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Idea of simultaneous polls undemocractic, says Kharge
Calling the idea of holding simultaneous elections as ‘undemocratic’ and against the guarantees of federalism and the basic structure of the Constitution, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge demanded dissolution of the high-powered committee formed to study...
Fresh ED summons to Lalu Prasad, son in land scam
The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his son and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav to appear for questioning at its Patna office in connection with the alleged railways land-for-jobs money laundering c...
Law Commission report on One Nation One Poll next week
The Law Commission of India is set to submit its report on ‘One Nation, One Poll’ next week. The report would be submitted to the Ministry of Law & Justice and a high-level committee. Confirming the same to CNN-News18, top sources in the Law Commissio...
TMC seeks BJP president’s apology for ‘obscene’ comment against Mamata
Seeking an apology from the BJP, the ruling TMC in West Bengal said that the “obscene comments” made by the opposition party’s state president Sukanta Majumdar against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee showed its “chauvinistic mindset”. The TMC’s reaction wa...
BJP calls Lalu kin’s attack against official return of jungle raj
Former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s relatives allegedly attacked a government officer in Patna’s Rupaspur. Arvind Kumar Singh, who is an executive officer posted in Gaya, suffered a critical head injury after he was attacked with a rod by the...
Ram Temple event 50-year political project of BJP-RSS, alleges Cong
The Congress on Thursday slammed the BJP and the RSS for politicising the Ram temple consecration ceremony and alleged that it is a 50-year-old political project of the saffron camp. Addressing a press conference at Puthinadi in Jorhat district, Congress...
Assam police files case against Rahul’s Cong Nyay Yatra
In a big blow to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ on its very first day in Assam, the state police of Jorhat district on Thursday registered a Suo moto case against the organisers of the rally for violating government guidelines regarding the yatra...
RSS counters INDIA Bloc claims on Ram Mandir event
To counter the Opposition narrative on the Pran Pratishtha ceremony as a “political” event, the RSS, its affiliates, like-minded intellectuals, authors and academics have come up with their literature and started social media campaigns “based on their res...
Akhilesh to stay off Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in UP
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said he is “unlikely” to join Congress’ “Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra” led by Rahul Gandhi. When asked about this at a press conference at the party office here, Yadav said, “Neither the Congress nor the BJP inv...
Rahul explains Cong ‘difficulty’ in attending Pran Pratistha
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday strongly defended the party’s decision to not attend the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22 saying the event has been made into a “Narendra Modi and RSS-BJP function” with an “election...
Sashi Tharoor predicts BJP will emerge as single-largest party
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday predicted that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will emerge as the single-largest party in the upcoming Lok Sabha 2024 elections. He, however, said the BJP can be stopped from achieving the feat by significantly bringin...
Kejriwal may skip even ED’s 4th summons
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener, Arvind Kejriwal, is set to leave for a three-day visit to Goa on Thursday (January 18), the same day he has been asked to present himself for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED)...
Shilanyas was performed during Rajiv Gandhi tenure, reminds Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday invoked a controversy saying that the ‘Shilanyas’ for the Ram temple at Ayodhya was conducted when Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of the country. He further accused the BJP and RSS of doi...
Assam CM blames Rahul for making Ayodhya event political
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the inaugural function of Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir has become political due to Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi’s anti-Hindu stand. Addressing the media, CM Sarma said that inauguration of the temple...
Rahul says INDIA seat sharing issues will be resolved
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi expressed confidence on Tuesday that the seat-sharing issues among the INDIA bloc partners will be resolved and claimed that the coalition will defeat the BJP in this year’s Lok Sabha polls. He also said there is mutual respec...