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Deshmukh quits Cong over Rajya Sabha list
Alleging “imposition” of an outsider in the state, Maharashtra Congress leader Ashish Deshmukh today wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi announcing his resignation from the post of General Secretary of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. Calling it an injustice on Congress workers, Deshmukh objected to Uttar Pradesh leader Imran...
Karnataka ex-minister: RSS flag will once become national flag
Former Karnataka Minister and BJP MLA KS Eshwarappa on Sunday said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) flag would become the national flag some day and that the saffron colour had been followed for thousands of years. Highlighting the origin of the respect for saffron colour, he said the...
New Delhi Lt Governor orders transfer of 40 IAS officers
Days after the national capital got a new Lieutenant Governor in Vinai Kumar Saxena, the Delhi government on Monday effected a major bureaucratic reshuffle involving 40 officers. The transfer orders were issued by the Services Department, which comes under the LG. Former Principal Secretary (Revenue) and Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev...
Row over Assam decision to issue minority certificates
A row has emerged a day after the BJP-led Assam government decided to issue minority certificates to Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis with the AIUDF and the Congress being the main opposition to it. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his cabinet had decided to issue these...
Popular Front leader arrested for remark against judges
A Kerala court on Monday sent PFI state committee member Yahya Thangal to 14 days judicial custody a day after he was arrested in connection with provocative sloganeering by a minor boy during a recent march organised by the outfit in Alappuzha district. Meanwhile, a petition was filed...
Today’s by-election to decide Uttarakhand CM’s fate
Polling for by-election to the Champawat assembly seat in Uttarakhand began on Tuesday morning. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who lost from Khatima in the state assembly polls held in February, is trying his luck from Champawat to become an MLA – a constitutional requirement he needs to fulfil...
Hardik Patel denies speculation about joining BJP
Former Congress leader Hardik Patel denied speculation that he will join the BJP on Monday, and took to Twitter to attack the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the killing of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. “I am not joining BJP tomorrow…will let you know if something like this happens,”...
Chidambaram, Ramesh, Maken, Surjewala on Cong RS list
The Congress on Sunday announced 10 candidates for the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls, fielding former Union ministers P Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh and Ajay Maken as well as party’s chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala. Chidambaram was fielded from Tamil Nadu, Ramesh from Karnataka, Maken from Haryana and Surjewala from Rajasthan....
Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind resolution on Gyanvapi, Mathura cases
Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind chief Maulana Mahmood Madani Sunday said those who ask Muslims to leave the country should leave themselves. According to a statement issued by the organisation, Madani objected to the plans of some states to implement Uniform Civil Code. “People of the community need not fear this, he...
Keriwal asks people to maintain peace after singer’s murder
Calling Punjabi singer and politician Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder on Sunday shocking, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said culprits will be given the “harshest punishment”. Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead by unidentified assailants in a village in Punjab’s Mansa district, a day after the state government withdrew his...
PK identifies bane of Bihar politics as power with families
Former election strategist Prashant Kishor on Sunday asserted that a state of “inertia” has scourged politics in Bihar, his home state, where positions of power have remained concentrated among just 1200-1300 families in the last three decades. The celebrated data analyst made the claim at a press conference here,...
Amarinder to brief CM Mann on corrupt ex-ministers
Punjab Lok Congress chief spokesperson Pritpal Singh Balliawal on Saturday said his party chief Amarinder Singh will meet Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann soon and share with him the names of former ministers and legislators who were allegedly involved in illegal sand mining and other corrupt practices. A few days...
Nepal plane with 22 on board missing
A small passenger plane operated by a private airline in Nepal went missing on Sunday with 22 people on board, including four Indians, airline officials said. The Tara Air 9 NAET twin-engine aircraft was on a 15-minute scheduled flight from the tourist town of Pokhara, some 200 km northwest of...
Owaisi says India belongs to Dravidians and Adivasis
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for going “only after Mughals”. Addressing a rally in Maharashtra’s Bhiwandi, Owaisi said, “India is neither mine, nor Thackeray’s, nor Modi-Shah’s. If India belongs...
BJP hunts for new faces for Chhattisgarh unit
Amid the infighting and factionalism, the BJP central leadership has in a strong message to its Chhattisgarh unit asked it to put its house in order before next year’s assembly polls. The party is exploring the possibility of new leadership in Chhattisgarh before the assembly polls. The BJP ruled...
MP Cong accuses BJP of ‘grave injustice’ to OBCs
A day after the Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) announced the schedule of three-tier panchayat polls, the Opposition Congress accused the BJP-led state government of doing “grave injustice” to the other backward classes (OBCs). It claimed that the government has given only a 9-13 per cent quota to...
Mann govt withdraws security cover of 424 VIPs
The Punjab government has withdrawn the security provided to 424 retired police officers and religious and political leaders. Ten personnel tasked with the security of Dera Radha Soami, Beas, have also been withdrawn. The Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party government had been cracking down on VIP culture in the...
India slams OIC criticism of Yasin Malik conviction
India on Friday slammed OIC-IPHRC for its criticism of judgement in the terror funding case involving Yasin Malik and said the organisation has implicitly expressed support for the terrorist activities. India urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) not to justify terrorism in any manner, saying the world seeks...
