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Kangana comes out in defence of Nupur Sharma comment
Actor Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday voiced support for suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, saying she was “entitled to her opinions” amid international condemnation over the politician’s controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad. The BJP on Sunday suspended Sharma and expelled its Delhi unit media head Naveen Kumar Jindal as the...
Sonia letter to ED seeks more time for appearance
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has sought more time from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to appear before it as she is still suffering from Covid, party sources said on Tuesday. They said Gandhi, who tested positive on Thursday, is yet to recover and her latest report is not Covid-negative. The...
Ex-Punjab minister arrested in corruption case
A month after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann warned action against senior Congress leader Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, the latter was arrested in connection with a corruption case on Tuesday. Dharamsot was former minister for forest and social welfare department in ex-CM Captain Amarinder Singh’s Cabinet. The development comes as...
‘Chaddi’ war between BJP, Cong escalates in Karnataka
Karnataka is caught up in a fresh political row over another piece of clothing: the chaddi or the underwear. The ruling BJP and opposition Congress exchanged a barrage of barbs after NSUI workers burnt khaki shorts, the kind associated with the saffron party’s ideologue Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), in...
Nupur Sharma alleges death, Delhi police files FIR
Delhi Police has registered a case on a complaint by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in which she has alleged that she is receiving death threats over her remark on Prophet Muhammad. Ms Sharma was yesterday suspended by the BJP after her remarks during a TV show sparked a...
Kejriwal claims Gujarat looking for change
People of Gujarat want a political change and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is the only “medicine” to “cure” the BJP, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal said here on Monday as he raised the pitch for the AAP trying to pose a challenge to the ruling party in the...
Indian products pulled out from shelves over Prophet remarks
A Kuwaiti supermarket pulled Indian products from its shelves even as Iran became the latest Middle Eastern country to summon the Indian ambassador as a row grew on Monday over a BJP official’s remarks about the Prophet Mohammed. Workers at the Al-Ardiya Co-Operative Society store piled Indian tea and...
Saudi Arabia joins Arab backlash against comments on Prophet
Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia have condemned remarks on Prophet Muhammad made by two BJP leaders that were described as “Islamophobic”. The controversy erupted amid Vice President Venkaiah Naidu tour of Qatar in a bid to bolster trade. Saudi Arabia described BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s comments as “insulting” and...
India dismisses remarks on Prophet as from fringe elements
Summoned by the governments of three Islamic nations today over a couple of BJP leaders’ remarks on Prophet Muhammad, Indian Ambassadors dismissed them as “fringe elements”. The comments — purportedly insulting the Prophet — were made the BJP’s national spokesperson Nupur Sharma during a TV debate last week in...
ED raids sites linked to arrested Delhi minister
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted raids at the residence of Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain, who is under the central agency’s custody till June 9 in a money laundering case. News18 has learnt from sources in the ED that the raids going on in seven locations, including that of Jain’s residence, are being...
Manjhi complains of ‘suffocation’ in NDA
Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday said being in the NDA as a junior partner of the BJP and the JD(U) was causing “ghutan” (suffocation) and he regretted having stepped down in 2015, less than a year after being sworn in to the highest seat of...
Another arrest in Sidhu Moose Wala murder case
Another suspect was arrested last night in Punjab singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder case, a week into the high-profile shooting case that left the entertainment industry and his fans in a state of shock. Devendra alias Kala was arrested by Punjab Police from Haryana’s Fatehabad, based on inputs from...
BJP suspends Nupur Sharma over remarks on Prophet
In a move being seen as an attempt to rein in spokespersons who violate Bharatiya Janata Party’s official line on sensitive matters, the BJP on Sunday suspended leader Nupur Sharma from the party pending further investigation and expelled Naveen Kumar Jindal. Sources stated the strict action against the two...
Pawar party leader claims next CM will be NCP’s
Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) leader Dhananjay Munde suggested that the next chief minister of Maharashtra will be from the Sharad Pawar-led party. Speaking at a public meeting in Parbhani city on Saturday, Dhananjay Munde said the social justice department in the incumbent Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government became...
Gehlot in Udaipur with six MLAs amid poaching fears
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot along with six Congress MLAs who had expressed resentment over some issues reached Udaipur, where the party legislators are putting up at a hotel ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls amid fears of horse-trading. The ruling Congress in the state also submitted a complaint...
Odisha CM revamps team with 12 new ministers
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday reconstituted his ministry, inducting 13 MLAs into the cabinet and appointing eight others as ministers of state (independent charge) The new council of ministers has 12 fresh faces and five women. Three of the five women — Pramila Mallick, Usha Devi, and...
Assam CM refutes PPE scandal involving wife
After the Assam government refuted allegations by a section of the media that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s family was involved in ‘malpractices in the supply of PPE kits’, the CM said ‘it was not corruption, but humanity’. “As India battled the Covid pandemic in 2020, then Assam health...
Shiv Sena to lodge MLAs in hotel ahead of RS poll
With seven candidates running for six Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra,’resort politics’ has entered the picture in the MVA-ruled state, as well. According to the numbers in the Assembly, the BJP will win two seats and three MVA candidates will be elected. A high-voltage contest is expected for the...
