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Cong sees BJP worries behind Modi’s frequent Gujarat visits
The Congress on Friday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his long visits to poll-bound Gujarat saying it indicates all is not well for the BJP in his home state and he should open up a camp office there. Congress’ In-charge for Gujarat affairs Raghu Sharma...
Rishi Sunak passes key milestone in British PM race
British Conservative politician Rishi Sunak late Friday reached the minimum threshold to run for party leader, as former prime minister Boris Johnson targeted an audacious comeback. Cabinet member Penny Mordaunt became the first to formally declare her candidacy, after the UK’s ruling party was forced into a second leadership...
AIADMK faction fight intensifies over B-team barb
The latest feud between the AIADMK’s Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) and O Panneerselvam (OPS) is now a familiar affair in Tamil Nadu’s political sphere. It all started with this week’s brief assembly session, which sparked a political firestorm. Palaniswami and the MLAs who supported him boycotted the session on October...
Protests force AIIMS to withdraw MP treatment order
The director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, has withdrawn his letter that listed the special arrangements for MPs at the country’s foremost government hospital. Doctors’ associations and activists had criticised the “VIP culture”, while the institute had said these were just the SOPs or Standing...
Setback to Telangana BJP ahead of bypoll
In a setback to the BJP in Telangana ahead of the Munugode Assembly bypoll, party leaders K Swamy Goud and Sravan Dasoju returned to the TRS on Friday. Goud and Dasoju joined TRS in the presence of its working president and State Minister K T Rama Rao. It was...
Shivraj Patil claims Gita, Christianity also have jihad
Senior Congress leader Shivraj Patil on Thursday claimed that the concept of jihad was not just in Islam but also in Bhagavad Gita and in Christianity. The BJP hit out at the Congress over Patil’s remarks and accused it of playing vote bank politics. Speaking at the launch of...
Karnataka hikes SC-ST quota beyond cap with eye on poll
Quota in jobs and education for Scheduled Castes and Tribes has been increased in Karnataka through an executive order. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai made the announcement today, saying the “historic decision” would “shine into their lives and uplift them by providing adequate opportunity”. “Today my cabinet has taken an...
Mamata renews attack on Centre over Sourav Ganguly
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had strong words on the dropping of former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly from the post of BCCI (Board of Cricket Control in India) chief and not sending him to the International Cricket Council or ICC. She had earlier requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Modi accuses Cong of making fun of tribal culture
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the Congress of making fun of tribal traditions and culture, and added that people from the community would not forget the “insult” and they would “teach a lesson” to the party. Addressing a rally after inaugurating and laying foundation stones for various...
New Delhi says trade deal with UK on track
India’s talks with the UK on the proposed free trade agreement is well on track, but New Delhi will have to “wait and watch” the ongoing political developments in Britain, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned as the...
Row over Rahul declaring Cong chief before results
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday defended Rahul Gandhi for referring to veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge as the new Congress president even before the result of the party election was announced. The direction of voting was quite clear when he made the comment at the press meet, Ramesh said,...
RSS leader rakes up ‘population imbalance’ again
RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale on Wednesday said religious conversion and migration from Bangladesh are causing “population imbalance” and called for strict implementation of anti-conversion laws. Addressing reporters after a four-day all-India working committee meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the RSS general secretary said the organisation is trying to...
Mann govt, governor on collision course over PAU V-C
In yet another round of confrontation between the Bhagwant Mann-led government and Governor Banwarilal Purohit, the former has decided to stick with the appointment of Dr Satbir Singh Gosal as Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) despite objection. Targeting Purohit over his letter seeking the removal of Dr...
Sharad Pawar shares dinner stage with Shinde, Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his deputy Devendra Fadnavis and BJP leader Ashish Shelar on Wednesday shared the dais with Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar at a special dinner held on the eve of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) polls. Speaking on the occasion, Shinde said that Pawar...
AAP, BJP politics over Delhi Diwali firecrackers ban
In a bid to tackle the annual issue of deteriorating air quality that peaks this time of the year, the Delhi government on Wednesday issued a warning that those found purchasing and bursting of firecrackers in the city can be punished with a and jail time. Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai...
Kharge wins; Rahul says his role will be decided by new chief
As Mallikarjun Kharge swept the party president election with a huge margin over Shashi Tharoor, former Congress chief and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi said he won’t comment on the what his role will be going ahead as that “is for the president to decide”. Rahul Gandhi, who was asked...
BJP drops sitting MLAs to fight anti-incumbency in HP poll
Less than 12 hours after the Congress released its first list, the BJP on Wednesday released its first list of 62 candidates for the November 12 assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh after late-night deliberations. The party has kept on hold names for the remaining six seats. To ward off...
Tripura CPM claims BJP MLAs quitting their party
CPI(M) politburo member Manik Sarkar has claimed that the BJP has failed to keep leaders in the parties that had toppled the Left Front government in the state in 2018 as five MLAs of the ruling coalition have quit to join other outfits. The situation has now changed in...
