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Comparison of Lanka crisis with India ‘misinformed’: Jaishankar
India is naturally worried over the “very serious crisis” in Sri Lanka and there are “very strong” lessons of fiscal prudence, responsible governance and not having “a culture of freebies” to be learnt, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told an all-party meeting on Tuesday. Jaishankar, who made the initial...
BJP plans ‘Tricolour in every home’ around I-Day
From ensuring national flag hoisting at every residence including those of government employees, advocates, as well as police posts, to having prabhat pheris (morning processions) singing “Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram” and “Vande Mataram” in every civic ward of the country for three days ahead of Independence Day— the Bharatiya...
Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut summoned by Enforcement
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has been summoned for questioning tomorrow by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering probe. He was questioned last on July 1 for about 10 hours in a case about an alleged scam in the redevelopment of a housing complex named Patra...
DMK, MDMK demand greater autonomy for Lankan Tamils
India should impress upon Sri Lanka to provide greater autonomy to Tamil majority northern and eastern provinces of the island nation while extending humanitarian assistance to the neighbouring country, DMK said on Tuesday at the all-party meeting here. Representing DMK at the meeting, its senior leader T R Baalu...
12 Shiv Sena MPs in touch with Shinde, likely to cross over
In another jolt to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction, 12 party MPs are in touch with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and are likely to switch sides to his camp. Sources said all the 12 MPs are expected to fly to Delhi tonight and will hold a press conference...
SC to hear Nupur Sharma’s plea against arrest
The Supreme Court will hear today suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma’s plea urging protection from arrest as well as the revival of her withdrawn petition seeking clubbing of FIRs lodged in several states over her controversial remarks on the Prophet. Suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Monday moved the...
Shinde forms new Shiv Sena national executive with ousted leaders
The Uddhav-Thackeray led Shiv Sena faction seems to be in for another major setback as 12 of Sena’s 18 party MPs are in touch with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and are likely to switch sides to his camp with a press conference in Delhi about their probable move expected today,...
Gujarat Youth Cong tweets BJP poster hailing PM
The Gujarat Youth Congress on Monday faced an embarrassing situation after a tweet carrying a BJP poster praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the speed at which projects were being completed was issued from the former’s official handle. Functionaries of the opposition party’s youth wing deleted the tweet some...
Rishi Sunak widens lead in British PM race after party vote
Former finance minister Rishi Sunak widened his lead in the latest round of voting Monday by Conservative MPs to decide Britain’s next prime minister, but the race to get in the final two tightened. Sunak won the support of 115 Tory lawmakers, followed by Penny Mordaunt on 82 votes,...
Buzz over Uddhav, Shinde patch-up bid
Marathi actor Deepali Sayed, who identifies herself as a Shiv Sena leader, has claimed Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Sena president Uddhav Thackeray have agreed to meet to resolve differences. After her tweet stating that some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are mediating an upcoming “meeting” between Thackeray...
UP parties fear cross-voting in presidential polls
As the election to choose India’s 15th President began on Monday at Tilak Bhawan of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly at 10 am, with BJP’s candidate Draupadi Murmu having support of most of the Opposition, it seems some political parties fear cross-voting by their MLAs. BJP’s Draupadi Murmu, who is...
Mann calls Bhagat Singh a terrorist, creates storm
Little less than a month after handing down a shock defeat to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypolls, hardliner Simranjit Singh Mann is back with his vitriolic statements that have set the political landscape of the state on fire. Post his Sangrur win, he...
AAP debuts in Madhya Pradesh with Singrauli mayoral victory
Of the 11 civic bodies in Madhya Pradesh where mayoral elections were held recently, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) so far emerged victorious in Burhanpur, Satna, Khandwa and Sagar on Sunday, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) opened its account by winning in Singrauli. As per the latest trends,...
Margaret Alva is opposition VP candidate
Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Margaret Alva is the Opposition’s joint candidate for the vice presidential election, NCP leader Sharad Pawar announced on Sunday. The announcement came a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda said West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will be NDA’s...
Row over garbage cart with PM, Yogi pictures
A man was seen pushing a garbage cart in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura, a scene nothing too out of the ordinary but for the framed photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the pile of discarded items. The municipal corporation employee lost his job after...
CJI Ramana’s bench to hear pleas on Maha crisis on July 20
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde will once again go up against Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray as the Supreme Court — under a bench headed by Chief Justice Of India NV Ramana — hears pleas seeking disqualification of rebel Sena MLAs. The SC bench will also have Justices Krishna...
Centre calls all-party meet on Lanka crisis
An all-party meeting on the turmoil in Sri Lanka has been called on Tuesday evening, with briefings by Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Dr S Jaishankar, the government said on Sunday, following appeals by Tamil Nadu-based parties to intervene in the crisis. At a meeting of parties ahead of...
Cong refutes BJP charge of plot against Modi’s Gujarat govt
The Congress on Saturday strongly refuted the allegations against veteran party leader Ahmed Patel that he had hatched a conspiracy to destabilise the Gujarat government, led by then Chief Minister Narendra Modi, after the 2002 riots. While opposing the bail application of activist Teesta Setalvad, the Special Investigation Team (SIT)...
