Uttar Pradesh Assembly witnessed an unusual situation on Monday as a Samajwadi Party legislator, Kalpnath Paswan started crying in the middle of the session saying his Rs 10 lakh was stolen and if it was not recovered, he would “commit suicide”. Informing that no FIR has been registered in the matter as yet,[Read More…]
With Lok Sabha elections barely months away, every party is running around to gather support and establish their alliances. In the latest, reports suggest that Shiv Sena and BJP could contest on equal number of seats from Maharashtra in the General Elections, 2019. With SP-BSP going hand with hand in[Read More…]
Chandigarh: 11 Akali Dal, BJP MLAs suspeded from Assembly after protesting against Navjot Singh Sidhu. At the beginning of the Question Hour, wearing black badges SAD-BJP MLAs stood and raised slogans against Navjot Singh Sidhu. Before the start of the Punjab session, outside the House, led by Akali leader Bikram[Read More…]
Mumbai: Tottering on the brink for months, the Shiv Sena managed to bulldoze its way with the BJP, paving the way for a pre-poll alliance for the Lok Sabha and in all probability even the Assembly polls later in the year, party sources said on Monday. “It is finalized. It[Read More…]
New Delhi: In a press release issued by Priyanka Chaturvedi, Convenor & Spokesperson, AICC, in a 11 point report card, Chaturvedi accuses Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of playing “politics over the future of our young population”. Chaturvedi in the report card talked about the CSAT row, loss of jobs, joblessness[Read More…]
New Delhi: Darbhanga MP Kirti Azad on Monday joined Congress in presence of party president Rahul Gandhi. Former Indian cricketer and politician Kirti Azad was earlier slated to join the Congress party on February 15 but it was postponed in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack. Kirti Azad is the[Read More…]
An investigation was also ordered against magistrate Dharmendra Singh and Atul Prasad, principal secretary, Social Welfare
Mumbai: BJP and Shivsena workers burnt Pakistan flag in a reaction to thursday’s terror attack in Pulwama which killed over 40 CRPF troopers. In a display in Boriwala, Shiv Sena workers raised slogans of Pakistan down. while in Ghatkoper BJP workers should their resistance against Pakistan. Shiv sena leader Anil[Read More…]
On the terrorist attack that took place in Jammu and Kashmir, Pulwama today in which 30 CRPF jawans lost their lives, Congress UP East General Secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has released a statement, condemning the attack. Deepest condolences to the families of the 30 Jawans martyred in a terror attack[Read More…]
New Delhi: CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra was appointed as the new Election Commissioner on Thursday, just ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, making the poll panel a three-member body once again. The other two members of the Commission are Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner (EC) Ashok[Read More…]
Before the last week’s unfortunate events in Jammu and Kashmir it was the advent of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi in active politics that bothered the Bharatiya Janata Party too much. So much so that the looming general elections had sent the ruling party higher ups to the drawing board[Read More…]
Former Indian cricketer and politician Kirti Azad is all set to join the Congress party on February 15. Kirti Azad is the son of former Chief Minister of Bihar Bhagwat Jha Azad and followed the paths of his father joining the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected as an MP[Read More…]
After the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar quit from his post of backward class welfare minister from the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP regime in Uttar Pradesh, Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma rushed to Rajbhar’s house to iron out the issue. In a tweet shared by Om Prakash Rajbhar, he[Read More…]
Shillong: Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Thursday said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill would have been passed in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday by the BJP government if the Congress-led Opposition was not there. “The Congress-led Opposition stood firm and remained as a strong wall, otherwise, they were determined[Read More…]
New Delhi: Calling the Supreme Court’s verdict on the powers of the Delhi government to transfer officers “unfortunate” and “injustice to the people of Delhi”, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the order is against the Constitution and democracy. Speaking to the media after the judgement, Kejriwal said the[Read More…]
By Brajendra Nath Singh New Delhi: BJP veterans, including L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, are likely to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, notwithstanding an informal bar on those above 75 years occupying ministerial and organisational posts. A final decision in this regard would be taken by the party’s[Read More…]
New Delhi: A day after meeting Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the Congress had “almost” said ‘no’ for an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the national capital. Asked about the possibilities of an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections, Kejriwal[Read More…]
The Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar has offer to resign from the post of backward class welfare minister from the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP regime in Uttar Pradesh. In a tweet shared by Om Prakash Rajbhar, he said that he would quit from the ministry’ charge, reasoning that[Read More…]
Lucknow: BJP MLA Avtar Singh Bhadana is set to join Congress in presence of General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday. Bhadan is a four time Lok Sabha MP is considered a tall Gurjar leader who has good impact in Western Uttar Pradesh and adjoining state Haryana. Avtar Singh Bhadana is currently[Read More…]
Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party might not have succeeded in expanding its reach to other parts of the country in any significant way, but it remains a force to reckon with in Delhi. The young party enjoys a rare distinction of forming the government twice in the national capital[Read More…]
Lal Dungri (South Gujarat): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launches his 2019 election campaign from the same tribal Lal Dungri village in Gujarat’s Dharampur where his grandmother Indira Gandhi in 1980, his father Rajiv Gandhi in 1984 and his mother Sonia Gandhi in 2004 started and romped home to[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi and NCP chief Sharad Pawar met on Wednesday to talk about the Congress-NCP alliance ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Citing party sources, a news agency suggested that the Sharad Pawar will contest the upcoming elections from the Madha constituency of which an[Read More…]
Bringing the long-standing crisis in Karnataka to rest, four Congress MLAs and one Janata Dal-Secular returned to Bengaluru on Tuesday night. Influential Belgavi leader Jarkiholi, Umesh Jadhav, Kumathali and Nagendra were issued show cause notices by Congress Legislative Party chief Siddaramaiah after they skipped the CLP meeting in January as well[Read More…]
Justice AK Patnaik, a retired Supreme Court judge is expected to head one of the commissions
Lucknow: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is all geared up for the political battle in front of her in Uttar Pradesh. After making her debut as Congress’s General Secretary in UP, Priyanka on Tuesday got down to business with high energy and won hearts of her party members with her non-stop 16 hours[Read More…]