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- India
After Modi’s remarks on Muslims, EC asks BJP, Congress to maintain decorum
New Delhi: The Election Commission Wednesday came down heavily on ruling BJP and opposition Congress, asking them to desist from campaigning along caste, community, language, and religious lines. Noting that the country’s…
- India
JPC to probe ‘Adani scam’ after INDIA bloc comes to power: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday attacked the Modi government over a media report that claimed that the Adani Group passed off low-quality coal as far more expensive cleaner fuel in transactions…
- India
BJP-led central govt hell-bent on changing Constitution: Priyanka
Godda: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday alleged that the BJP-led central government was hell-bent on changing the Constitution, and it has weakened institutions like Parliament and judiciary in the last…
- India
Rajnath takes potshots at Pak’s praise for Rahul
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday took potshots at the former Pakistan minister’s admiration for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said that the neighbouring country will soon find it difficult…
- India
Pune Porsche crash: Fadnavis slams Rahul Gandhi’s attempts to ‘politicise’ tragedy
Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his statement on the Pune Porsche crash case. Speaking to media persons here, Fadnavis said…
- Telangana
Sonia Gandhi to unveil Telangana anthem on formation day
Hyderabad: The state government is set to release the official anthem for Telangana on June 2, in celebration of Telangana Formation Day. The anthem, titled “Jaya Jaya Hey Telangana,” was written by…
- India
UP CM attacks Congress over inheritance tax issue, says it’s ‘similar to Aurangzeb’s jizya’
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday attacked the Congress over the inheritance tax issue and claimed that it was “similar to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s ‘jizya’ that was imposed to…
- India
Congress worked as broker of defence deals: Anurag Thakur
Hamirpur: Union minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday slammed the Congress and said that the opposition party had been a “broker” of defence deals since Independence. Thakur, who is the BJP candidate from…
- Bangalore
Congress in Karnataka came to power under my leadership, says Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday, May 21, said that the Congress government came to power in Karnataka under his leadership. “In my four-year term as the President of…
- Telangana
LS polls: Will BJP continue to increase presence in Telangana?
(With contributions from Veena Nair) Hyderabad: Though the Congress won the Telangana Assembly elections last year, beating the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), it was in fact the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that…
- India
One arrested for throwing ink at Congress LS candidate Kanhaiya Kumar in Delhi
New Delhi: Delhi Police have arrested a 41-year-old man after ink was thrown at Kanhaiya Kumar, the Congress’s Lok Sabha candidate from Northeast Delhi, police said. The accused was identified as Ajay…
- India
INDIA bloc communal, casteist and dynastic: PM Modi
Maharajganj/Motihari: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday alleged that the INDIA bloc was communal, casteist and dynastic, and all constituents of the alliance displayed these evils to a “severe” degree, “cent per…
- India
PM Modi should quit public life for indulging in Hindu-Muslim: Kharge
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi should walk the talk and quit public life for indulging in Hindu-Muslim rhetoric everyday and “fostering hatred” in society, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has said. In…
- India
Rajiv left numerous legacies like 1991 manifesto: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s political life was very short but “hugely impactful” and he left behind numerous legacies, including the 1991 manifesto which promised liberalisation, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh…
- India
‘Lord Jagannath a Modi bhakt’: BJP’s Sambit Patra sparks row; Congress seeks apology
The national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sambit Patra sparked a controversy after referring to Lord Jagannath as a devotee of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The statement that Patra made…
