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Sinha says Nitish did not even respond to messages
Opposition’s Presidential poll candidate Yashwant Sinha on Friday said that he had repeatedly tried to contact Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during his campaign but the latter refused to talk to him. Sinha was in Patna during his presidential election campaign and all the opposition parties including the RJD,...
Plea for 75 small states to mark 75 years of independence
Maharashtra Congress leader and former Katol MLA Ashish Deshmukh on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealing him to form 75 smaller states as a gift to the nation on its 75th anniversary of independence. Deshmukh, who has been pitching for a separate Vidarbha state for...
OPS seeks sealing of party Hqs until leadership issue settled
The AIADMK headquarters in the city can continue to remain under lock and seal till time the issue is resolved by appropriate civil court, the senior advocate representing ousted party leader O Panneerselvam (OPS) told the Madras High Court on Friday. When the two criminal original petitions from party...
Court upholds dissent while granting bail to Zubair
A Delhi court while granting bail to Alt News fact-checker Mohammed Zubair in a 2018 tweet case on Friday said Hinduism is one of the oldest and most tolerant religions and rejected the prosecution’s argument that Zubair’s use of “Before 2014” and “After 2014” in a tweet had hurt...
BJP says no word banned but would only be expunged
The BJP took on the opposition, especially the Congress, over the issue of unparliamentary words on Thursday and said it is trying to create an issue where none exists. Opposition parties have slammed the government, saying the new list of unparliamentary words is meant to gag the criticism of...
Group seeks temporary bar on entry to Mathura’s Shahi Idgah
The leader of a right-wing group has asked the Mathura district administration to bar everyone from entering the Shahi Idgah till August 17 and said otherwise its members will recite the Hanuman Chalisa there. Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha president Rajyashree Chaudhary has said the district administration should bar everyone...
Sinha alleges ‘Operation Kamal’ even in president poll
Opposition parties’ joint Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Thursday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in horse trading in the election for the country’s highest constitutional post and sought a probe into it. He claimed that the saffron party was carrying out ‘Operation Kamal’, under which...
1985 Air India bombing suspect shot dead In Canada: Report
An acquitted suspect in the 1985 Air India bombings that killed 331 people was shot dead Thursday in an apparent targeted shooting in westernmost Canada, local media reported. Ripudaman Singh Malik, a one-time supporter of the Sikh separatist Khalistan movement who was in 2005 acquitted in the Air India...
Row over top Patna cop comparing Popular Front with RSS
Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Manavjit Singh Dhillon courted controversy on Thursday when he compared extremist outfit Popular Front of India’s martial art training at its camps with the routine followed at branches of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The SSP made the comments a day after the arrest of...
Lok Sabha adds ‘corruption’, ‘dictatorial’ to unparliamentary words
Use of terms like ‘jumlajeevi‘, ‘baal buddhi‘, ‘Covid spreader’ and ‘Snoopgate’ and even commonly used words like ‘ashamed’, ‘abused, ‘betrayed’, ‘corrupt’, ‘drama’, ‘hypocrisy’ and ‘incompetent’ will henceforth be considered unparliamentary in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, according to a new booklet by the Lok Sabha Secretariat. The booklet...
BJP special focus on Sonia, SP bastions for 2024
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which is known for its unique poll management, is now gearing up for 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The party is eyeing the 14 Lok Sabha seats that it had failed to win in 2019 general elections. The BJP will be having a special focus on...
Cong nationwide protest over ED summons to Sonia Gandhi
Congress leaders, in a meeting on Wednesday, decided to protest across the country against the BJP-led Central Government on July 21, the day Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in National Herald case. Another significant meeting has been called by the...
Kashmir situation likely to dominate monsoon session
The upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament will most likely discuss the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and attacks on Kashmiri Pandits and migrants as most Members of Parliament have put up these questions before the home ministry. According to the list of questions, most MPs want to know about...
Goa minister cites Shah Jahan precedent in work contract
Goa Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude on Wednesday sought to defend his department’s action of allotting the renovation work of the iconic Kala Academy building in Panaji, saying that Shah Jahan had not invited a quotation to build the Taj Mahal. He made the statement while speaking during...
Supreme Court refuses blanket ban on demolitions
The Supreme Court today refused to pass a blanket order banning demolitions across states, stressing that such a move will curtail the rights of municipal authorities. The court is hearing a petition by Muslim body Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind against demolition exercises that, it has alleged, specifically targeted members of the minority...
Lanka president flees to Maldives after regular exit thwarted
Sri Lanka’s embattled president flew out of his country early Wednesday to Maldives, in a probable prelude to his resignation after months of widespread protests over the island nation’s worst-ever economic crisis. Gotabaya Rajapaksa had promised at the weekend to resign on Wednesday and clear the way for a...
ED tells court Karti’s role in Chinese visa scam is clear
The Enforcement Directorate has opposed the anticipatory bail plea by Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram in the alleged Chinese visas scam, saying the investigation so far has revealed his involvement in the present offence, which endangers national security for financial gains. In its July 11 status report, the agency...
Sonia to chair Cong strategy meet, missed by Rahul
Top Congress leaders will meet on Thursday to discuss the party’s strategy for the upcoming monsoon session of parliament. Congress president Sonia Gandhi will chair the Congress parliamentary strategy committee group meeting on July 14 at 10.30 am, which will be attended by senior party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir...
