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- India
Goa: Eight Congress MLAs meet CM Sawant, speculation of party shift
Panaji: Ahead of joining the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday, eight Congress MLAs, including former Goa CM Digambar Kamat and Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo met with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant at…
- India
Hinduism teaches ‘om shanti’, BJP as representative of Hindus creating ‘ashanti’: Rahul
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday again attacked the BJP by questioning how a party which calls itself a representative of Hindus was allegedly spreading ‘ashanti’ in the country when the…
- India
BJP offered MLAs Rs 25 crore to topple Punjab govt, claims AAP
Chandigarh: The ruling AAP in Punjab on Tuesday accused the BJP of offering Rs 20-25 crore each to its MLAs in an attempt to topple the Bhagwant Mann government in the state.…
- India
Pavan Varma meets Nitish but keeps cards close to his chest
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar seems intent on mending fences with estranged former colleagues as part of the spadework for posing a credible challenge to the BJP’s national hegemony. Kumar received…
- Telangana
Centre owes Rs 1.05 lakh crores to Telangana; federal spirit under attack: Harish Rao
Hyderabad: The union government owes Telangana Rs 1,05,812 crore in delayed payments, grants, and compensation, Telangana finance minister T Harish Rao said on Tuesday. “The state government can clear one-third of its…
- India
Giriraj Singh elated over Gyanvapi order, seeks madarsa survey in Bihar too
Patna: Union minister Giriraj Singh on Monday expressed elation over a Varanasi court rejecting a plea questioning the maintainability of a prayer seeking permission for Hindus to pray at the Gyanvapi complex.…
- India
Congress seeks anti-BJP ‘secular alliance’ ahead of Nagaland Assembly polls
Kohima: Opposition Congress in Nagaland is keen to forge a “secular alliance” with like-minded parties before the Assembly elections early next year, its state President K. Therie said on Tuesday. The Congress,…
- India
Bihar min’s reported outbursts on corruption embarrasses Nitish govt
Patna: The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar was left embarrassed on Tuesday over the reported candid admission of rampant corruption by the state’s Minister for Agriculture Sudhakar Singh. Singh, whose remarks at…
- Kolkata
Kolkata: Pitched battles between BJP workers, police; PCR van torched
Howrah: Roads around the 19th century iconic Howrah Station resembled a battleground on Tuesday with brickbats aimed at police personnel flying thick and fast, and drenched protesters hit by water cannons limping…
- India
Dynastic rule seems better than present `autocracy’ in country, says Sena
Mumbai: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday said dynastic rule would seem preferable to the present “autocracy” in the country, as it praised Rahul Gandhi’s `Bharat Jodo Yatra’. The BJP should…
- Kashmir
PDP’s self-rule formula can resolve J&K issue: Mehbooba
Jammu: Accusing the BJP of turning Jammu and Kashmir into a prison, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said her party’s self-rule formula has the potential to resolve the…
- India
Mehbooba dejected by Varanasi Court’s decision in Gyanvapi case
Jammu: The Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday called the Varanasi Court’s decision in the Gyanvapi mosque case a clear violation of the Places of Worship Act and fulfils the…
- India
Chidambaram takes jibe at FM Sitharaman on rise in retail inflation
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday attacked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over retail inflation rising to 7 per cent, saying if she doesn’t see “red” even now, it can…
- India
‘Dream sellers’ won’t win in Gujarat: Amit Shah’s swipe at Kejriwal
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took a veiled swipe at Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and said the people who “sell dreams” will never win in Gujarat, where…
- Kolkata
BJP workers clash with cops during protest march in Bengal, several injured
Kolkata: Parts of Bengal turned into a battlefield on Tuesday as BJP activists clashed with the police during a protest march to the state secretariat. Several police officers and saffron camp members,…