New Delhi: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to give another push to its demand for full statehood to Delhi with a public campaign, but experts said it was not a burning issue among residents and a way should be found to give more powers to the elected[Read More…]
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‘Congress-Left should join hands against Trinamool, BJP’
Kolkata: The Congress and Left parties need to come together in a political front or on a common platform in West Bengal to effectively fight the murder of democracy by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the communal agenda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), says a senior Congress party[Read More…]
Nation must unite to protect children: Rahul Gandhi on Mandsaur gang rape
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday voiced his angst against the brutal gang rape and assault of an eight-year-old schoolgirl in Madhya Pradesh and said the nation must come together to protect the children. In Mandsaur an eight-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang raped, and is battling for[Read More…]
Three Gujarat BJP MLAs protest against government
Vadodara/Ahmedabad: Three senior ruling BJP legislators from Vadodara district came out in the open late on Wednesday evening expressing their resentment against the State government and claimed more than a dozen others were with them, hours after Chief Minister Vijay Rupani flew out the country on a six-day tour. Three[Read More…]
Congress likely to back opposition nominee for RS Deputy Chairman
New Delhi: Keen to further augment opposition unity in the run-up to the 2019 general elections, Congress may opt against fielding a candidate for the post of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman and work with other parties outside the NDA to put up a common candidate. Informed sources said the combined[Read More…]
The crisis in agriculture is leading to rural and farmer distress
Mandsaur, in Madhya Pradesh, which formed the epicentre of farmer’s protests that began last year, is still protesting. Six protesting farmers had died after state police opened a fire on the group. However, justice still eludes their family. To mark the anniversary of the firing angry farmers have planned a[Read More…]
Emergency turned democracy into constitutional dictatorship: Arun Jaitley
New Delhi: Union minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday recalled how the Indira Gandhi government had imposed a phoney Emergency and turned democracy into a constitutional dictatorship about more than 40 years back. It was a ‘phoney emergency’ on account of proclaimed policy that Indira Gandhi was indispensable to India and[Read More…]
BJP pulls out of alliance with PDP in Jammu & Kashmir
New Delhi: The BJP was pulling out of its alliance with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, the party’s general secretary Ram Madhav said here today. It has become untenable for the BJP to continue in the alliance government in the state, Madhav said at a press conference. He said the[Read More…]
Both AAP, BJP to blame for Delhi crisis: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday blamed both the BJP-led Central government and Delhi’s ruling AAP for the rift between the IAS officers and the Delhi government. If the relation between the government of Delhi and the bureaucracy is not satisfactory, we feel that it is not only the Central[Read More…]
Why I am resigning from the BJP
Political discourse is at it’s lowest point in the country, at least in my lifetime. The partisanship bias is unbelievable and people continue to support their side no matter what the evidence, there is no remorse even when they’re proved to have been spreading fake news. This is something that[Read More…]
Kejriwal should approach PM for full statehood: Sheila Dikshit
New Delhi: Holding Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal responsible for the stalemate in the national capital, his Congress predecessor Sheila Dikshit on Friday advised him to approach Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demand full statehood instead of protesting. The demand for full statehood can only be made in Parliament as[Read More…]
Maharashtra atrocity on Dalit, tribal boys: Rahul Gandhi slams RSS, BJP
Jalgaon (Maharashtra): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday blamed the RSS and the Bharatiya Janata Party’ politics after two Dalits and a tribal boy were paraded nude and assaulted for swimming in a well in Wakadi village here. The sole crime of these Dalit children was they were taking a[Read More…]
After Kejriwal, HC may be moved against Modi’s low attendance
New Delhi: Soon after rebel AAP legislator Kapil Mishra filed a plea in the Delhi High Court against state Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s low attendance in the assembly, Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh on Monday said he will file a petition seeking details of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s presence in[Read More…]
Congress seeks PM Modi’s apology over remarks against Manmohan Singh
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday sought an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks against his predecessor Manmohan Singh and others alleging that they colluded with Pakistan to influence Gujarat election process last year. Citing an RTI reply received from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on June[Read More…]
UP government protecting corrupt, sending innocent to jail: Congress
New Delhi: Slamming the Uttar Pradesh government for protecting the corrupt, the Congress on Friday referred to Governor Ram Naik’s letter to the Chief Minister regarding a bribery demand accusation against a senior officer in the CMO. The BJP government was trying to protect the corrupt and penalise the innocent[Read More…]
Congress signals willingness to field common candidates against BJP
New Delhi: With a combined opposition having defeated the BJP in Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana Lok Sabha and some other bypolls, the Congress has decided to step up efforts to prevent division of anti-BJP votes by seeking to identify the strongest candidate in each seat in the forthcoming electoral contests. Party[Read More…]
Betrayed voters waiting to bid good-bye to BJP in state, centre: Pilot
Jaipur: Anarchy has been ruling the roost in Rajasthan as well as India under the ruling BJP and the betrayed voters are eagerly counting the days for bidding good bye to it, Congress’ Rajasthan unit President Sachin Pilot said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference called by the Congress to[Read More…]
Electoral tactics alone cannot defeat BJP: CPI-M
New Delhi: It will be wrong to underestimate the pan-India strength of the BJP and to think that electoral tactics alone will be enough to defeat it, the CPI-M has said. The key link at this juncture is to gather the growing discontent against the BJP rule, especially due to[Read More…]
Four held for killing man during group clash in Bengal
Kolkata: Four persons were arrested on Wednesday in West Bengal’s Birbhum district for the killing of a young man, Sheikh Dildar, in a group clash between supporters of two parties, police said. They were remanded in seven-day police custody by a court. “One person had died in a clash between[Read More…]
BJP, AAP hand-in-glove, advisers sacked to gain sympathy: Congress
New Delhi: Delhi Congress President Ajay Maken on Wednesday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP over the cancellation of the appointment of nine AAP advisers, saying the two parties were working together to make a dent in his party’s vote share in the Lok Sabha elections. “It was[Read More…]
Cash crunch: Rahul slams Modi for destroying banking system
Amethi: With ATMs suddenly running dry in several states, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what he described as destroying India’s banking system by ushering in “acchhe din” for fugitive jewellers Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. Gandhi also criticised Modi for his silence on[Read More…]
BJP releases second list of candidates for Karnataka polls
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its second list of 82 candidates for elections to the 224-member Karnataka Assembly. The names were finalised by the party’s Central Election Committee headed by party President Amit Shah and has Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister[Read More…]
Sushil Modi among three BJP nominees for Bihar Legislative Council polls
Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi and Health Minister Mangal Pandey are among the three candidates whose names were announced for the Bihar Legislative Council polls by the ruling BJP on Sunday. Sanjay Paswan, a former Union Minister and Dalit face of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar, is[Read More…]
UPA’s incompetence, hidden motives damaged India’s defence: Modi
Thiruvidanthai (Tamil Nadu): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his “bold action” in meeting the country’s critical military requirements were contrary to the Congress-led UPA government’s “laziness, incompetence or perhaps some hidden motives” that damaged India’s defence. Inaugurating the DefExpo 2018 on East Coast Road near Chennai, he blasted the[Read More…]
Congress, CPI-M have ganged up with BJP for panchayat polls: Mamata
Kolkata: Accusing the Congress and CPI-M of ganging up with the BJP for the coming panchayat polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked the two parties whether they supported the saffron outfit’s ideology in the state. “We want one to one fight against BJP, because it is[Read More…]