Vijay Rupani on Tuesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for a second stint after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the state assembly elections for the sixth time in a row. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, along with other key leaders of the[Read More…]
Tamil superstar Rajinikanth on Tuesday addressing his fans said he will announce his political stance on December 31. Rajnikanth said he was not saying he would enter politics but would only announce his “political stance” on that day. The actor said he was not new to politics, however, it required[Read More…]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday found a new admirer, a 107-year-old grandmother, who thought the Congress leader was handsome and wanted to meet him on her birthday. Just after finding out about his new admirer on social media, Gandhi in no time wished the grandmother on her 107th birthday and also[Read More…]
The new Himachal Pradesh cabinet, to be headed by new and ‘young’ Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, will be a blend of old and new faces. An indication in this regard was given by Thakur himself. “The cabinet will have both experienced and new faces,” he told reporters here in[Read More…]
A day after suffering a massive defeat in Radhakrishnan Nagar (R.K.Nagar) bypoll, Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK on Monday removed six party officials and supporters of sidelined leader T.T.V.Dinakaran, who had contested and won the seat as an Independent. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held at the party[Read More…]
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 93rd birthday. “Birthday wishes to our much-loved and respected former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,” Kovind tweeted. Naidu said: “Convey my heartfelt greetings to Bharat[Read More…]
Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday condemned the sealing of 51 premises in a posh south Delhi locality by officials of BJP-run MCDs and dubbed the party as pro-industrialists and against small businessmen. “The sealing of shops in Defence Colony — and the way the three Municipal Corporations[Read More…]
Karan Singh Yadav will be the Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha bypoll in Alwar, a party leader said on Sunday. Yadav, a doctor by profession, has been a two-time MLA from Behrod and also an MP from Alwar. Jitendra Singh, an aide of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, was in[Read More…]
Chennai: Sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V.Dinakaran on Sunday established a massive lead over his nearest rival, E.Madhusudhanan of the AIADMK in the by-election for the Radhakrishnan Nagar (R.K.Nagar) constituency that fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. Dinakaran, who is contesting as an Independent, had got[Read More…]
Kolkata: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday won the Sabang Assembly constituency by-poll, by a massive margin of 64,192 votes. Trinamool candidate Gita Rani Bhunia got 1,06,179 votes while her nearest rival Rita Mondal of the the Left Front backed Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) secured 41,987 votes. Amid a[Read More…]
Shimla: Five-time legislator Jairam Thakur, who rose from the ranks and is known for his humble, low-profile stature, will be the 13th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, the BJP announced on Sunday. A decision in this regard was unanimously taken at the BJP Legislative Party meeting where central observers — Union[Read More…]
If the BJP were to start a film franchise it would be called “Lie Hard”, Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday, tweaking the name of popular American action series “Die Hard” – in a dig at the ruling party, a day after he described its foundation as based on[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) victory in Gujarat was largely based on the support it received in the urban areas. In rural areas, however, the Congress generally held sway. As a result, the urban-rural divide, or what has been called the gulf between “India” and “Bharat”, was quite prominent in[Read More…]
The Congress Working Committee, the highest decision-making body of the party, on Friday accused the BJP of “concocting a conspiracy” in the 2G spectrum case and demanded its apology as well as from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The opposition party also alleged that former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai[Read More…]
The fate of two former Chief Ministers of Bihar — Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra — will be decided on Saturday in a fodder scam case. Lalu Prasad, also the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief, reached Ranchi on Friday evening, along with his son Tejashwi Yadav to hear the verdict.[Read More…]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who will be in Gujarat on Saturday to attend a review meeting to analyse the party’s showing in the assembly elections, will start by visiting the Somnath Temple. During his three-day visit to the state, Gandhi will hold meetings with all the newly-elected MLAs and leaders[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which fell one short of a ton in the Gujarat Assembly elections, on Friday managed to reach the three-figure mark with the support of an independent, who was actually from the Congress. Ratansinh Rathore, the newly-elected independent legislator from Lunawada constituency, has sent a letter[Read More…]
Congress Working Committee members said on Friday that “struggle for people” will be the way forward for the party and urged President Rahul Gandhi to prepare a comprehensive strategy in view of the coming electoral battles. Briefing reporters about the first meeting of the party’s highest decision-making body chaired by[Read More…]
Vijay Rupani will continue as the Chief Minister of Gujarat and Nitin Patel as his deputy, the BJP announced on Friday after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley oversaw a meeting of the party’s newly-elected MLAs. The legislators unanimously elected Rupani as leader of the BJP’s legislature party, Jaitley told reporters. He[Read More…]
The acquittal of DMK leaders Kanimozhi, daughter of party President M. Karunanidhi, and former Union Telecom Minister A. Raja, and others by a court in the 2G spectrum case has come as a big boost for the party and could lead to a political realignment in Tamil Nadu, especially with[Read More…]
Nationalist Congress Party’s Rajya Sabha Member Majeed Memon on Friday hit out at Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for his comments after the verdict in the 2G spectrum case was delivered, acquitting all the accused. Questioning Jaitley’s remark that the Congress considered the verdict as “a badge of honour”, Memon[Read More…]
Two-time former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and suave Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor are likely to make it to the Congress Working Committee (CWC), either as permanent or special invitees to the party’s highest decision-making body, according to the buzz in Congress circles in Kerala. Rahul Gandhi, who has[Read More…]
Former Supreme Court judge, Justice GS Singhvi, who in 2012 pronounced the cancellation of 122 2G spectrum licences, on Friday said the case before the top court was the allocation of spectrum without auction, while the CBI court was to see whether there was a conspiracy in the allocation. “The[Read More…]
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till Wednesday after the opposition, led by the Congress, on Friday sought a “solution” to the ongoing impasse over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks against his predecessor Manmohan Singh before conducting any business. Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu, rejecting the opposition’s demand, initially adjourned the House[Read More…]
The Bombay High Court on Friday set aside governor’s sanction to prosecute former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan in Adarsh Scam. The senior congress leader had filed a petition terming governor C Vidyasagar Rao’s order of 2016 as “arbitrary, illegal and unjust.” Chavan had alleged that it was passed without[Read More…]