Dehradun: BJP leader and former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has said that in a democracy, responsibility often comes to people who are not in a position to handle it. In a video that has gone viral on social media, Mr Rawat purportedly says in reply to a question on the land-subsidence crisis in … Read more
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Commission for Women has written to the Mumbai police commissioner asking the police to look into the model and social media influencer Uorfi Javed’s demand seeking security, an official said on Tuesday. He said Uorfi Javed had submitted a complaint letter to the MSCW claiming BJP leader Chitra Wagh has filed … Read more
Kolkata: Journalist-turned-politician M J Akbar has said the quality of governance will decide the 2024 general elections, and that Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo’ campaign would not have much impact on poll outcomes. The former minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet also said tourism has flourished in Jammu and Kashmir in the aftermath of the abrogation … Read more
Mumbai: Launching an attack on the ‘road show’ to be held by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here today, Shiv Sena in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ on Thursday said that Yogi’s Mumbai ‘road show’ is a BJP backed political game. The editorial also pointed out that the chief minister had promoted himself by giving full-page … Read more
Agartala: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to arrive in Tripura on Wednesday night as the ruling BJP prepares for the assembly elections. Mr Shah was earlier scheduled to reach the state on Thursday, but his arrival was preponed, a senior official said. “Amit Shah will now reach the state around 10 pm on … Read more
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday hailed the Supreme Court judgment upholding the government’s demonetization exercise as “historic” and slammed the Congress for its campaign against the decision and asked if its leader Rahul Gandhi will tender an apology after the verdict. READ | ‘China is adopting same principle with India as…’: Rahul Gandhi’s warning … Read more
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malviya today said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should start prioritizing people’s welfare over her “fragile ego”. “On the day, PM Modi, despite a personal tragedy, flagged off the Vande Bharat and launched projects worth 7,800 crore in WB, Mamata Banerjee chose not to share the … Read more
New Delhi: A huge row erupted in parliament today as the ruling BJP demanded an apology from the Congress over controversial comments by its chief Mallikarjun Kharge. Mr Kharge made the comments yesterday while hitting back at the BJP for mocking Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra as “Bharat todo (Divide India)”. READ | Does Modi … Read more
Rajasthan: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today urged BJP leaders criticising him to “open up shops to spread love in the market of hatred” as he was doing through his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Addressing a poll rally here, he also asked each minister in the Rajasthan Cabinet to undertake a yatra once a month across the … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, December 12, dismissed Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia’s plea seeking the quashing of defamation proceedings initiated against him by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Sisodia urged the top court to overrule the Gauhati high court’s November 4 order which had dismissed Sisodia’s plea to quash defamation … Read more
New Delhi: Congress leader and former minister Raja Pateria was on Tuesday detained by Panna Police from his residence, in connection with his alleged “kill Modi” remarks. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered on Monday afternoon at Pawai police station in Panna district against the Congress leader and former state minister for making remarks … Read more
The BJP on Friday said the vigilance directorate’s report on “irregularities” in the construction of classrooms in Delhi government schools shows Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is only “worried about black money flowing to him and not about children’s education.” At a press conference here, the BJP’s national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia cited the vigilance directorate’s report … Read more
New Delhi: A new purported video of jailed Delhi minister Satyendar Jain having an elaborate meal inside Tihar has emerged, just a day after footage of the minister receiving an oil massage inside his jail cell trigged an uproar. The latest CCTV footage sourced from Tihar jail sources shows Jain getting an elaborate meal in … Read more
Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday met CPM leader Sitaram Yechury at his office in Delhi. Nitish Kumar denied speculation on his Prime Ministerial candidature, saying that “I am not even a claimant, I don’t even desire it.” “We are together, that is why I am coming here”, said Nitish on meeting CPM leader … Read more