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: Congress on Monday demanded the resignation of Sebi chairperson Madhabi Buch and urged the Supreme Court to transfer the Adani probe to CBI or a special investigation team “given the likelihood of Sebi’s compromise”.Reiterating its demand that a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) be convened without delay to investigate the full extent of the…
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: 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: The political clash between Congress and the BJP intensified on Sunday after US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research levelled allegations against Sebi chairperson Madhabi Buch. The Congress party demanded immediate government action to address potential conflicts of interest in the regulator’s investigation of the Adani Group and called for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to…
NEW DELHI: K Natwar Singh, the former Congress leader known for his varied roles in diplomacy, politics, and literature, passed away on Saturday night at the age of 93. Singh had been battling a prolonged illness and was receiving treatment at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, near Delhi. Diplomatic stalwartBorn in 1931 in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, Singh’s…
6NEW DELHI: Taking a swipe at the Congress, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday cautioned the nation against the efforts of “anti-national forces” trying to infuse a narrative that India is bound to face a fate similar to the recent events in its neighborhood, including Bangladesh.Dhankhar expressed deep concern over how certain individuals, despite being…
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: Putting stress on performance and participation in Parliament, Congress is learnt to have instituted a system to assess its LS MPs. It has told members that a keen eye is being kept on them and they should live up to the expectations of their large support base that elected them.LoP in Lok Sabha…
