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Shah predicts 300+seats for BJP in 2024 LS polls
The BJP will win more than 300 seats in the upcoming general elections and Narendra Modi would secure a third consecutive term as the Prime Minister, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday. Launching a scathing attack on Congress, he said the gran...
Cong dares Modi to bring back Nirav, Lalit Modis
Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was accorded a warm welcome on his return from a three-nation tour, the Congress on Thursday said it will stand at the airport for a reception of the prime minister when the government brings back fugitive offenders...
Prasad attributes boycott to intolerance towards Modi
The BJP on Thursday alleged that the opposition parties have decided to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi just because it has been built at his initiative. Senior BJP leader and former Union minister R...
Sitharaman appeals to Opposition to rethink on boycott
Asserting that power transfers never happen merely at the shake of hands, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday appealed to opposition parties to reconsider their decision to boycott the dedication of the new Parliament building scheduled on May...
Cong stand on Delhi ordinance depends on Punjab unit
A day after the Punjab unit urged the Congress High Command to consult state units before deciding on support for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the Delhi ordinance issue, the senior leadership has sought a report from the state unit on the cases registered aga...
AAP slams Cong ‘politics of convenience’ on ordinance
Senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday lashed out at the leadership of Congress’ Delhi unit accusing them of doing “politics of convenience” on the issue of the Centre’s ordinance on the Delhi services matter. Addressing a press conference here,...
Cape Cobra Under Pilot’s Seat Is Not Uncommon
By Girish Linganna Only about a month ago, on Monday, April 4 this year, a South African pilot named Rudolf Erasmus gathered applause from aviation experts for safely making an emergency landing after an extremely venomous Cape Cobra reared its head in th...
Kerala LDF Govt Makes Big Developmental Strides
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government headed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, which has just completed two years of its tenure, has taken big strides on the development front. The most significant achievement...
52 Years After Army Massacre Of Bengalees, Pakistan Yet To Apologise
By Ashis Biswas Long nurtured international prejudices die hard, if at all: However, the unrelenting Bangladeshi diplomatic initiative of recent years, seeking global condemnation of the Pak –sponsored mass slaughter of innocent Bengali civilian populatio...
Why Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi Adamant On Inaugurating New Parliament Building?
By Sushil Kutty Twenty opposition parties will boycott the new Parliament building unveiling. They don’t want the honourable Prime Minister act the ‘Inauguration Minister’, which is a boringly familiar sight ever since 2014. Prime Minister Narendra Modiji...
New Karnataka govt to review bad Bommai ministry orders
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday said the orders and legislations enforced under the previous BJP regime like school textbook revision and anti-conversion laws, which are against the state’s interest, would be revised or withdrawn by the new...
Adhir Ranjan defends ‘Pagla Modi’ remark over Rs 2K note
Defending his ‘Pagla Modi’ comment, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury issued a clarification and said that he was just saying what the “sentiments” of public is and was just conveying how the people are reacting to PM’s decision of withdrawing Rs 200...
AAP to launch poll campaigns in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, MP
The Aam Aadmi Party will soon launch its poll campaign in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh where assembly elections are due later this year. Party sources said the poll campaigns will start with a “maha rally” in each of the three states. Delhi...
Shivakumar camp upset over denial of tenure sharing
Day after senior Congress leader M B Patil claimed that the chief ministership wouldn’t be split, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s deputy DK Shivakumar gave a crisp and straight response: “let people say whatever they want”. “There is an AICC general secretary...
More parties joining boycott of parliament building opening
The Trinamool Congress (TMC), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and Communist Party of India (Marxist) have announced to boycott the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28. Congress is also likely to join the b...