Samajwadi Party kickstarted its silver jubilee celebrations in Lucknow on Saturday in the presence of RJD, JD(U), and RLD leaders. RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, RLD chief Ajit Singh, Indian National Lok Dal leader Abhay Chautala and noted lawyer[Read More…]
Increasing the pressure over the government to deliver on its promises, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ‘lying’ on the One-Rank-One-Pension (OROP) issue. Rahul said that the retired defence personnel were now getting ‘enhanced pension’ and not OROP. The Congress vice president asserted that OROP was[Read More…]
Congress party’s election strategist for Uttar Pradesh, Prashant Kishor, on Wednesday met Samajwadi supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh in Delhi. Sources said that the meeting may have political consequences with some even hinting at an alliance between Samajwadi Party and Congress. Earlier JDU leader KC Tyagi and Shivpal[Read More…]
Party supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, hospitalised in Chennai since last month, is “very well” and would return home soon, AIADMK said on Thursday. “She is very well. God is by her side. She will come home soon,” party spokesperson CR Saraswathy said. She said the prayers[Read More…]
In a shocker for Bengal politics, the Congress party on Monday announced to contest the bypolls of two parliamentary and one Assembly seats alone, thus putting an end to the longstanding alliance between CPM and Congress. Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury , pointed out that the CPM has already declared[Read More…]
In a major embarrassment to the BJP, a new poster of the BJP released in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh boasted a silhouetted image of soldiers from 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Screaming Eagles of the US armed forces. The image has also famously appeared as a banner by the famed[Read More…]
The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday expelled MLC Udayveer Singh for six years after he incurred the wrath of party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for writing a letter against SP’s ruling family. Udayveer had written a letter to SP President Mulayam Singh Yadav, asking him to step down from the[Read More…]
Even though BJP MP Varun Gandhi dismissed allegations of being ‘honey trapped’ by US-based whistleblower Edmonds Allen, according to sources BJP is contemplating issuing a show cause notice to Varun Gandhi. The notice will demand explanations from Gandhi about the media reports on his honey trap and engagement the with arms dealer[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao on Saturday visited Apollo Hospitals, where Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is undergoing treatment, and was happy to note that she was “progressing well”. Rao’s visit, the second this month, comes a day after the hospital announced that Jayalalithaa, admitted on September 22 after she complained[Read More…]
Union Ministers have been asked not to carry mobile phones in Cabinet meetings. The move is aimed at checking any possibility of leakage of information through hacking of communication devices. The Cabinet Secretariat has recently issued a directive to private secretaries of the concerned ministers in this regard. “It has[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is “largely conscious” and is able to sit up in her hospital bed, sources said on Friday, though she continues to be on respiratory support. Ms Jayalalithaa has been in hospital for more than three weeks and is being treated for a lung infection,[Read More…]
Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi resigned from the Congress for the second time and her membership of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Thursday to join the BJP in the presence of party president Amit Shah. Interestingly, the Bahuguna clan already has a history of defection. Here’s a lowdown: Hemvati Nandan[Read More…]
The Supreme court on Monday directed the CBI to ensure that its investigations into the murder of Bihar journalist Rajdev Ranjan be completed within three months. A bench comprising justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy made it clear that no accused in the murder case shall seek bail on the[Read More…]
Going all out to woo Dalits in the run up to 2017 Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, BJP president Amit Shah on Friday accused Congress, BSP and Samajwadi Party of exploiting the community for their ‘own political interests’. In an address at Dhamma Chetna Yatra Samapan programme in Kanpur, Amit[Read More…]
After being assaulted by Shiv Sena workers at a rally, BJP MP Kirit Somaiya on Thursday alleged that Shiv Sena workers tried to kill him and wrote to Mumbai Police Commissioner asking him to unravel the plot. Police have so far arrested 13 people in connection with the assault, wherein[Read More…]
In a scathing attack, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “warmonger” for pushing India to a war like situation with Pakistan. “Warmonger Modi is slowly getting India in a War like situation with Pakistan. He sees this as the only option to win the[Read More…]
A doctor from the UK has reportedly been flown in to examine Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa who had been admitted to Apollo hospitals in Chennai. AIADMK on Saturday asserted that the party supremo is healthy. “She needs rest as per doctors’ advice and will return in good health,” said[Read More…]
Speculations are rife that prime strategist and the man behind successful campaigns for PM Narendra Modi and others may quit his latest assignment with Congress after the ongoing ‘Kisan Yatra’ of Rahul Gandhi. If it comes true, then this would amount to be a huge setback for Congress party before the[Read More…]
The Supreme Court has reprimanded the Karnataka government for failing to follow the apex court’s order of sharing Cauvery River water with its neighbour Tamil Nadu. Furthermore, in a fresh ruling the Siddaramaiah-led government has been asked to release 6000 cusecs of water every day to Tamil Nadu, starting October[Read More…]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday lauded Narendra Modi for the surgical strikes carried out by the Army across the Line of Control (LoC), saying it was his “first action” befitting a Prime Minister in two-and-a-half years. Rahul, who is in Uttar Pradesh for his Kisan Yatra, said at a[Read More…]
Union Minister Uma Bharti has offered to ‘go on a hunger strike if there is any problem in either Karnataka or Tamil Nadu’, after the government failed to broker a solution to the Cauvery water dispute. Uma Bharti, who is the Water Resources Minister, was asked by the Supreme Court[Read More…]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi attacked the RSS saying organisations like it are trying to divide India. Rahul Gandhi was in Guwahati in connection with a case filed by RSS functionary for tarnishing the image of the organisation. Rahul said, “I am for unity of the country and love and[Read More…]
Akali Dal on Tuesday hit out at Arvind Kejriwal government for allegedly not honoring its commitment of raising salaries of part-time Punjabi teachers in the national capital, saying it reflected its “anti-Punjab” and “anti-Punjabi” attitude. Akali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa said a month after a High Court ruling the[Read More…]
The call for a ‘third front’ was raised at the ‘Sadhbhavna Samman Rally’ organised by INLD in Karnal on Sunday. The gathering saw leaders like Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, SP’s Shivpal Yadav who claimed that people were looking for an alternative to Congress and BJP and hence ‘third front’ of[Read More…]
With rising tensions among India and Pakistan over the recent attack in Uri, the Indus Water Treaty has come under strain. The centre had hinted towards revisiting the treaty and now J&K’s deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh on Saturday said the state will fully support whatever decision is taken by[Read More…]
