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…
KOZHIKODE: A statement purportedly misattributed to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan about smuggled gold and hawala money entering the state’s predominantly Muslim Malappuram district for “anti-national” activities snowballed on Wednesday into a full-blown political slugfest, with Congress alleging that narratives usually spun by the Sangh Parivar were now coming out of the Left’s mouth.Vijayan’s clarification on…
BENGALURU: Amid growing speculation in Karnataka over Siddaramaiah‘s tenure as CM, senior ministers G Parameshwara, HC Mahadevappa, and Satish Jarkiholi met late Tuesday night, a gathering that has sparked speculation that these ministers could be lobbying for the top post.The meeting, which lasted for two hours at Mahadevappa’s official residence, was their third in the…
Several opposition leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Arvind Kejriwal, strongly criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for detaining environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk and approximately 150 volunteers.While Kharge described the action against Wangchuk as “cowardly” and “undemocratic,” Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that the BJP would not gain anything from it.Wangchuk and his…
NEW DELHI: Three senior ministers on Monday hit out at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his comment that he would not die before PM Narendra Modi was removed from office and said Modi was not PM at Congress’s suffering.After a bout of dizziness while addressing a poll rally in Kathua in J&K on Sunday, Kharge…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday expelled 10 leaders from the party for 6 years for indulging in anti-party activities.“The disciplinary committee of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), with the approval of the Hon’ble Congress president, has expelled the following individuals from the party for a period of six years due to anti-party activities,” the…
Amit Shah takes a jab at Mallikarjun Kharge after the Congress president fell ill on stage in J&K. NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday took a swipe at Mallikarjun Kharge over his ‘won’t die till PM Modi removed from power’ remark made after the Congress president got sick while making a speech…
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh (file photo) CHANDIGARH: Rape-murder convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim‘s latest plea for 20 days of parole, less than a month after he returned to Rohtak’s Sunaria Jail after a 21-day furlough, has led Haryana‘s chief electoral officer Pankaj Aggarwal to ask state govt to explain what “compelling” circumstances,…
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh (file photo) CHANDIGARH: Rape-murder convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim‘s latest plea for 20 days of parole, less than a month after he returned to Rohtak’s Sunaria Jail after a 21-day furlough, has led Haryana‘s chief electoral officer Pankaj Aggarwal to ask state govt to explain what “compelling” circumstances,…
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Campaigning for the final phase of polling in the three-set J&K assembly elections ended peacefully at 6pm Sunday, marking the start of the mandatory 48-hour silent period before voting on October 1. This round will cover 40 assembly segments across seven districts: Jammu, Udhampur, Samba, and Kathua in Jammu region, and Baramulla, Bandipora, and…
