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Rs 100-cr BJP deal to buy 4 MLAs from KCR party alleged
Attempts are being made to poach on the MLAs of Telangana’s ruling party, and three persons were detained from a farmhouse while trying to cut a deal, the Telangana police have said. The targets were four MLAs of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, who had tipped off the police, police...
Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes after 4-day Diwali break
After four days, the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Makthal in Narayanpet district of Telangana on Thursday, party sources said. The yatra kicked off at 6.30 am from Makthal with State Congress president A. Revanth Reddy, MP Uttam Kumar Reddy, CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka and a number...
Sunak risks clash with home secretary over visa deal with India
Rishi Sunak’s UK government is in talks with India over whether to increase the number of business visas granted to Indian nationals as part of a potential trade deal, a stance that risks causing friction in the new prime minster’s top team. Business visas remain an area of “active...
Kharge takes over from Sonia as new Cong chief
Elections in two states within this year, challenges to the two remaining Congress governments next year, and then the 2024 fight to stop another Modi sweep — Mallikarjun Kharge got more than just a certificate from the party as he formally became Congress president today. “Today I remember...
TMC alleges BJP-CPI(M) meet part of ‘design to destabilise’
A meeting between two BJP lawmakers and a CPI(M) leader in north Bengal has raised eyebrows in the TMC camp, with the ruling party claiming it was part of a “greater design to destabilise” the region and the state government. Both the saffron party leadership and CPI(M)’s Ashok Bhattacharya,...
Lessons for India from Rishi as PM brings Tharoor cup of woes
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said Indian-origin Hindu Rishi Sunak’s becoming the Prime Minister of Britain has lessons for India. Can someone who is not Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist or Jain become PM of India, he asked, building on — and refining — his argument about need to empower “visible minorities”....
Sensitive Assam ‘Miya Museum’ sealed as unauthorised
A controversy has erupted after the All Assam Miya Parishad inaugurated a Miya museum in Goalpara district last week. The state government has sealed the museum, saying the building is a Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) house and was not allocated to be used as a museum. The parishad’s...
Qatar ruler slams ‘unprecedented campaign’ over World Cup
Qatar has been hit by an “unprecedented campaign” of criticism over preparations for the football World Cup, its ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said Tuesday. “Since we won the honour of hosting the World Cup, Qatar has been subjected to an unprecedented campaign that no host country has...
Rishi Sunak wants UK-India ties to be two-way exchange
Rishi Sunak, who is set to be Britain’s first Indian-origin prime minister, recently said that he wants to change the UK-India relationship to make it a more two-way exchange that opens up easy access to UK students and companies in India. Addressing a gathering of British Indian Conservative Party...
Modi congratulates Rishi, talks of ‘Roadmap 2030’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sent “warmest congratulations” to his incoming British counterpart Rishi Sunak, the first nonwhite and a Hindu to occupy No 10. “Warmest congratulations @RishiSunak! As you become UK PM, I look forward to working closely together on global issues, and implementing Roadmap 2030. Special...
Cong seeks disqualification of 5 Manipur turncoat MLAs
The Congress on Monday filed a disqualification petition in Manipur Assembly Speaker’s tribunal against five Janata Dal-United MLAs, who joined the ruling BJP last month. Manipur state Congress Vice-President Hareshwar Goshwami, accompanied by lawyer Ningombam Bupenda Meitei, filed disqualification petitions against the five MLAs. Manipur Assembly Secretary K. Meghajit...
Speculation over Suvendu Adhikari meeting TMC leaders
The Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari was seen with two TMC councillors of Suri municipality at a Kali temple here sparking off speculations. The meeting took place at Bamni Kali Temple at Suri in Birbhum district on Saturday which Adhikari visited ahead of Kali Puja celebrations....
Pinarayi Vijayan slams Governor Khan’s V-C diktat
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan accused Governor Arif Mohammed Khan of “waging war” with an intention to “destroy” the universities in the state. He also said the Governor is acting as the spearhead of the Sangh Parivar. The Chief Minister alleged that the Governor’s move was an encroachment on the...
Rishi Sunak ahead in British PM race
Britain’s former finance minister Rishi Sunak could end up becoming the country’s next prime minister if his opponents Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt fail to win the backing of 100 MPs by tomorrow. Sunak already has the backing of 142 members of the parliament. Boris Johnson, who was...
Shinde govt reverses major decisions of Uddhav regime
The Eknath Shinde-BJP government in Maharashtra has either stayed or reversed at least half a dozen decisions taken by the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) regime including shifting of the Aarey Metro car shed and restoring general consent to the CBI to probe cases in the state. The latest...
Kejriwal criticises Modi for revdi culture critique
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday questioned why people, who are worried due to inflation, should not get access to free education and treatment, and said by calling such things free “revdi”, the common man should not be insulted. Kejriwal tweeted a media report in which Prime Minister...
Gujarat ex-BJP MLA joins Cong ahead of polls
Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls due later this year, former BJP MLA Balkrishna Patel joined the opposition Congress on Sunday, claiming he was sidelined in the ruling fold despite his hard work and commitment. Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor and former president Siddharth Patel welcomed Balkrishna Patel (66)...
Cong says ‘recycled’ charges used to cancel NGO fund licence
The Congress has accused the Centre of “recycling old charges” to stop the foreign funding license of two non-profits associated with the Gandhi family. The Centre is doing this to “defame and divert public attention from issues of day-to-day concern to them,” the party said in a statement this...
