Livid over the arrest of TMC MP Sudip Bandopadhyay, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using CBI, ED and Income Tax department against those who raised voice against demonetisation and dared him to arrest her and all TMC MPs. She asserted that[Read More…]
All ministers in Bihar are crorepatis except Sugarcane industry minister Firoz Alam, who owns only Rs 3,100 in cash, as per the details of assets declared. However, Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar is poorer than his son, Nishant, and deputy chief minister of the state, Tejaswi Yadav. In 2010, Nitish Kumar[Read More…]
Taking dig at SP and BSP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the after years of rivalry both parties were united against me. “Have you ever seen both SP and BSP united over anything? No. They are never united. But they, in one voice, are united against[Read More…]
Irom Sharmila on Monday formally announced she will take on Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh in assembly polls. Sharmila had fasted for 16 years to demand the repeal of AFSPA. Sharmila ended her fast against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA on August 9 last year. Okram[Read More…]
Days after internal strife to gain power over the party and its headquarters, the two factions of the Samajwadi Party are all set to approach the Election Commission of India on Monday to stake claim on the party symbol ‘cycle’. Mulayam Singh Yadav headed to New Delhi and sought time[Read More…]
In a landmark decision ahead of essential assembly polls in five states where caste and faith play a major role in politics, the Supreme Court on Monday forbidden contenders from seeking votes in the name of religion, caste, race, community or language. Led by Chief Justice of India TS Thakur,[Read More…]
In a confrontational move, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav seized the post of Samajwadi Party national president on Sunday, while removing his father Mulayam Singh Yadav from the seat and getting himself “unanimously elected” at a national convention of the party. The resolution approved to this effect also includes[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was “unanimously” declared as the Samajwadi Party’s national working president in a resolution passed by party Secretary General Ram Gopal Yadav at the national executive meet in Lucknow. Ram Gopal Yadav, said that the national executive also wanted Shivpal Yadav to be removed as[Read More…]
A day after Akhilesh Yadav and uncle Ramgopal was expelled from the Samajwadi Party by his father and SP Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, the junior Yadav held an important meeting on Saturday at his residence. Notably, a majority of the 229 party MLAs were present at the meeting. Some SP[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday expelled Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav from the party for six years. Addressing a press conference, Mulayam Singh Yadav said both Ram Gopal Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav have been suspended from the party over indiscipline.[Read More…]
Giving a new twist to Samajwadi party feud, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has released parallel list of 235 candidates for Assembly elections. The CM announced the list of candidates’ just a day after Party Chief and his father Mulyam Singh Yadav releases list of 325 candidates for UP[Read More…]
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu along with six other lawmakers was temporarily suspended from Peoples’ Party on Thursday for allegedly involving in anti-party activities. Reportedly, Khandu, Deputy Chief Minister M Chowna Mein and 5 other MLAs were suspended from the primary membership of the party with immediate effect. The[Read More…]
A day after Mulayam Singh Yadav announced candidates’ list for UP polls, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday spoke to the SP supremo to convey his displeasure over the choice of names. The feud in the Samajwadi Party was again in the open as Mulayam Singh Yadav declared candidates for[Read More…]
Sasikala Natarajan, or Chinamma as she is popularly known, has been elected as the general secretary of Tamil Nadu’s AIADMK party, replacing J Jayalalitha, who died in December after prolonged illness. Let’s get to know the next female head of South Indian politics – She was born in Mannargudi, a town in Tiruvarur[Read More…]
All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIDMK), the ruling party of Tamil Nadu appointed VK Sasikala, an aide of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, as the general secretary in a general council meeting on Thursday. Henceforth, the era of Sasikala in the AIDMK has begun. In one of the[Read More…]
After party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday released a list of 325 of the possible 403 candidates ignoring Akhilesh Yadav’s oppositions to certain leaders for poll tickets and his strategies for an alliance in the state assembly elections, the ruling SP in Uttar Pradesh was in chaos. The UP[Read More…]
Ignoring objections raised by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and his son, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday announced candidates for 325 of the 403 Assembly seats and ruled out alliance with any party for the upcoming polls. In a press conference here, the SP patriarch released the list of[Read More…]
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sacrificed common people in ‘yagna’ against black money on Wednesday while criticising the demonetization move. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he is performing a ‘yagna’ against black money and corruption. As animals are slaughtered in ‘yagnas’, similarly Prime Minister Modi[Read More…]
Opposition along with some regional parties on Tuesday sought to put up a united face raising the pitch against demonetisation by demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After the eight-party meeting including JD(U), SP and BSP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee , also sought[Read More…]
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in Delhi on Monday to be present at a meeting of opposition parties and a joint press conference on Tuesday along with Congress, DMK, RJD and other parties. Mamata, who is leading the fight against demonetisation, will be part of the joint opposition meeting,[Read More…]
The Patiala House Court gave relief to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case on Tuesday. The court dismissed BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s the plea asking for additional documents from the Congress and Associated Journals Limited (AJL). The next date of hearing has been[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hinted at more radical reforms, saying his government will not shy away from taking difficult decisions that are in national interest. Inaugurating a new educational and training campus of the Sebi-run National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) in this industrial township near Mumbai, Modi[Read More…]
A Delhi court granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a complaint filed against him for allegedly giving “misleading information” in election affidavit ahead of the 2013 assembly polls, on Saturday. Metropolitan Magistrate Aashish Gupta permitted the bail plea as the concerned magistrate was on leave. April 7, 2017,[Read More…]
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday expressed his displeasure signing the same ordinance or executive order for a record fifth time in a row. According to sources, Mukherjee has faulted the government for failing to convert the ordinance into law. The President, say sources, signed the ordinance to amend the Enemy[Read More…]