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SC to hear CBI plea for Lalu bail cancellation
In a fresh trouble for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea moved by the CBI seeking cancellation of bail granted to him in the Doranda treasury case in which he has been sentenced to five...
SAD promises to terminate all river water-sharing pacts
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has announced that if his party comes to power in Punjab in 2027, it will terminate all river water-sharing agreements with any state. “The Shiromani Akali Dal, on coming to power in 2027, will terminate a...
Privileges panel to hear Adhir Ranjan before decision
The privileges committee of Lok Sabha met on Friday to discuss the suspension of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. The panel will meet again to take the issue further when the suspended MP may also be asked to make an appearance, sources said. Accor...
UP Cong chief claims Rahul to return to Amethi
Like 2019, Amethi could be the big fight in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, too, with Congress’s Rahul Gandhi against Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Smriti Irani. According to newly appointed state Congress president Ajay Rai, Gandhi will contest from Ameth...
K’taka govt accused of mixing Cauvery water with INDIA Bloc
Taking strong exception to the Karnataka government’s decision to release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, opposition BJP and JD(S) have accused the Congress dispensation of ’betraying’ the people of the state and its farmers for the sake of politics an...
Modi worried about formation of Opposition Bloc: Nitish
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “worried” over the formation of the opposition bloc INDIA, the performance of which will be “excellent” in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The JD(U) leader made the remark wh...
Sharad Pawar accuses BJP of breaking state govts
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday accused the BJP of breaking duly elected governments in various states, even as the ruling party spoke of providing a stable government. “You talk of providing a stable government but break d...
Sakhu blames ‘Bihari architects’ for Shimla havoc
As monsoon wreaks havoc in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sakhu stoked controversy over a remark in which he blamed “Bihari architects” for faulty constructions in the hill state. The opposition BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hit out at...
Mann skips Governor’s ‘At Home’ on I-Day
The war of words between Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann seems not just relegated to being acerbic but at times laced with fun and sarcasm. The latest salvo laced with humour has been unleashed by the Governor. In the...
BJP panel identifies 125 ‘vulnerable’ seats in MP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the leaders of BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) held separate meetings with party leaders from poll-bound Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, during which strategy to strengthen the party on weaker A...
Chavan refuses to believe Sharad Pawar denial
The meeting between Nationalist Congress Party’s Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar has stirred up quite a controversy with several political leaders, including former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, thinking that BJP-ruled Centre is mulling a key...
Cong worried about `secret meetings’ between Pawars
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Tuesday said it was a matter of concern for his party that NCP chief Sharad Pawar and state deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar were meeting secretly. Sharad Pawar is part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance of Shi...
Stalin to boycott Governor’s I-Day tea party
Staunchly denouncing Governor R N Ravi’s pro-NEET stand, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday said his government would boycott the tea party to be hosted by him on Independence Day. Two days ago, Ravi had said that he would never give assent to the Tamil...
Privilege panel to probe Chowdhury’s ‘misconduct’
The Privileges Committee of the Lok Sabha will probe on Friday the complaint of misconduct against Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who was suspended from the lower house last week. The committee, chaired by BJP member Sunil Kumar Singh, is set to...
Naidu writes to Murmu, Modi citing ‘unsound mind’ of CM
Pointing out the “lawlessness” prevailing in Andhra Pradesh, former chief minister and TDP supremo, Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday sought the interference of President Droupadi Murmu, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring back things to order. In se...