NEW DELHI: The countdown for the high-stakes assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand has begun with the Election Commission on Tuesday announcing dates for voting in the two states. While Maharashtra will vote on November 20, Jharkhand will see two-phase polling on November 13 and 20. The results for both the states will be out…
In a bid to stop ethnic violence in Manipur, around 20 MLAs belonging to the warring Meitei and Kuki communities of Manipur met in New Delhi on Tuesday for the first time since ethnic violence broke out in the northeastern state 17 months ago. The meeting which was part of efforts to iron out differences…
RANCHI: Enforcement Directorate on Monday carried out raids at 23 locations across Ranchi and Chaibasa districts of poll-bound Jharkhand, targeting the relatives of a minister in the Hemant Soren cabinet and an IAS officer, among several others.ED did not issue any official statement on the raids, but sources in the agency said the searches were…
Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) NEW DELHI: Encouraged by the decision of the family of Mallikarjun Kharge to return five acres of state-owned land in Bengaluru allotted to it, BJP on Monday went on the offensive against the Congress chief by demanding his resignation, while also alleging that the controversial deal is yet another confirmation of…
NEW DELHI: Is the Congress on the backfoot over another land-related controversy? The decision of Rahul Kharge, son of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, to withdraw the request for allotment of five acres of land in Bengaluru, has put the spotlight back on the grand-old-party’s land troubles. The BJP has been quick to take swipes at…
NEW DELHI: Continuous electoral setbacks for Congress have left its chief Mallikarjun Kharge ideologically bankrupt, BJP president J P Nadda said on Sunday, claiming that the opposition party’s “terrorists” barb at his party was born out of its desperation to protect its “failed product”, a subtle jibe at Rahul Gandhi.India’s oldest party has come to…
NEW DELHI: Incumbent Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini is set to continue in his post, and his election as BJP‘s legislature party representative for the state also seems certain, sources said. This comes as Saini’s leadership has been endorsed by PM Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah, who have acknowledged his role in…
JAMMU: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal offered support and advice Sunday to National Conference’s Omar Abdullah on “how to run a half-state“, suggesting that J&K’s first elected CM since it became a Union territory would soon realise how different his second stint was going to be compared to when he helmed the erstwhile state 15 years…
NEW DELHI: Following the shooting death of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique near his son’s office in Mumbai’s Bandra on Saturday, a political clash has erupted between the BJP and opposition parties.While the BJP-led Maharashtra government has urged against ‘politicising’ the incident, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, criticized…
Pralhad Joshi and Mallikarjun Kharge (R) NEW DELHI: Union minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday responded to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge‘s “terrorist party” remarks about the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Joshi highlighted past terror incidents during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rule, accusing Congress of being lenient on terror convicts.Joshi attacked the grand old party for…
