NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a scathing attack on Tuesday against the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) and accused them of shielding criminals and displaying insensitivity toward victims of serious crimes in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP’s criticisms came in response to allegations involving party members in two separate incidents of sexual…
NEW DELHI: Amid a political slugfest over the latest Hindenburg report, Dalal Street discounted the short-seller’s charges against Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch and their alleged links with the Adani probe, closing 57 points lower in volatile trade.Unlike Jan 2023, when the report on Adani group severely eroded the conglomerate’s…
NEW DELHI: Senior BJP netas have held detailed consultations on the party’s future course and who should succeed J P Nadda whose extended tenure as president has also ended.Although details of the five-hour meeting held at the residence of defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday were not available, sources said there was a thorough discussion…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday hit back with a cricketing analogy of its own, a day after Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi‘s “umpire is compromised” remark against the Centre following the new Hindenburg Research report which has claimed that Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch had stakes in “obscure offshore entities” that are allegedly involved…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday accused the Congress of engaging in “chit politics” following the Congress’ demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee to investigate the recent Hindenburg research report. The report claimed that Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch had stakes in “obscure offshore entities” allegedly involved in the Adani money siphoning…
NEW DELHI: Almost a week after the Supreme Court allowed the states to have sub-groups within 15% scheduled caste quota, Congress questioned the judgement saying that how could one “apply a creamy layer when there is so much backlog?” It further said that the central government should have nullified the apex court’s ruling.The grand old…
A rift in the Maha Vikas Aghadi surfaced over selecting a CM candidate for the assembly elections, with Congress backing the largest party’s choice post-election and Shiv Sena proposing a pre-election candidate, hinting at Uddhav Thackeray MUMBAI: A tiff broke out in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Friday on the issue of having a…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anurag Thakur called out LoP Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party for their silence on the atrocities against Hindus and other minority communities in Bangladesh while expressing concern over Gaza. “It is unfortunate that the Leader of Opposition extended congratulations to the interim government (of Bangladesh) but did…
NEW DELHI: “Not running away from discussion or scrutiny” were the words of minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday as he referred the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to a joint Parliamentary committee for further discussion.The Bill was tabled in Lok Sabha with the aim to amend the Waqf Act, 1995, to address the 2013…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday said that jailed chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to lieutenant governor V K Saxena, stating that cabinet minister Atishi will hoist the national flag on his behalf at the Delhi government’s Independence Day function, PTI reported. However, the LG office denied receiving any such communication.The Bharatiya…
