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Congress leader Alka Lamba in preventive custody
Congress leader and former MLA from Chandni Chowk constituency, Alka Lamba who was set to visit Jantar Mantar to participate in Mahila Kisan Sansad on Monday, has allegedly been put under house arrest. The former AAP leader also claimed that Delhi Police personnel are present at her residence and...
Chhattisgarh MLA accuses minister of murder bid
Raipur: Tussle within the Chhattisgarh Congress has spilled onto the street following a road rage incident involving a tribal MLA and a relative of state Health Minister TS Singh Deo. On Saturday evening, the convoy of Congress MLA from Balrampur, Brihaspati Singh, was passing through Ambikapur. Apparently angry at...
Mamata’s 3-day Delhi trip from today, to meet Sonia
Kolkata: In a bid to build a strong anti-Narendra Modi front to corner the ruling NDA in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Monday visit Delhi to meet influential opposition leaders, including Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi. She will reach the national...
Mamata in Delhi on 5-day visit; to meet PM, Opposition leaders
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in the national capital on Monday on a five-day visit and is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday for the first time since she assumed office for a third term. According to a schedule provided by her Trinamool Congress,...
Yediyurappa cabinet colleague in Delhi adds to exit speculation
Amid heightened speculations about Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’s exit, state minister Murugesh Nirani arrived in the national capital on Sunday apparently to meet BJP leaders, party sources said. People close to Nirani, however, claimed he is on a personal visit to the national capital. Earlier in the...
Farooq Abdullah calls for result-oriented Indo-Pak dialogue
National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Sunday called for a sustained and result-oriented Indo-Pak dialogue process, saying the two countries should realise they cannot win a war against each other. Addressing party functionaries at two separate meetings at Laamad and Devsar in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, the Srinagar Lok...
Maken says no conflict in Rajasthan Congress
AICC general secretary Ajay Maken on Sunday said there is no conflict among the party leaders in Rajasthan on the planned cabinet reshuffle and they have left the decision on the central leadership. After meeting ministers, MLAs and office bearers at the party office here, Maken said they have...
TMC welcomes Cong tweet on snooping row
Kolkata, Jul 25: Amid the ongoing row over suspected Pegasus snooping, a tweet by the Congress underlining that TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee was “targeted” by the spyware ahead of Bengal assembly polls as the Modi government’s securities are endless, was on Sunday welcomed by the state’s ruling party. The...
Yediyurappa says he faced challenges from day 1
Bengaluru: As he stares at his possible exit, B S Yediyurappa on Saturday said he had to face several challenges from the day he took charge as the Chief Minister, but is satisfied that he has made honest efforts to better the lives of the people. The Chief Minister...
Farmers show black flags to Sidhu during Gurudwara visit
A group of farmers on Saturday showed black flags to newly appointed Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu when he arrived here to pay obeisance at a gurdwara. Protesters also raised slogans against Sidhu for his thirsty walks to the well remark made during his address in his installation...
Kejriwal says LG insulting people of Delhi
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal’s decision to reject a panel of lawyers picked by the city government for cases against the farmers protesting against the centre’s three new farm laws was “an insult to the people of Delhi”. “Overturning...
J&K district magistrates in CBI net for arms scam
Srinagar: Several district magistrates in Jammu and Kashmir in collusion with arms dealers had issued illegal gun licences going back as far as 2012, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Saturday as part of their probe into an arms licence racket. Over 2.78 lakh illegal gun licences...
Key Congress meeting today to resolve Rajasthan infighting
After Punjab, Congress To Resolve Rajasthan Infighting, Key Meet TodayRajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra has called a meeting of MLAs this morning, just days after the party settled the political tension and tussle among its two big leaders – Amarinder Singh and Navjot Sidhu – in Punjab. There...
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu wins India’s first medal at Tokyo Olympics
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won India’s first medal at Tokyo Olympics with a silver.© AFP Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu bagged the country’s first medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics with a silver in women’s 49kg category. China’s Zhihui Hou took the gold medal with a total lift of 210kg,...
76 dead as rain, landslides hit Maharashtra
Mumbai: At least 76 people have died in rain-related incidents, including multiple landslides, in Maharashtra. The deaths include 36 people who died in a landslide in the coastal Raigad district, about 70 km from state capital Mumbai. However, it is feared that the death count could be over 100 as...
Shilpa Shetty says ‘erotica’ is not ‘porn’
Mumbai: Actor Shilpa Shetty has said she was unaware of the exact nature of content on ‘Hotshots’ – the mobile app via which her husband, Raj Kundra, is accused of streaming pornographic content – Mumbai Police sources have told news agency ANI. Police sources said Ms Shetty said it...
Sonia-Mamata meeting likely on Mission 2024
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Congress, the two bitter political rivals in West Bengal, seem to be coming closer, and ironically it’s the Pegasus snooping scandal that is doing the trick. The two parties have their leaders’ names in the list of potential Pegasus targets — Abhishek Banerjee...
‘CM question’ left hanging in Amarinder-Sidhu truce
In Punjab, it is said, nothing is sealed or forgiven without a Jhappi (bear hug) or a younger person touching an elder’s feet for blessings. The uneasy truce between Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and new state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu was not certainly marked by a bear...
