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Russia expands military drills near Ukraine
Russia and Belarus are extending military drills that were due to end on Sunday, the Belarus defence minister said, in a step that further intensifies pressure on Ukraine as Western leaders warn of an imminent Russian invasion. The decision to extend the drills was taken because of military activity...
CBI questions ex-NSE CEO Ravi Narain
The CBI has questioned former Nation Stock Exchange CEO Ravi Narain in connection with its ongoing probe related to the alleged abuse of colocation facility by an NSE stock broker, officials said Sunday. The CBI investigators lobbed several sharp questions while recording Narain’s statement on the colocation facility and...
Chouhan likens Akhilesh to Aurangzeb for filial disloyalty
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan tore into Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today, comparing him to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. At a rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria, Mr Chouhan asked voters whether they can trust someone “who wasn’t loyal to his father”, alluding to Mr Yadav’s fight...
Mayawati says she is fighting to form govt like in 2007
BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday alleged that people, especially those belonging to minority communities, are living in fear under the BJP government and promised that her party will work to ensure social justice to all if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a rally here, the former chief...
BJP shifts focus to women voters in next phases
With two phases of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections done, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has shifted its focus to women voters, bringing in prominent campaigners from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Rajasthan. During the first two phases of the UP polls, a higher percentage of women turned...
Trinamool’s new national panel to meet at Mamata residence
After sweeping the polls to four municipalities, Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee has called a meeting of the party’s national working committee at her residence on Friday at 4 pm. Party insiders said that Banerjee is likely to announce the office bearers of the national panel- party president...
Punjab Congress campaign ends in confusion
With little over two hours left for Punjab elections 2022 campaigning on Friday, the Congress put up a united front with Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi flanked by Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and senior leader Sunil Jakhar. Their smiles attempted to mask the disunity among them that...
Officials say nothing to worry about Kashmir sinkhole
The sinkhole formed in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir is a naturally occurring geological event and there is no cause for panic or worry, officials said here on Friday. The sinkhole emerged on the Bringi nullah at Wandevalgam in the Kokernag area of the south Kashmir district...
Mulayam forgets Akhilesh’s name while campaigning
After Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav ‘forgot’ his son and party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s name while campaigning in Karhal, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hit out at the incident, saying things had ‘really become bad’. Making his first appearance at an election rally, Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh...
US dares Russia on Ukraine, dismisses pullback
The United States said Thursday that Russia is on the verge of unleashing a massive military attack against Ukraine, dismissing Moscow’s claim to be pulling forces back, as artillery fire hit a Ukrainian kindergarten. In a dramatic, previously unscheduled speech to the United Nations in New York, US Secretary...
‘Bhaiya’ remark coming back to haunt Cong in Punjab
With politics heating up in Punjab over Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s remarks over ‘UP, Bihar bhaiyas (brothers)’, one is forced to ask: what lies at the center of this heated debate, and does it signal a major setback for the Congress’s CM face with just two days to...
Akhilesh surrounded by amateurs, says ex-colleague
In Hardoi, the Naresh Agrawal family is the last word in politics. The father-son duo of Naresh and Nitin Agrawal have between them held this seat for 36 out of the last 41 years — and by being in virtually all political parties. But now, both have fallen out...
Amit Shah attacks SP over dynasty politics
As the ‘potato belt’ of Uttar Pradesh goes to polls in the third phase in three days, Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav stepped out on Thursday to campaign for his son and party president, Akhilesh, who is contesting his first-ever assembly election from Karhal constituency in Mainpuri....
BJP promises free laptops, scooties in Manipur
From free scooties to college-going girl students to laptops and a medical college in Manipur, the BJP vowed these among several others in its election manifesto released by party president JP Nadda in Imphal on Thursday. Nadda, who was dressed in a traditional Manipuri ‘gamcha’ (stole) and ‘ningam samji’...
Pragya Thakur says hijab won’t be tolerated
Amid growing outrage over Muslim students in Karnataka being denied permission to wear hijabs, controversial BJP MP Pragya Thakur – out on bail as a key accused in the Malegaon blasts terror case – warned women against wearing one in public at all, saying “it will not be tolerated”....
Manish Tewari tweet points to more trouble in Cong
It’s no secret that the Congress is falling apart like a pack of cards. Several desertions of veterans close to the Gandhis have put the top brass in a tough spot as it tries to keep its house in order, especially during election season. Among the many challenges for...
Modi attacks Channi, Priyanka over ‘UP, Bihar ke Bhaiye’ remark
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi over his “UP, Bihar ke bhaiye” comment and even targeted Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, saying the “family from Delhi was clapping”. “What the Congress Chief Minister said here, on which the family from Delhi was clapping,...
Modi calls KCR on birthday despite his scathing attack
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao this morning to wish him on his birthday. Mr Rao, or KCR, thanked the PM and “nothing else was discussed”, sources in the Chief Minister’s Office told NDTV. This is their first interaction after KCR skipped meeting or...
