NEW DELHI: After poor BJP show in Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Yogi Adityanath held a meeting of the council of ministers on Saturday and asked them to shun VIP culture and prioritise the needs of the people. He instructed the ministers to visit people and indulge in “dialogue, coordination and sensitivity (samvaad, samanvay, samvedansheelta)”.He emphasised…
VARANASI: After being sworn in as Prime Minister for the third consecutive time on Sunday evening, PM Narendra Modi will likely visit Varanasi within a week. The schedule has not been confirmed so far, but an advance security liaison (ASL) team of the Special Protection Group (SPG) toured the possible venue that the PM may…
NEW DELHI: In a U-turn, Devendra Fadnavis, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, on Saturday announced his decision not to quit the post despite the BJP‘s lackluster performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections in the state. His announcement came after a party meeting where state BJP legislators passed a resolution expressing their confidence in…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has been elected as All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson, according to the party.The party has also elected Sudip Bandyopadhyay to serve as the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha, with Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar assuming the role of Deputy leader. Kalyan Banerjee has…
NEW DELHI: The special Investigating team probing the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case that left 17 people dead, arrested the ex-director of Ego Media Janhavi Marathe and civil contractor Sagar Kumbhar from a hotel room in Goa.A Mumbai court on May 31 had rejected Marathe’s anticipatory bail plea. While Marathe claimed she was “merely a signing…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday emphasised the crucial role that Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar, must play in safeguarding the Constitution and democracy. Both leaders have extended their support to the BJP-led NDA government, which has secured its third consecutive term in…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Saturday said that the INDIA bloc will collectively take a call on attending the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minter Narendra Modi and his council of ministers which is scheduled for Sunday evening.After a key meeting of extended Congress Working Committee, party’s general secretary K C Venugopal said, “The INDIA…
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary K C Venugopal on Saturday said the extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) had unanimously passed a resolution requesting Rahul Gandhi to take the position of the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha.Hailing the Lok Sabha results as the beginning of the revival of the Congress, Venugopal said the atmosphere in…
NEW DELHI: In the aftermath of the Odisha assembly polls, outgoing chief minister Naveen Patnaik addressed the speculation surrounding BJD leader VK Pandian‘s role in the party. Patnaik clarified that Pandian, a former IAS officer who served as his private secretary for over two decades before joining the BJD in 2023, is not his “successor.”…
NEW DELHI: After gaining a considerable number of seats in the Lok Sabha elections, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday claimed that the Lok Sabha poll mandate was a ‘decisive rejection’ of the politics of divisiveness and said that the INDIA bloc must continue to work together as an united opposition in both inside and…
