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Shatrughan Sinha says united opposition can work miracle
Trinamool Congress MP Shatrughan Sinha on Friday said that a united opposition could work a “miracle” in next year’s Lok Sabha polls. Sinha, who is on a trip to his home town Patna, told journalists that he was sanguine about the opposition parties’ meet...
BJP copies Cong guarantees to rain ‘freebies’ in MP
It is a promise of Rs 1,000 per month versus Rs 1,500 per month and an LPG cylinder for Rs 500 – the ruling BJP and the Congress are going all out to woo women voters in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Last month, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath promised the...
Cong spikes reports of Sachin Pilot floating own party
The Congress on Friday dismissed as rumours reports that its leader Sachin Pilot may announce his own party on his father Rajesh Pilot’s death anniversary and asserted it will contest Rajasthan’s assembly polls unitedly, even as sources close to him said...
AIADMK backs DMK in tussle with Governor Ravi
In its ongoing tussle with Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi, the ruling DMK got support from an unlikely quarter – political rival AIADMK also criticised Ravi’s interference in government work. On Thursday, former AIADMK minister Sellur Raju hit out at the gov...
Cong hits back at Jaishankar over Rahul Gandhi remarks
Congress on Thursday hit back at External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on his criticism of Rahul Gandhi for his remarks made in the US recently, saying it was Gandhi who gave him a ministerial position. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took to Twitter...
BJP questions ‘Mohabbat Ki Dukaan’ in Gandhi family
Slamming Rahul Gandhi for criticising India abroad and his “mohabbat ki dukan” pitch to target the ruling saffron party, three BJP MPs on Thursday wrote a hard-hitting letter to the Congress leader and accused him of insulting the country in the United St...
Cong pulls up K’taka minister for cow slaughter remark
The Congress high command on Thursday reprimanded Karnataka Animal Husbandry Minister K Venkatesh for his views on the “anti-cow slaughter” law in the state and asked him to stay “within his limits”. Venkatesh on Saturday had indicated that the Congress g...
Kejriwal seeks ‘one chance’ to AAP from people of Haryana
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday appealed to people of Haryana to give one chance to his party in the next year’s assembly polls in the state, promising to give better education and healthcare facilities. The Delhi chief minister, accompa...
Akhilesh pledges SP support to Kejriwal on ordinance issue
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday assured his party’s support to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against the Centre’s ordinance on control of services in the national capital. The SP chief’s remarks came after Kejriwal met him here am...
Pawar says even small issues being given religious colour
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday claimed “religious colour” was being given to some small issues in Maharashtra and the ruling parties are encouraging such things, which he said is a cause of concern. Pawar’s remarks ca...
Shekhawat blasts Gehlot for obsession with saving ‘kursi’
Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday highlighted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s achievements and targeted Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, saying his prime focus was on saving his “kursi” (chair) while the state wa...
Chargesheet without arrest is ‘compromise’ in wrestlers case
Two meetings in four days – one by union home minister Amit Shah and a “follow-up” by sports minister Anurag Thakur – and the promise of a chargesheet rather than immediate arrest: this is how the government brought protesting wrestlers on board for a “co...
Deve Gowda not sure about success of opposition alliance
JDS Supremo H D Deve Gowda on Tuesday said he could not tell which party was communal and which was not, as he did not sound very optimistic about the ongoing efforts to forge an anti-BJP front nationally, ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The former PM...
Pilot camp says issue is of principles and not about posts
Leaders close to rebel Rajasthan Congress leader Rajesh Pilot said he has taken a “principled position” and it is not about posts. The issues of corruption and paper leaks are his top priority, they added. “He (Pilot) is waiting for a response from the pa...
Sam Pitroda gives ammunition to BJP with temple remark
Senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda has courted controversy over his remark that “temples are not going to create jobs”, drawing fire from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Pitroda, who accompanied Rahul Gandhi during his US trip, alleged that Prime Minist...