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NItish Kumar hits back at Prashant Kishor
Bihar Chief Minister NItish Kuamr, normally silent on the digs from his former aide and election strategist Prashant Kishor, didn’t hold back today when asked about his reaction on the Janata Dal United’s split with the BJP. “That man (PK ) came with me and then I told him...
Fadnavis pot shots at Pawar over Baramati seat in 2024
With the Bharatiya Janata Party talking about wresting the Baramati constituency in the 2024 elections, the Nationalist Congress Party’s state unit chief Jayant Patil on Wednesday said that the sun may rise in the west, but the people of Baramati will never abandon NCP chief Sharad Pawar. However, Maharashtra...
Gujarat BJP chief calls Medha Patkar ‘urban naxal’
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Gujarat unit president C R Paatil on Wednesday termed activist Medha Patkar an “urban Naxal” and a “staunch anti-Gujarat person”, and claimed the AAP is planning to project her as its chief ministerial face in the upcoming state Assembly elections. However, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)...
Rahul Gandhi kicks off mega Cong Yatra with eye on 2024
In what is being seen as Congress’s “masterstroke” for the upcoming 2024 general election, party MP Rahul Gandhi will launch the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari today. Rahul Gandhi started his day with a visit to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s memorial in Tamil Nadu’s...
Kejriwal to launch own version of ‘Make India No. 1’ campaign
Keeping in view next month’s panchayat elections and the Adampur bypoll, Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is launching the outfit’s “Make India No. 1″ campaign in Haryana’s Hisar on Wednesday. Kejriwal is accompanied by Punjab chief minister and party colleague Bhagwant Mann for...
NSE ex-chief Ravi Narain held in money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested former National Stock Exchange CEO and MD Ravi Narain in a money laundering case, officials said. His role is being investigated by the federal probe agency as part of two criminal cases linked to the bourse – the alleged co-location ‘scam’ case and...
TMC women on dharna against Bilkis Bano case releases
The women’s wing of the Trinamool Congress, led by senior ministers in the state government, on Tuesday began a 48-hour dharna against the release of 11 men who were jailed in the gangrape case of Bilkis Bano. Targeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Trinamool leaders said that the remission...
Liz Truss tougher China stance to further sour ties
One of British politics’ firmest critics of China became prime minister on Tuesday as Liz Truss, a self-styled defender of the post-war western world order, replaced Boris Johnson whose policy towards Beijing failed to harden fast enough for many in his party. Relations between London and Beijing have worsened...
Nitish Kumar in Delhi trying to weave opposition unity
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who reached the national capital on Monday was conferring with opposition leaders on taking on the BJP together. Earlier, he had a nearly one-hour-long meeting with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. This is the first meeting between Gandhi and Kumar since the latter walked out...
Supreme Court questions right to practice religion at any place
A person has a right to practise religion but the question is whether it can be taken to a school having a prescribed uniform, the Supreme Court observed on Monday while hearing the case pertaining to Hijab ban in Karnataka’s educational institutions. Hearing arguments on a batch of pleas...
BJP readies blueprint to use UP formula in Odisha for 2024
Eyeing 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly elections, Odisha BJP in charge Sunil Bansal, who is on a two-day state visit, has made a blueprint, which comprises a five-point formula, which he has shared with party leaders. Bansal has sought reports from BJP state president Samir Mohanty and general secretary...
BJP releases ‘sting video’ about AAP govt role in corruption
The row over the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy has got murkier with BJP releasing a “sting video” while alleging that the AAP government is hand in glove in the corruption. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra while playing the purported video alleged that “Kulvinder Marwah, the father of accused number 13...
Senior Cong leader says chief must be a Gandhi
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Pramod Tiwari on Monday said someone from the Gandhi family should be the party’s president, stressing that there will be a fragmentation in the party if it doesn’t happen. Election for the post of Congress chief will be held on October 17...
Soren proves majority, accuses BJP of ‘destabilising democracy’
The Hemant Soren-led government proved majority in the Jharkhand Assembly on Monday as 48 MLAs voted in his favour. The assembly passed the confidence motion tabled by CM Hemant Soren amid a walkout staged by BJP legislators. Speaking during the one-day special session, Soren said the need for trust...
Scindia loyalists take on Shivraj Chouhan Govt
The BJP is apparently a divided house in Madhya Pradesh, with a handful of MLAs who changed camp along with Jyotiraditaya Scindia now opposing various measures of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government. It has brought much glee in the Congress camp, which has underscored that the Scindia loyalists are...
Jharkhand UPA MLAs in Ranchi ahead of crucial trust vote
Around 26 MLAs of the ruling coalition who were camped in a resort in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur since August 30 landed back in Ranchi on Sunday. The MLAs were shifted to Raipur after the ruling UPA coalition raised concerns that the BJP was trying to poach the legislators. Parliamentary Affairs...
Maha Governor scraps MVA Govt’s list for 12 MLC nominees
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has scrapped the list with the names of 12 experts recommended by the previous MVA government for the nomination to the legislative council. The move comes as the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government wrote a letter to the governor withdrawing the recommendation for the nomination...
Cyrus Mistry was in back seat without seat belt: Sources
Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry and a co-passenger, who died in a car accident on Sunday, were not wearing seat belts as per a preliminary investigation, police sources have said. Cyrus Mistry and Jehangir Pandole were sitting in the back seats when the car hit the road divider...
