Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin (File photo) NEW DELHI: Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu are nearly a year away, but it seems chief minister MK Stalin has already managed to set the agenda for the polls by latching on to some of the key issues raised by the BJP.When Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan asked…
Shivraj Singh Chouhan (left), and Kalyan Banerjee NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday accused Union agriculture and rural development minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of working for the wealthy and acting as a “dalal (broker) for the rich”. He criticized the Union government for not releasing central funds to West Bengal under schemes…
LUCKNOW/PATNA: While southern states, led by the DMK, have come together to strongly oppose the central govt’s proposed delimitation exercise, the India bloc in Hindi-speaking states appears to be divided lot. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has said he is ‘with the people of Tamil Nadu’ over the issue, while the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has…
Ravi Shankar Prasad and Rahul Gandhi (R) NEW DELHI: BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday targeted Lok Sabha’s leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of “disregarding” the merit system and questioning his qualifications for the role.His remarks come in the wake of Gandhi’s statement calling India’s merit system a “flawed” concept during a…
CHENNAI: The Delimitation Commission will be the final authority to decide the basis of delimitation, according to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The commission will have the ultimate say in the matter, the finance minister said in an interaction with journalists in Chennai on Saturday.“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah clarified…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party national vice-president Baijayant Jay Panda on Friday shared a selfie with Congress leader Shashi Tharoor from a flight on social media.However, what caught the attention was the BJP leader’s quirky caption, “My friend & fellow traveler called me mischievous for saying that we seem to be finally travelling in the…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday dismissed speculation about his closeness to the BJP, saying, “he is not the one who starts one game and ends up playing another.” Speaking in the J-K Assembly, Abdullah said, “We are not those who start somewhere else and then end up playing another…
NEW DELHI: Shashi Tharoor‘s recent praise for the Modi government for its stance on the Russia-Ukraine war gave new ammunition to the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday which taunted Congress on Wednesday saying the Prime Minister “needs new haters” as “old ones are turning into his fans”.BJP IT head Amit Malviya took to twitter to…
KALYAN/MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis Monday warned that his government would take action if any attempt was made to glorify Aurangzeb in the state even as there was an uproar in the legislative assembly and council over PCC chief Harshvardhan Sapkal‘s statement comparing the chief minister to the Mughal emperor.After inaugurating the Shaktipeeth temple…
NEW DELHI: Is Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who has been a very strong critic of political dynasts, preparing ground for his son Nishant Kumar‘s plunge into politics? For years, dynasty politics has been one of the strongest weapons used by Nitish to attack his rival Lalu Prasad, who promoted his wife, sons and daughters…
