Politics
- India
Success attracts jealously in politics: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Thursday, July 2, that resilience during adversity is the secret for success, adding that in politics someone’s success automatically makes detractors jealous.…
- Sports
Shadow of political conflict robs FIFA WC of joy, sportsmanship
Throughout the course of history, the FIFA World Cup has always carried political undertones. Way back in 1938, it was alleged that dictator Benito Mussolini had used his power to influence the…
- Bangalore
BJP slams Karnataka CM for releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu
Bengaluru: Karnataka Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka has launched a sharp attack on the Congress government, alleging that it is secretly releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu despite the state facing…
- Politics
Kharge, seven newly elected Rajya Sabha MPs take oath
New Delhi: Eight newly-elected MPs of the Rajya Sabha, including Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and BJP leader Tarun Chugh, took oath as members of the Upper House on Monday, June 29. Rajya…
- India
2 UBT MPs join Shinde’s Sena, Fadnavis calls Op Tiger successful
Mumbai: In a setback for Uddhav Thackeray, at least two of six dissident Lok Sabha MPs of the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Sunday, June 21, confirmed their switch to the Eknath Shinde-led…
- Politics
Raut: Rebel Sena MPs given more money, moved to Rajasthan
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday, June 18, claimed that the rebel MPs of his party had been given an additional Rs 10 crore and moved to a safe…
- India
BJP: INDIA alliance exists only ‘on paper and TV screens’
New Delhi: The INDIA bloc is “dead and buried”, existing on paper and TV screens perhaps but not in reality, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Friday, June 5, after the…
- India
Political parties, including TVK, DMK, criticise Guv for portraying Thiruvalluvar in saffron attire
Chennai: Political parties, including ruling TVK and opposition DMK, criticised the Lok Bhavan depicting Tamil poet-philosopher Thiruvalluvar in saffron attire, contrary to the officially recognised image in which he is shown in…
- Bangalore
Governor accepts Siddaramaiah’s resignation, Shivakumar to be next Karnataka CM
Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Friday, May 29, accepted Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s resignation and dissolved the Council of Ministers headed by him, bringing the high-voltage leadership transition in the state to its…
- Featured News
The Congress needs a ‘war room’
Some ideas arrive not as commentary but as diagnosis. Rohit Pajni’s “The Shape of Reality,” published on Substack, diagnoses institutional sclerosis. Pajni’s thesis is devastatingly precise. Organisations that achieve greatness, he argues,…
- India
Cockroach Janta Party founder’s parents say they won’t let him join politics
The meteoric rise of satirical digital outfit Cockroach Janta Party on social media has left the parents of its founder, Abhijeet Dipke, overwhelmed by fears that he could land in trouble or…
- Bangalore
BJP central observers arrive in Bengaluru for state president selection talks
Bengaluru: Political activity within the Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has intensified with the arrival of the first batch of central observers to discuss the appointment of the party’s…
- India
Politics of intimidation, rising communalism in India: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief
New Delhi: The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has expressed serious concern over what it described as “rising communalism”, the “silence” of constitutional institutions and an increasing “politics of intimidation” allegedly directed at Muslims and…
- India
NDA leaders meet Assam Guv at Lok Bhavan, stake claim to form govt
Guwahati: Leaders of the NDA on Sunday, May 10, met Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, and staked claim to form the government in the state led by Chief Minister-elect Himanta Biswa Sarma.…
- India
Bengal Assembly dissolved, Mamata Banerjee maintains CM tag on social media
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee is officially now a “former Chief Minister” of West Bengal, following Governor R.N. Ravi’s announcement of the dissolution of the state Legislative Assembly, which also means the automatic end…
