BHOPAL: In a stunning blow to Congress ahead of Lok Sabha polls, party MLA from Amarwara assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh, Kamlesh Shah, a close aide of former CM Kamal Nath, joined BJP on Friday.The most important tower of Nath’s Chhindwara citadel has now fallen into BJP hands. He now finds himself holding the Chhindwara…
PATNA: RJD-Congress-Left Front Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) announced on Friday its seat-sharing formula for all 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, with Lalu Prasad‘s party getting the lion’s share of 26, Congress nine and Left parties five, reported.RJD‘s 26 seats are seven more than it had contested in 2019, when it drew a blank. Congress’s nine…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused institutions like CBI and ED of working at the behest of BJP-led government at the Centre and warned that action will be taken against these institutions when the government changes.“If these institutions had done their job properly there would have been no problem. These agencies should…
MUMBAI: Taking a reconciliatory tone, Congress veteran Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said he expected the dispute with Shiv Sena (UBT) over a few seats to be resolved amicably. The statement came soon after MVA leaders Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Congress legislature party leader Balasaheb Thorat and Chavan met on Thursday to take stock of the…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reacted to the concerns raised by over 600 lawyers against a “vested interest group” which was trying to put pressure on judiciary and defame courts and said “to browbeat and bully others is vintage Congress culture.” Reacting to the letter written by the lawyers to the Chief…
NEW DELHI: Former Haryana minister Savitri Jindal has resigned from the Congress, following her son Naveen Jindal‘s switch to the BJP. Savitri, 84, made her announcement on social media, stating her decision was influenced by family advice. She served as an MLA for Hisar for a decade and as a minister in Haryana.“I represented the…
GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the strategically-crucial Sela tunnel, the world’s longest twin-lane passageway near the China border at an elevation of 13,700 feet, reaffirming his intent to strengthen the infrastructure in the border regions. ‘India’s move to add more troops….’: Beijing reacts on additional Indian troops at LAC Stating that inaugurating…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of candidates on Saturday, naming 195 contenders across the country. Among the notable mentions was the surprising selection of Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a three-time Rajya Sabha member, as the BJP‘s candidate for the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala.The Thiruvananthapuram battleground has intensified with Chandrasekhar’s…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday launched a stinging attack at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his multiple remarks linking actress Aishwarya Rai to the Ayodhya Ram Mandir consecration ceremony.The Karnataka unit of the BJP slammed the former Congress chief, accusing him of having a “creepy obsession” with “successful & self-made women”.“Congress Clown…
NEW DELHI: Amid speculations of Kamal Nath leaving Congress and his stubborn refusal to scotch the talk, his confidant Sajjan Singh Verma on Sunday said the veteran is focused on how to select election candidates in MP and that there is no issue of defecting to BJP.Speaking to reporters after meeting Nath, Verma said the…
