NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed BJP over the collapse of Shivaji Maharaj’s statue in Kolhapur stating that “their ideology is not right.”After unveiling a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Rahul Gandhi said, “The Congress party today is fighting against the…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Naveen Jindal arrived at a polling station in Kurukshetra on horseback to cast his vote in the Haryana Assembly elections on Saturday. After casting his vote, BJP MP Naveen Jindal said, “There is a lot of enthusiasm among the people. We are very happy that they are casting their votes today…
NEW DELHI: Haryana MLA Balraj Kundu, leader of the Haryana Jan Sevak Party, accused former MLA Anand Singh Dangi of physically assaulting him and his personal assistant. The alleged incident occurred amidst the heated election atmosphere in Meham.In a video statement, Kundu detailed the incident, claiming that Dangi personally attacked him. “Anand Singh Dangi is…
JAMMU: Opposition parties have strongly objected to ruling BJP’s move to ensure that the five nominated MLAs are appointed before the govt is formed in Jammu and Kashmir.With the inclusion of five nominated MLAs, the J&K legislative assembly will expand to 95 members, increasing the majority threshold to 48 seats. Since the Union govt will…
NEW DELHI: Amid the reports of a rift in the Haryana Congress, the Sirsa Lok Sabha MP Kumari Selja has asserted her position as a potential candidate for the chief minister’s post in Haryana, should the Congress emerge victorious in the upcoming assembly elections. In an interview with news agency ANI, Selja said that while…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday reprimanded Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena for ordering the elections of the MCD standing committee members. The top court questioned the LG’s decision to appoint a presiding officer for the polls and raised aspersions over his interference in the democratic process.While hearing Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi’s plea…
CHANDIGARH: Dalit politician Ashok Tanwar’s return to Congress on Thursday is being seen by political analysts as unlikely to benefit the party. However, the timing of his switch, on the same day BJP ran advertisements accusing Congress of being anti-Dalit, has become a talking point.Just hours before his re-entry into Congress, Tanwar had campaigned for…
Kurukshetra: “Dharma-ksetre kuru-ksetre samaveta yuyutsavah mamakah”- the opening verse of the celebrated epic Bhagwad-Gita is written in bold letters at “Jyotisar” temple complex, revered as the exact location where Lord Krishna gave his “discourse” to Arjuna before the battle of Mahabharata.A resident of nearby Bhorsai village, guide Dheer Singh’s knowledge of the temple complex is…
BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: Karnataka health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao‘s remarks on Hindutva ideologue and freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, claiming that Savarkar consumed meat and was not opposed to cow slaughter have sparked outrage across political circles. The controversy erupted on Thursday, a day after Rao’s comments during the launch of the Kannada version of ‘Gandhi’s…
HAZARIBAGH: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave a call to save the ‘roti, beti & maati’ in Jharkhand, accusing the Hemant Soren govt in Jharkhand of engaging in dangerous ‘vote bank’ politics by patronising infiltrators at the cost of the state’s identity and culture.Addressing a public meeting here at the conclusion of BJP‘s parivartan yatra,…
