Another round of tussle between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ensued in Delhi on Tuesday over free yoga classes. Attacking the lieutenant governor VK Saxena and the BJP, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that “these people” have stopped yoga classes that benefitted more that...
BJP’s 2024 poll template on test run in Gujarat
The Gujarat government’s decision to constitute a committee to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state is far-sighted, aimed at the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) insiders believe. Sources in the party feel with the top brass’s focus on ensuring a majority win in...
5 Himachal BJP rebel leaders suspended ahead of poll
Days ahead of Assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh, the ruling BJP on Monday suspended five of its rebel leaders from the primary membership of the party for contesting the election as Independents. Those suspended include former MLAs — Tejwant Singh Negi (Kinnaur), Kishori Lal (Anni), Manohar Dhiman (Indora), K...
Tyagi community to launch anti-BJP campaign
The Tyagi community is gearing up for an agitation against the BJP. After getting released from jail, BJP leader Shrikant Tyagi held a meeting with members of the Tyagi community in Muzaffarnagar on Monday evening and said that the community was planning to hold a gathering of the Tyagi-Brahmin...
SP slams UP law and order situation after triple murder
The Samajwadi Party (SP) has launched a blistering attack on the Yogi Adityanath government on the law and order issue, following a triple murder in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun. Former SP MP Dharmendra Yadav said that the murder of former SP Block Chief Rakesh Gupta, his wife and mother on...
Delhi Police raids homes of The Wire editors on BJP complaint
The homes of two editors of news site “The Wire” were searched by the Delhi Police this evening after a complaint by the BJP’s Amit Malviya. The police searched the homes of Siddharth Varadarajan and MK Venu, the founding editors of The Wire, and seized their phones and laptops....
Modi roadshow cancelled due to Morbi bridge tragedy
A roadshow of prime minister Narendra Modi slated for today has been cancelled in wake of the Morbi tragedy where over 100 lives have been taken so far due to a bridge collapse. The Prime Minister will, however, visit the Banaskantha district to lay foundation stones of various development...
Act of God or fraud, Digvijaya asks PM about bridge collapse
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday asked if the collapse of the suspension bridge on Machchhu river in Gujarat’s Morbi district, in which at least 60 persons have died, was an “act of God or an act of fraud”. Singh, who issued several tweets on the incident, was...
Nehru and Patel a unique ‘jugalbandhi’, says Cong tribute
The Congress on Monday paid tributes to India’s first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary, with former party chief Rahul Gandhi saying the most fitting tribute to him would be to keep the flame of unity he ignited shining brighter than ever. Patel is considered the...
BJP buying MLAs like goats for Eid, alleges Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Sunday alleged that just the way goats are purchased for Eid celebrations, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is buying MLAs to topple elected governments in states. He said the BJP had pulled down governments using money power in Arunachal...
EC asks BJP candidate to explain money transfers
Ahead of the November 3 Munugode assembly bypoll, the Election Commission Sunday asked BJP candidate K Rajagopal Reddy to explain the transfer of over Rs 5 crore from his family-owned firm’s account to 23 people and entities within the constituency. In a letter to Reddy, the poll panel has...
