NEW DELHI: Department-related standing committees of Parliament were announced on Thursday. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) B Mahtab will now helm the panel on finance. Crucial committees of external affairs will be chaired by Congress‘ Shashi Tharoor and home will be lead by BJP’s Radha Mohan Das Agarwal.BJP’s Radha Mohan Singh will head defence committee,…
NEW DELHI: National Conference, Congress and Jammu and Kashmir‘s People’s Democratic Party are responsible for terrorism spread in the union territory, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday.While addressing a rally in Udhampur, Amit Shah alleged that if NC-Congress alliance come to power then they would impose Pakistan’s agenda.“The whole world is watching these…
JAMMU: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi issued a stern warning to BJP-led Union government Wednesday, vowing that the opposition INDIA bloc will “hit the road and use full force” both inside Parliament and outside if J&K’s statehood is not restored after the ongoing assembly elections. The three-phase elections will wrap up on Oct 1, with votes…
NEW DEHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday landed in trouble once again after he mistakenly called Kashmiri Pandits refugees from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).While addressing a public rally in Jammu, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha said that the promises made to refugees from PoK by former PM Manmohan Singh will be…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka police detained BJP workers on Wednesday as they attempted to surround chief minister Siddaramaiah‘s official residence. The workers demanded Siddaramaiah’s resignation after the high court dismissed his plea against Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot‘s sanction to investigate him in the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment scam.Siddaramaiah has refuted calls for his…
Omar Abdullah (File photo) NEW DELHI: National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah, who is contesting the J&K election from Ganderbal and Budgam assembly seats, gave a stern message to ally Congress over campaigning as he said the party “hasn’t done as much in Jammu“.Omar Abdullah, who is also Farooq Abdullah’s son, said on Wednesday he…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday drew a strong reaction from the opposition parties after she said that the government should bring back the repealed farm laws in the interest of farmers.“I think the losses that farmers have faced should be compensated. It could be controversial, but I believe the losses should be…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday lashed out at Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi over his “secularism was an European concept” comment calling it “outrageous and unacceptable”. Party general secretary Jairam Ramesh called for the sacking of Ravi, calling him a “disgrace.”“This man, who has taken an oath on the Constitution, and who – inspite of…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday defended remarks he made in the US regarding the Sikhs, and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of spreading lies.Taking to X, the Congress leader said that BJP is desperate to silence him and cannot stand the truth.“The BJP has been spreading lies about…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala Congress’ official Twitter account on Friday mocked a wave of identical tweets related to the Tirupati Laddu controversy. The party highlighted the bizarre uniformity of posts from different accounts sharing the same anecdotal experience about the famous temple prasad, captioning it with a cheeky remark: “One Nation, One Mom.”The tweets, which…
