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Rahul’s Nyay Yatra enters Bengal
As the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered West Bengal on Thursday, the Assam Police have transferred the case registered against the Congress scion and others over clashes on the outskirts of Guwahati to the Criminal Investigation Department...
BJP poll video featuring Modi and Ram Mandir, G20
Featuring the Ram Mandir, G20, the Centre’s success on the economy and infrastructure front, Chandrayaan-3 and sports medals, the BJP on Thursday launched the video for its 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign theme centred around Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Karnataka Ex-CM Shettar returns to BJP
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who joined the Congress last year before Karnataka assembly election, rejoins the Bharatiya Janata Party. The 68-year-old Shettar, a staunch RSS man and a senior BJP leader, switched to Congress after he w...
Mamata Banerjee injured in car accident
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee suffered injury after her car halted suddenly to avoid a collision with a vehicle. The chief minister said she could have died in the accident and added that the law will take its course. Narrating how the accident took plac...
FIR against Rahul, other Cong leaders in Assam
The Congress’ Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra was fraught with confrontation between the party workers and the Assam government on Tuesday, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directing Director General of Police G P Singh to register a case against Rahul Gand...
Dalits stop BJP MP at source of ‘Krishna shila’ for Ram idol
Minutes before the ‘pran pratishtha’ in Ayodhya, a group of Dalits blocked BJP MP Pratap Simha from entering Gujjegoudanapura village in Karnataka’s Mysuru from where the ‘Krishna shila’, or black stone, used to carve the idol was sourced. The MP had no c...
ED summons Soren again to record statement in PMLA case
The Enforcement Directorate has issued a fresh summons to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and asked him to again record his statement in a money laundering case between January 27 and 31, official sources said on Monday. The central agency recorded...
Rahul accuses BJP, RSS of attacking country’s foundations
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the BJP and RSS were attacking the foundations of the country, while asserting the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra was undertaken to protect the idea of India. The idea that people of all faiths should live harmo...
AAP holds havan across UP to mark Ayodhya consecration
Aam Aadmi Party on Monday said it held havan programmes across Uttar Pradesh to mark the consecration of Ram Lalla’s idol at the temple in Ayodhya. AAP’s state chief Sabhajit Singh participated in an event in Noida and performed havan along with local lea...
Mamata says BJP will sell country for votes in Ram’s name
On the day of ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony at the new Ram temple in Ayodhya, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of “saffronising everything”. “Ramakrishna will remain but some people will sell the country for votes,” the TMC chief sa...
Storm over Rahul visit to Assamese icon’s birthplace
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should avoid visiting the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardeva at Batadrava on January 22, as there can be no competition between Lord Ram and the medieval age Vaishnav sain...
DMK denies ban on live streaming of ‘pran pratishta’ event
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday rained down on the Tamil Nadu government over reports of its decision to ban live streaming of the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony at the new Ram temple on January 22. Sharing a newspaper report that claimed...
Rahul claims a Cong PM would have controlled Manipur violence
If there was a prime minister of the Congress, the violence in Manipur would have been controlled by the fourth day, party leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Sunday. Addressing a rally as part of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam’s Nagaon district, he claim...
Rahul accuses BJP of dividing country on basis of religion
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP of “dividing the country in the name of caste, creed and religion”, asserting that his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, which entered Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday, was aimed at uniting the people. While interacting w...
Mamata call to leaders signals problems with INDIA adjustments
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has asked Murshidabad leaders to start preparing for three seats in the district, which has three Lok Sabha constituencies – Jangipur, Baharampur and Murshidabad – and two constituencies in South Maldah. Of these,...