Tag: india politics
Stones thrown at Rahul Gandhi’s car in Malda
Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday said that he “just heard a noise” and saw window pane of Rahul Gandhi’s car falling off. “How do we know who has done it? Police will look into the matter,” he added. His statement came minutes aft...
BJP claims Kejriwal involved in Hemant Soren’s escape
Amid speculations that the Jharkhand Chief Minister fled to evade the Enforcement Directorate’s investigation into a money laundering case, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made a big claim about Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s involvement in Soren...
Mamata vows not to allow CAA implementation in Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday lambasted the BJP for raising the CAA issue ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, asserting that she will never allow its implementation in the state during her lifetime. Speaking at a public distribution prog...
Lalu Yadav quizzed for over 9 hours by ED
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in Patna for over nine hours on Monday in connection with the land-for-jobs case. The former Chief Minister...
Owaisi accuses Nitish, RJD, BJP of betraying people
Alleging that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and also Prime Minister Narendra Modi have “betrayed” the people of the state, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said they should seek an apology from the people. The JD(U...
Ram Rajya in Ayodhya, ‘Aaya Ram Gaya Ram’ in Bihar: Sibal
Taking a swipe at the BJP over the Bihar political developments, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday said while there was talk of Ram Rajya at the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, “Aaya Ram Gaya Ram” was being showcased in Bihar. Sibal’s dig in the morn...
MP minister says country will accept ASI’s Gyanvapi findings
Madhya Pradesh minister Prahlad Patel has said that the findings of ASI about the Gyanvapi mosque will be accepted by the country and world, referring to the claim by the lawyer representing the Hindu litigants that the mosque was built after razing a tem...
Garbage goes into dustbin: Lalu’s daughter on Nitish
In an apparent dig at JD(U) president Nitish Kumar who resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini Acharya on Sunday said the “garbage has gone into the dustbin”. Kumar resigned as the chief minister of Bihar, saying...
VHP calls for removal of Gyanvapi mosque and handover of site
The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Saturday said the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, representing the Muslim side in the Gyanvapi case, must hand over the original site of the Kashi Vishwanath temple to the Hindu side. It said the ASI survey report has conc...
Adhir relishes TMC snapping ties with Cong
Murshidabad has an air of rebellion about it. This is the historical place that has been marked by the famous rebellion of Nawab of Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah against the British though he was betrayed and killed. This is also one of the last citadels of the...
Uttarakhand govt to pass UCC bill in special assembly session
The Uttarakhand government is expected to pass the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill on February 5 and has therefore convened a special one-day session in the state Assembly to discuss the bill. The five-member committee, led by former Supreme Court judge, Ju...
Sarma claims Rahul Gandhi uses ‘body-double’ in Yatra
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday continued to target the Congress party calling it “soft naxal”, which has moved away from the Gandhian philosophy. “I was with the Congress for 22 years. Slogans have changed. Congress slogans used to b...
Maratha quota activist in Mumbai outskirts with thousands
Maratha quota leader Manoj Jarange Friday reached Navi Mumbai with thousands of supporters to push for reservations for the Maratha community. Jarange and other Maratha activists reached the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) on the outskirts of...
Nitish Kumar’s 4th political ‘palti’ in 10 years
For months, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had aimed to become the face of the INDIA bloc as its convener. But it is the dilly-dallying by the Congress over the same and a perceived ‘insult’ of Kumar at the last INDIA meeting that may have proved to be...
Kharge reaches out to Mamata after TMC decides to go alone
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a bid to “find a way forward” a day after she announced the Trinamool Congress (TMC) would go alone in the Lok Sabha polls, senior Congress leader Jai...