The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha member Harinarayan Rajbhar has demanded the formation of a National Commission for Men to highlight the complaints by ‘men suffering at the hands of their wives’. The BJP MLA Rajbhar has demanded that the statutory body for men should be on the lines of[Read More…]
BJP MLA Uma Devi Khatik’s son Princedeep Lalchand Khatik, in a social media post on Monday, threatened to shoot Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia. Lalchand Khatik wrote in a Facebook post: “Jyotiraditya Scindia, you have Jiwajirao’s blood running in your veins, who killed Jhansi ki Rani. If you step in Hatta then I will shoot[Read More…]
Indian National Congress in Madhya Pradesh issued a notice to the candidates aspiring for tickets. ‘Social media’ activity of the MLAs would be taken into consideration for ticket distribution in the poll-bound state. The party has announced that the tickets will be given only to those having huge social media[Read More…]
BJP MLA Prashant Thakur’s appointment as chairman of City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) has raised a controversy, with Opposition party Congress calling it a case of conflict of interest as a firm owned by Thakur’s family is currently executing contracts worth Rs 900 crore for CIDCO. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis[Read More…]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will not ally with the Congress in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Gopal Rai, a cabinet minister in the Delhi government, has said, adding that being a part of a post-poll Grand Alliance will depend on the manner in which the electorate votes. “No,” the Delhi State Convenor of[Read More…]
Sixty-five members of the Lok Sabha and 29 of the Rajya Sabha are yet to declare their assets and liabilities, a reply to a query under the RTI Act has revealed. Out of the MPs belonging to the lower house, 61 have not furnished their details since 2014, while four[Read More…]
BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa said that the saffron party couldn’t perform as per the calculations due to Congress-JD(S) coalition government. On Saturday, the ruling Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) had said that it would extend its coalition alliance with Congress in Karnataka to the urban local bodies (ULBs) across the state[Read More…]
Hukkeri Municipality: The Congress has won 12 seats, followed by the BJP at eight seats while the Independents bagged three. Sankeshwar Municipality: The Congress and BJP have drawn with 11 seats with the 12th seat won by Independent Ajith Karajagi, who now the kingmaker to decide the fate of the urban[Read More…]
In the Yelbarga Town Panchayat, there were 15 seats in total, out of which BJP has won 11 and Congress managed just 3 along with 1 independent victory. Whereas, in Koppal Municipal Council, out of the 31 total seats, 15 landed with Congress while BJP managed 10 and 2 went to JDS.[Read More…]
Congress to form alliance with JD(S) in Mysuru, Tumkur At the press conference, Karnataka Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao said that the party will join hands with JD(S) in civic bodies where there is no clear majority, like Mysore and Tumkur HD Kumaraswamy says voters have shown support for coalition govt After the BJP came second in the ULB polls,[Read More…]
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday appealed to the people of Telangana not to become slaves of Delhi parties and urged them to emulate Tamil Nadu for their self-respect. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Chief gave the call at a massive public meeting held here amid talks of[Read More…]
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the “so-called kamdar” had destroyed India’s economy with no jobs and no solutions to rising unemployment. Sibal’s comment comes in continuation of the war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, as Modi on Saturday lashed[Read More…]
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday expressed his “unhappiness” over disruptions in Parliament and sought unity among parliamentarians of all political parties over issues of national importance. “I am a little unhappy that our Parliament is not functioning as it should be. I have not hesitated in recording in the[Read More…]
The ruling Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and the Congress in Karnataka would extend their coalition alliance to the urban local bodies (ULBs) across the state to keep the opposition BJP out of power, said a JD-S official on Saturday. “In the event of either party not getting majority on its own in the[Read More…]
Telangana may be heading for an early poll as all eyes are on a crucial state cabinet meeting followed by a massive public meeting by the ruling TRS here on Sunday. Amid strong indications of polls being advanced, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is all set to hold a massive show[Read More…]
BJP President Amit Shah on Friday hailed the Modi government for registering 8.2 per cent growth in the first quarter of 2018-19 and said that it was a reflection on the transformative changes being ushered in. “India’s rapidly growing GDP is a reflection on the transformative changes being ushered in by Prime[Read More…]
RLSP chief and Union Minister of State for HRD Upendra Kushwaha on Friday said that some people in the BJP-led NDA did not want to see Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister again in 2019. Kushwaha refused to reveal the names of such people and said everything will be known at the[Read More…]
Indian Youth Congress (IYC) staged a noisy protest here on Thursday accusing the Modi government of corruption in the Rafale aircraft deal and for ordering the arrests of human rights activists. Shouting slogans and holding banners, hundreds marched from the Congress headquarters to the Prime Minister’s House alleging that the BJP-led NDA[Read More…]
Given that sizable number of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students come from North -Eastern states, BJP brought in three of Chief Ministers from Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, to attend a student meet at JNU campus in Delhi. Chief Ministers Sarbananda Sonowal (Assam), Pema Khandu (Arunachal Pradesh) and N Biren[Read More…]
Ahead of Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections scheduled for later this year, MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been featured as ‘Bahubali’ of the state in a two minute long fan-made video. The video is doing rolls among the fans of Bahubali as well as citizens of MP as the[Read More…]
Ravinder Raina, the Bharatiya Janata Party President in Jammu and Kashmir has described the new Governor, Satya Pal Malik, as “hamara banda” (our man). “Ab jo Governor aya hai, woh hamara banda hai.” (The new Governor is our man), said Raina the video of which is doing rolls on the[Read More…]
Patna: There was a lot of talk about Lalu Prasad Yadav and his love for cows in Bihar’s politics. The stories of cows and cattle were narrated by Lalu often. On Wednesday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also narrated stories related to cow while describing himself as a cow lover. Nitish Kumar said[Read More…]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that a vote for the Congress in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls will cut into his Aam Aadmi Party’s vote share and thus ensure a BJP win in the national capital. Kejriwal’s reaction came after he shared a tweet by VDP Associates — a polling[Read More…]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi will undertake Kailash Mansarovar Yatra from August 31 for four-five days, party sources said here on Wednesday. Gandhi, a devotee of Lord Shiva, had said he would embark on the pilgrimage after the Karnataka Assembly polls. Mount Kailash, located in Tibet Autonomous Region of China, is regarded as the[Read More…]
Marginalized in the Samajwadi Party of which he was a founder member, Shivpal Singh Yadav on Wednesday floated a ‘Samajwadi Secular Front’ and urged people who he said might be feeling humiliated in the SP to join him. Once a powerful leader in the Samajwadi Party, the younger brother of[Read More…]