MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: BJP hit out at the opposition on Wednesday, urging it not to politicise the issue of the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Malvan, while deputy CM Ajit Pawar in Latur apologised “to the 13 crore people of Maharashtra” for the collapse. Congress meanwhile alleged constructions hastily inaugurated by PM…
KOLKATA: Bengal is not Bangladesh, Mamata Banerjee declared on Wednesday amid the worst spell of public unrest in her three stints as CM. She asked PM Narendra Modi “not to play with fire”, suggesting that much of what had happened since the Aug 9 rape-murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar hospital was the…
BHATPARA: Two men were wounded during BJP‘s 12-hour Bengal bandh on Wednesday as unidentified shooters fired at least six rounds at the car of a member of the party’s youth wing at Bhatpara in 24 North Parganas district, about 33km from Kolkata. The bandh was called in protest against the violence in Howrah and Kolkata…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister who often has held the opposition of admiring Jinnah, picked a similar theme on Wednesday to flay the pack coming all-out at the government on a slew of issues. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath accused the opposition of fearmongering and disturbing the “social fabric” by dividing the nation along the…
NEW DELHI: Haryana chief electoral officer (CEO) on Wednesday issued show cause notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Mohan Lal Badoli after the Election Commission of India (ECI) over usage of a child in campaign video. The video was shared on social media platform X by BJP Haryana handle. Using children in election-related…
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called for a 12-hour Bangla Bandh today, August 28, from 6 am to 6 pm, in protest against police brutality towards students rallying for justice in the the RG Kar rape and murder of a trainee doctor. On Tuesday, the student protest turned chaotic, with clashes between the police and…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the BJP of conspiring to obstruct the ongoing investigation into the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.During her address at the TMCP foundation day, Mamata expressed her opposition to BJP’s 12-hour shutdown call in Bengal,…
NEW DELHI: The entry of Champai Soren into BJP is likely to help it counter Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren‘s attempt to polarise tribals against the party in the coming assembly polls.Although BJP boasts of two former tribal CMs Babulal Marandi and Arjun Munda in its ranks, they never got much traction in the ST-dominated Kolhan…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday announced 29 more candidates for the J&K assembly polls, replacing party veteran, former deputy CM Nirmal Singh with Satish Sharma.The exclusion of Singh along with others had sparked protests on Monday, resulting in the list being withdrawn. The party also held its ground over fielding Devender Singh Rana, brother of…
NEW DELHI: The NDA reached the majority mark in Rajya Sabha on its own for the first time since it assumed office in 2014 with BJP winning nine seats and its allies two in bypolls to 12 seats in the latest round. All candidates were elected unopposed.BJP now has 96 seats in the House of…
