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No need to specify India as ‘Hindu rashtra’, says Nath
Senior Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Kamal Nath on Tuesday asked whether it is needed to say separately that India is a “Hindu Rashtra” given the fact that 82 per cent of Hindus live in the country. “World’s largest Hindu population lives in our country....
BJP hand seen behind ‘fake letter’ against Karnataka minister
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday wondered whether the BJP or its “brother” was behind the “fake letter” accusing Agriculture Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy of demanding bribe from officers after the governor asked the government to probe the c...
Shah takes potshots at AAP-Cong alliance
Union Home Minister Amit Shah strongly defended the ‘Delhi Services Bill’ that was passed amidst vigorous parliamentary discourse on Monday. He stated that the legislation aims to make the country corruption-free and it adheres to the directives of the Su...
RJD leader criticises Cong leaders’ presence at Baba’s meet
RJD national vice president Shivanand Tiwary on Monday sought a clarification from the Congress on its top leaders in Madhya Pradesh attending a congregation of controversial godman Dhirendra Shastri alias Bageshwar Baba. Tiwary, a veteran socialist leade...
Modi accuses Opposition of bid to block progress
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday rained down on the Opposition and said, “Khud kuch karenge nahi, Na kisi aur ko karne denge (they will neither do anything for the development of the country by themselves nor let anyone else do anything).” PM Modi m...
Nath invites Chouhan to Cong after 3 BJP leaders defect
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Sunday invited his successor Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to join the Congress party after three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders switched their loyalties to the grand old party. In a sarcasti...
Stalin questions delay in restoration of Rahul’s MP status
DMK president and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday asked why the BJP regime at the Centre has not restored the Lok Sabha membership of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and demanded if it was afraid of him. On his tweeter handle, Stalin said: “Why hasn’t Th...
AAP, Cong whips for Delhi services bill in Rajya Sabha
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has issued a three-line whip to its Rajya Sabha MPs requiring their presence in the Parliament on Monday. The development comes a day before Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to present the controversial Government of Na...
NDA ally withdraws support for Manipur govt
NDA ally Kuki People’s Alliance (KPA) on Sunday withdrew their support from the N Biren Singh-led government in Manipur which is rocked by ethnic violence since May this year. However, the breaking away of KPA from the NDA will not have any effect on the...
Fadnavis: All-round demand for ‘Love Jihad’ laws
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the state government was thinking about introducing a law to curb “love jihad” but will study similar legislations in other states before taking a decision. Love jihad is a term used by...
Karnataka govt launches free power scheme
The Karnataka government on Saturday formally launched the ‘Gruha Jyothi’ scheme, one of the five poll guarantees of the Congress party, which promises to provide up to 200 units of free power to households in the state. Formally launching the scheme by h...
Rahul’s relief adds impetus to Mumbai meet of INDIA Bloc
The third meeting of the opposition INDIA bloc will be held in Mumbai on August 31- September 1 which will be attended by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi from Congress and chief ministers of at least five states. Leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) met in th...
Cong demands restoration of Rahul’s membership
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday said he has sent all documents pertaining to revocation of Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha to the Speaker and his membership should be restored immediately. He said Speaker Om Birla should...
‘Satyamev Jayate’: Cong, Opposition hail SC verdict
As the Supreme Court passed an order to stay the conviction of Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case over his Modi surname remark, several Congress and Opposition leaders on Friday welcomed the verdict and called it a “victory of truth and justice” and a...
BJP slams HP govt for ‘propaganda’ against Centre
Politics over floods continued in Himachal Pradesh even as the hill state, battered by heavy rains, is struggling to limp back to normalcy. A day after chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu sought central assistance to put infrastructure back on track, th...