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Tharoor wants India to be more outspoken on Ukraine
Former Union Minister and career diplomat Shashi Tharoor today suggested that India should be a “little more outspoken” at the United Nations “as we have been on the Bucha tragedy”. While the country has a “duty” to look to its own interests, on balance is a permanent seat in...
Witness in TTV Dhinakaran’s bribery case commits suicide
A 31-year-old witness in the case against TTV Dhinakaran linked to the alleged bribing of an Election Commission official, died by suicide on Wednesday, just hours after Dhinakaran was summoned to appear before the probe agency, according to sources aware of the developments. The deceased has been identified as...
Modi says BJP stands for ‘Rashtravad’, others for ‘Parivarvad’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that the BJP is dedicated to “rashtra bhakti” while its rivals stand for “parivar bhakti”, and said every BJP member should be proud that the party made it an electoral issue and succeeded in convincing people of the dangers of dynastic politics....
AP ministers to resign ahead of cabinet rejig
All 24 members of the Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers will tender their resignation en masse when they formally meet here for the last time on April 7, to let Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy reconstitute his Cabinet. The new Council of Ministers will be inducted on April...
Cong back to ‘soft Hindutva’ for 2023 MP assembly poll
With the Congress deciding to fight the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election under the leadership of its veteran leader Kamal Nath, the party seems to have returned to its tried and tested ‘soft Hindutva’ policy, much like what was seen in the 2018 state polls for which the grand...
Ex-Amnesty India chief stopped at Bengaluru airport
Former Amnesty International India Chief Aakar Patel was stopped from boarding a flight to the US at Bengaluru Airport today. Patel in a series of tweets said that he was put on the exit control list in connection with a case filed against Amnesty India International by the Central Bureau...
Lankan emergency off as govt sinks into deeper crisis
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late Tuesday night revoked the state of emergency he had declared on April 1 with immediate effect, even as the government struggled to quell protests amid the nation’s worst economic crisis in decades. The ruling coalition lost its majority in Parliament after at least...
Azaan row travels down to Karnataka
The row over Azaan playing out from loudspeakers in mosques is heating up as the issue has already reached down south to Karnataka, all the way from Maharashtra. In Mumbai, after their chief Raj Thackeray demanded that this practice be discontinued, there are reports of MNS workers attempting to...
New twist to Chandigarh row adds a third claimant
There is now a third claimant to Chandigarh apart from Punjab and Haryana. And this time, it’s Chandigarh itself. After Punjab and Haryana staked claim over the union territory through special assembly sessions, it is now the Chandigarh civic body’s turn to call a special house meeting to pass...
Trouble for Jharkhand govt; Cong summons leaders to Delhi
Rumour mills are abuzz that all might not be well in the JMM-led coalition government of Jharkhand after state’s Congress in charge Avinash Pande summoned 30 senior party leaders, including the four ministers of the party, to Delhi for further deliberations. Congress sources said that CM Hemant Soren not...
MP Cong to fight assembly poll under Kamal Nath
Madhya Pradesh Congress has announced that the 2023 assembly election would be fought under the leadership of MPCC chief Kamal Nath. The party said it has devised a strategy to prepare for the assembly poll. Unlike widely expected, Kamal Nath did not relinquish his position as the Leader of...
Lanka Opposition spurns offer to join govt, protests continue
Sri Lanka’s opposition dismissed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s invitation to join a unity government as “nonsensical” and instead demanded his resignation over the country’s worsening shortages of food, fuel and medicines. The Lankan President has named four ministers to maintain the legitimacy and stability of Parliament until a full Cabinet...
Aklhilesh’s uncle may get Dy Speaker’s post from BJP
Amid reports of growing bonhomie between Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia president Shivpal Yadav and the BJP, there is speculation that he may become Deputy Speaker in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly with the backing of the ruling party. “Such speculation is doing the rounds. The sky has no limits, nor does...
Biden calls for war crimes trial against Russia
President Joe Biden on Monday called for a war crimes trial over the alleged atrocities against civilians in Bucha, Ukraine, and said he wants more sanctions imposed on Russia. Calling President Vladimir Putin “a war criminal” and the killings “a war crime,” Biden told reporters there should be “a...
Cong unavoidable in anti-BJP front, says Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said Congress cannot be excluded from any initiative aimed at providing an alternative to the BJP at the Centre. But he said he won’t be leading such a front. ”I am not going to take up any responsibility to lead...
Karnataka JD-S leader switches loyalty to BJP
Chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti on Sunday said he would join the BJP and likely be its candidate for the upcoming MLC polls from West Teachers’ constituency. Horatti, elected as MLC seven successive times from 1980, has ended his association with the JD(S). “…the time has come...
Haridwar hatemonger back in action, now in Delhi
Haridwar hatemonger Yati Narsinghanand — out on bail more than a month ago — today delivered another hate speech in national capital Delhi. The provocative speech, where he reiterated the call for use of weapons against Muslims, was delivered at a religious function in Burari, northeast Delhi, on Sunday....
Sonia to chair parliamentary party meeting Tuesday
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will chair parliamentary party meeting to be held on Tuesday. All MPs of both the houses will be present in the meeting. The meeting is held normally once during the parliament session in which Sonia Gandhi focuses the way forward for the party during her...
