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Mehbooba alleges people being coerced to buy Tricolour
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of forcing people to buy the national flag for the Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign while asserting that patriotism comes naturally and cannot be imposed. The campaign has been launched to encourage the citizens to hoist the national...
Smriti Irani notice to Cong over ‘malicious allegations’
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday sent a legal notice to the Congress and its senior leaders Pawan Khera, Jairam Ramesh, and Netta D’Souza over their “malicious allegations” against her daughter and asked them to tender a written unconditional apology. She also asked them to withdraw the allegations they...
Assam CM claims most cross-voters were from Cong
Who’s the traitor? After the declaration of the presidential poll results, Assam is counting the number of “gaddaars”. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that of the 22 opposition MLAs of the state who voted for National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee Droupadi Murmu defying their party lines,...
Alva says ‘disappointed’ with TMC abstaining from voting
Margaret Alva, the Opposition candidate for the Vice Presidential poll scheduled on August 6, on Friday termed the Trinamool Congress’ decision to abstain from voting as disappointing, adding that this is not the time for ‘whataboutery’. “TMC’s decision to abstain from voting in the VP election is disappointing. This...
ED seizes Rs 20 cr cash in raid at house of Bengal minister’s aide
The Enforcement Directorate recovered Rs 20 crore in cash from the house of an associate of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee. The ED raided Arpita Mukerjee’s house in connection with an alleged teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal. “The said amount is suspected to be proceeds of crime of...
ED defers Sonia’s summons to July 26 in money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate has deferred by a day to July 26 the summons issued to Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her questioning in the National Herald newspaper-linked money laundering case, officials said Friday. They said she is now required to appear before the federal agency on Tuesday, and not...
SC strikes down bail condition for SP leader Azam Khan
The Supreme Court Friday set aside a condition imposed by the Allahabad High Court while granting bail to Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan and said it is “disturbed” about the new trend where courts are referring to matters which are “unrelated” to the consideration of bail pleas. The apex...
Lt Governor wants CBI to probe Kejriwal’s liquor policy
Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena today recommended an investigation by probe agency Central Bureau of Investigation into the Arvind Kejriwal-led government’s contentious new excise policy. A July 8 report by the Chief Secretary established several violations of established law “in addition to deliberate and gross procedural lapses to...
TMC says it can’t be taken for granted for opposition unity
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress “cannot be taken for granted” for Opposition unity, said party leader Derek O’Brien today. Speaking to NDTV on why the party has chosen to abstain in the Vice-Presidential election on August 6, he said that the TMC — which has 35...
Murmu election ‘great pride’ for India, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday congratulated Droupadi Murmu for her election as the President of India and said it is a moment of great pride for the entire country. In a series of tweets in Hindi, Shah said Murmu has reached this highest position of the country...
Uddhav not a ‘winnable face’ for 2024 says Sena rebel
Rebel Shiv Sena leader Rahul Shewale on Thursday said Uddhav Thackeray was not a “winnable” face for the 2024 Lok Sabha election and it was imperative for them to tie up with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The issue of leadership for the next Lok Sabha polls came up...
Lanka security forces raid main protest camp
Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers and police raided the main anti-government protest camp in the capital early Friday and began tearing down tents of unarmed activists, an AFP reporter said. They swooped in on the protesters blocking the Presidential Secretariat in the capital hours before demonstrators were due to...
PM says Murmur win ray of hope for citizens
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Droupadi Murmu on winning the presidential election. “India scripts history,” PM Modi tweeted after the National Democratic Alliance candidate – now the first tribal President of India – defeated the joint opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. “At a time when 1.3 billion Indians are...
Sonia Gandhi’s questioning today, Cong plans protests
The Congress has planned another show of strength as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questions party chief Sonia Gandhi today in an alleged money laundering case connected to the National Herald newspaper. Mrs Gandhi’s questioning had been deferred earlier after she tested positive for Covid and was hospitalised. After being...
Pawar dissolves all party departments, cells
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar has dissolved all departments and cells of the party with immediate effect, a senior NCP leader said on Wednesday. NCP national general secretary Praful Patel tweeted, “with approval of national president, Nationalist Congress party, Sharad Pawar, all departments and cells stand dissolved with...
‘Political vendetta’ against Opposition to figure in house
Congress MPs will on Thursday raise the issue of “political vendetta on opposition parties leaders” in both the Houses of Parliament, along with GST on essential commodities and other issues. Following continued protests and sloganeering by Opposition parties over price rise and the increase in GST rates, both houses...
Rishi Sunak could be 6th Indian-origin head of state
Rishi Sunak, the Indian-origin former UK Chancellor, retained the lead in the fifth round of voting on Wednesday to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister. The race has now come down to just two, with UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss battling against Mr...
BJP slips in MP mayoral polls, retains municipal bodies
In 2014, the BJP swept the mayoral elections in Madhya Pradesh by scoring all 16 seats. This year, however, the state’s ruling BJP retained nine seats, lost five to Congress, one to the Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, and one to a party rebel who fought as an independent...
