NEW DELHI: An FIR has been lodged against Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad for making inflammatory remarks against Congress MP and Lok Sabha Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi. Gaikwad allegedly offered a bounty of Rs 11 lakh to anyone who would “chop off the tongue” of Gandhi.The case was registered at the Buldana City Police Station…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday declared that there will be no trade or talks with Pakistan until complete normalcy is restored in Jammu and Kashmir. Shah, during an election rally in J&K’s Ramban, launched a scathing attack on opposition parties National Conference (NC) and Congress, accusing them of fostering terrorism in…
NEW DELHI: The assessment of top BJP politicians that established parties in Jammu and Kashmir, including Congress, will have no role in government formation is based on the possibility of a good performance by seven local parties and 32 Independents in the fray, who are said to be strongly placed.Sources said Independents and local parties…
NEW DELHI: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government is determined to continue its agenda from 2014, despite its reduced numbers in the 2024 Parliamentary elections, according to top sources. The government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has delivered on key promises such as constructing the Ram temple in Ayodhya, abolishing Article 370 in Jammu…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Punjab Partap Singh Bajwa said that it was disturbing for a minister to exhibit such a lack of understanding of constitutional principles while reacting to the recent controversial statements made by Union minister and BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.“His derogatory remarks demonstrate not only…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government comparing its leadership with that of the British rule, saying that even the Britishers could not have anticipated a ruler more oppressive than them. The remarks came in as Kejriwal recalled the restrictions put upon him while he was…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Sunday took a jab at the BJP over Union minister Nitin Gadkari‘s recent claim that an opposition leader had offered to support him for the Prime Minister’s post ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, stating that the senior BJP leader was “using the excuse of…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s scheduled roadshow in Jamshedpur on Sunday has been cancelled due to heavy and continuous rainfall. Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Babulal Marandi announced the cancellation on Twitter. Marandi said, “Due to continuous and heavy rains in Jamshedpur, the roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the city today…
NEW DELHI: For the Haryana elections, Congress has allocated 12 tickets to Jatavs and aligned sub-castes within the Dalit community, and five to non-Jatavs, showing its continuing reliance on the dominant Scheduled Caste community as its support base, in line with its lukewarm response to the debate on sub-categorisation.But the in-office BJP, according to an…
SRINAGAR: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charges on Saturday that three families had ruined Jammu and Kashmir, saying BJP seemed to have no problem allying with these three when it needed them,“If BJP gets less numbers after elections, and if PDP gives it support, BJP will find no fault…
