The Election Commission on Sunday asked the BJP candidate for the November 3 Munugode Assembly by-poll, K. Rajagopal Reddy, to give an explanation for the recent transfer of funds from his family-owned company to 23 people and companies located in the constituency. In its letter to Reddy, the EC saidRead More →
Political strategist Prashant Kishor claimed on Wednesday that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is in touch with the BJP and that he may go for a tie-up with the party again if situation demands so, a suggestion dismissed by the JD(U) as misleading and aimed at spreading confusion. Kishor, whoRead More →
Stating that the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh only took from the people in its five year rule rather than giving, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Friday promised to restore the old pension scheme and create “one lakh jobs in the very first cabinet meeting” if the party isRead More →
IN THE first such interaction after the controversial remarks on the Prophet by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will meet the senior leadership of Saudi Arabia over the next two days during his three-day visit to the kingdom. This is also Jaishankar’s first official tripRead More →
THE BJP government at the Centre has turned investigative agencies into instruments for “political revenge” in the past eight years, RJD leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said on Wednesday. He said the RJD has nothing against officers of the CBI but was opposed to the use ofRead More →
There’s something about Nitish Kumar and the number 7. As Chief Minister, he has been staying at 7, Circular Road, while using 1, Anne Marg, the official CM residence, as his office. Now, with Nitish severing his five-year-old alliance with the BJP and walking over to the Mahagathbandhan camp, manyRead More →
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath slammed the Congress for protesting on August 5. “Congress chose this day for protest and wore black clothes on Friday because they want to give a subtle message to further promote their appeasement politics. Because on this dayRead More →
“Azam Khan ke gadh mei kamal khilaye hain (we have got the lotus to bloom in Azam Khan’s bastion),” says Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi. The BJP candidate from Rampur is celebrating his bypoll victory at his farmhouse, filled with party workers chanting his name.The victory is doubly sweet for Lodhi —Read More →
WITH PRIME Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin listening, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday said the world “must abandon Cold War mentality” and “bloc confrontation” — and “oppose unilateral sanctions and abuse of sanctions”. Xi’s references to the Cold War and blocs at the annual summit ofRead More →
New Delhi faced a chorus of diplomatic outrage from Gulf countries and the ruling BJP Sunday cracked down on two of its leaders over their derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet. While Qatar, Kuwait and Iran summoned India’s ambassadors to their countries, calls emerged on social media across severalRead More →
