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Telangana Cong chief under ‘house arrest’
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President and Congress MP A Revanth Reddy and several other senior party leaders were on Mondayput under “house arrest” at different places here, police said. Revanth Reddy, Congress Lok Sabha member from Malkajgiri, had alleged that there were irregularities to the tune of Rs...
Modi government listening to bedroom conversations, says Congress
Union Home Minister Amit Shah must be sacked and Prime Minister Modi must be investigated over the recent news reports of illegal hacking of cell phones of constitutional functionaries, Union Ministers, senior opposition leaders, judges, journalists, and others, the Congress demanded today. It alleged that the government can...
Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor, 2 Union ministers among Pegasus targets
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, poll strategist Prashant Kishor and new IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw are among the big names revealed today as potential targets of Israeli spyware ‘Pegasus’ in the latest set of explosive revelations by The Wire. At least two mobile phone accounts used by Rahul Gandhi...
Gujarat faces Supreme Court heat over fire safety
The Gujarat government was pulled up by the Supreme Court today for bringing a notification to reverse its order on fire safety norms in hospitals treating Covid patients. Accusing the state of a breach, the court said the notification only gives more time to hospitals that do not have...
Punjab seen holding clues to several other states for Cong
With the appointment of Navjot Singh Sidhu as PCC chief, the Gandhis have made it clear that they are the boss. While the Gandhis had already made up their mind about Sidhu, they were hesitant for a moment on seeing the strong stand taken by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder...
Pegasus most sophisticated snooping tool available
Pegasus was developed by the Tel Aviv, Israel-based cyber intelligence and security firm NSO Group. The spyware, believed to have been around at least since 2016, is said to be known by other names as well, like Q Suite and Trident. Considered the most sophisticated among all such products available...
Trinamool MPs cycle to parliament to protest fuel price hike
Several Trinamool Congress MPs will cycle to Parliament on Monday to protest against the rise in prices of fuel and other commodities, the party said. The party MPs from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will also hold a dharna at Vijay Chowk. The All India Trinamool Congress has...
Trinamool mocks Modi’s pre-session all-party meet
Ahead of the monsoon session, PM Modi today sought a productive sitting of Parliament. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attended an all-party meeting on the eve of this year’s monsoon session of Parliament, seeking a productive sitting. The Trinamool, however, took a swipe at him saying his...
Viral audio clip embarrasses Yediyurappa
An audio clip, in which BJP’s Karnataka president Nalin Kumar Kateel allegedly hints at a possible change in leadership, went viral on social media on Sunday amid buzz of Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa being replaced. Kateel, however, called the audio fake and denied any association with the leaked audio...
Maharashtra minister defies Covid curbs to perform ‘aarti’
At a time when religious places remain closed for common people in Maharashtra in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, state Housing Minister and NCP leader Jitendra Awhad on Sunday visited a temple of Lord Ganesh here and performed aarti, inviting criticism from the BJP. Awhad took darshan of the...
Phones of Indian politicians, journalists hacked using Pegasus
Phone numbers of Indian ministers, opposition leaders and journalists have been found on a leaked database of targets for hacking that used Israeli spyware ‘Pegasus’, media reports said. Members of the legal community, businessmen, government officials, scientists, rights activists and others are also in the list of over 300...
Sidhu promoted as Punjab PCC chief
Navjot Singh Sidhu was appointed as the Punjab Congress president Sunday night. The appointment came after days of hectic activity as Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Sidhu have been at loggerheads over various issues. The opposition SAD on Sunday took a swipe at the Congress over the feud within...
BSP to hold ‘Brahmin Sammelan’ in Ayodhya
The Bahujan Samaj Party will hold a ‘Brahmin Sammelan’ in Ayodhya from July 23 to woo the upper caste community ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2022. BSP chief and former UP Chief Minister Mayawati has endowed the responsibility of the event on party national general secretary Satish...
UP Kanwar Yatra cancelled
Uttar Pradesh will not hold Kanwar Yatra this year too, organisers of the religious event have said. The move to cancel Kanwar Yatra amid the COVID-19 pandemic comes a day after the Supreme Court gave the Yogi Adityanath government time till Monday to reconsider its decision to go ahead...
Rajasthan BJP expels senior leader Rohitash Sharma
The Rajasthan BJP on Saturday expelled senior leader and former minister Rohitash Sharma from the party for six years on charges of breach of discipline. BJP state president Satish Poonia issued the order to expel Sharma from the primary membership of the party. Considered close to former chief minister...
Amarinder Singh agrees to Sidhu promotion with riders
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday agreed to a Congress plan to promote rival Navjot Singh Sidhu as the party’s state president and end the simmering mutiny but listed terms for the solution, sources said. Captain Singh’s assent came after a meeting with Congress’s Punjab in-charge Harish Rawat...
PM Modi, Sharad Pawar meet amidst President speculation
Sharad Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief, met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter’s residence. The meeting last 50 minutes, sources said. “Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sharad Pawar met PM Narendra Modi,” the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted, along with a photo of the two leaders meeting. The...
Yediyurappa in Delhi for meetings, denies resignation
Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa met BJP national president JP Nadda and on Saturday dismissed rumours about his resignation saying no one asked his for his resignation and there was no discussion over leadership change in the state. “No one asked me for my resignation. No such situation arose. There...
