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Uddhav Thackeray says 25 years wasted in alliance with BJP
Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said his party will try to expand its footprint outside the state and aim for a national role even as he accused the BJP of using Hindutva for its political convenience. He also said that the National Democratic...
More Muslims in SP’s phase 2 list
After giving tickets to 13 Muslims in Phase 1 seats in Uttar Pradesh elections 2022, the Samajwadi Party-RLD alliance has ‘silently’ allotted at least 10 more tickets to Muslims for Phase 2 of the polls, but has not officially declared them. Party sources said more Muslims could be allotted...
Amarinder says Sidhu has no brains
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday claimed that the state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has “no brains” and he had advised party president Sonia Gandhi five years ago not to induct “this incompetent man” in the party. In a candid revelation, the former Chief Minister also said...
Yogi deputy says Cong, SP, BSP together won’t get 100 seats
Rival parties, including Congress, Samajwadi Party, and Bahujan Samaj Party, will not be able to get 100 seats together in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls, BJP leader Dinesh Sharma on Sunday said. Sharma, the deputy chief minister of UP, said the BJP is fighting the election on development issue...
Yogi, Mayawati lock horns over Gorakhpur monastery
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and BSP chief Mayawati locked horns on Twitter on Sunday, with the bitter exchange bordering on personal attacks. While it was the former chief minister who launched an attack on Adityanath’s Gorakhpur monastery, the CM’s Twitter handle for his official website left no...
Mayawati accuses Cong of flipflop on Priyanka as CM face
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati aimed a jibe at Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today over her teaser regarding the party’s Chief Ministerial face. Accusing the Congress leader of flipflop, she said the Congress will only split the non-BJP votes and urged the people to vote for BSP. “The condition...
Ex- Cong MLA challenges Priyanka for direct fight
Months after walking out of the Congress, former Raebareli (Sadar) MLA Aditi Singh is contesting again from the prestigious seat, this time on a BJP ticket, and has dared Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to contest from the seat too. The Rae Bareli assembly seat is part of the Rae Bareli...
Owaisi promises two chief ministers if party wins
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) led by Asaduddin Owaisi, has launched a new front, Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha, comprising parties with a support base among Muslims, Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Dalits for the upcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. According to Owaisi, if the Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha wins...
Survey shows Channi favoured as CM face
There is a growing clamour within the Punjab Congress over the need to declare a chief ministerial candidate for next month’s assembly polls, with many senior leaders throwing their weight behind Charanjit Singh Channi, the state’s first chief minister from the schedule caste community. Though the Congress high command...
Sena says Cong to blame if BJP wins in Goa
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said that he agrees to the view expressed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) that the Congress should be held responsible if the BJP wins the next month’s Goa Assembly elections and continues to occupy power in the state. He said that although...
‘Hindu exodus’ no longer a poll issue in Kairana
At first glance, Kairana belies its status as the epicenter of a political storm in Uttar Pradesh. No political banner, poster or campaign material can be seen in this seemingly non-descriptive town in western Uttar Pradesh. But step into the Kairana bazaar and the consciousness of a high-profile constituency...
7 dead in fire at Mumbai high-rise
At least seven people died in a major fire that broke out inside a 20-storeyed residential building in Mumbai this morning. Another 15 people were also injured in the massive blaze that started around 7 am on the 18th floor of Kamla building opposite Gandhi Hospital at Gowalia...
Parrikar’s son quits BJP after denial of ticket
Utpal Parrikar, the son of three-time Goa Chief Minister and former Union Minister Manohar Parrikar, parted company with the BJP on Friday after the party refused to offer him ticket for the Panaji seat in the coming assembly elections of the seaside state. Announcing that he would contest as...
BJP fields rebel Cong leader from Raebareli
Rebel UP Congress leader, Aditi Singh, will contest the Uttar Pradesh election from Rae Bareli, the last Congress bastion in the state, while former Kanpur top cop, Asim Arun, will contest the polls from Kannauj, the BJP said today as it released a list of 85 candidates Ms...
Govt defends ‘merging’ of India Gate ‘eternal flame’
The Amar Jawan Jyoti or the “eternal flame” for soldiers at India Gate will be put out after 50 years and merged with the torch at the National War Memorial in a ceremony today. A part of the flame will be carried to the war memorial this afternoon....
Priyanka says she is UP Chief Minister candidate
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra dropped a bombshell this morning – that she could be her party’s chief ministerial candidate for next month’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was releasing a manifesto outlining job creation plans for the youth of UP, was asked about speculation over...
Aparna tweets photo showing blessings of Mulayam
Akhilesh Yadav’s relative Aparna Yadav, fresh from her headline grabbing switch to the BJP weeks before the Uttar Pradesh election, today tweeted a photo of her meeting with Samajwadi Party founder and her father-in-law Mulayam Singh Yadav in Lucknow. “Took the blessings of my father/netaji in Lucknow after...
Supreme Court upholds quota in NEET
Merit cannot be reduced to narrow definitions of performance in an open competitive examination which only provides formal equality of opportunity, the Supreme Court said yesterday as it upheld 27 per cent Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in All India Quota (AIQ) seats in the NEET for UG and...
