‘There will be no democracy left’: Day after release from jail, AAP MP Sanjay Singh targets BJP | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Bhartiya Janata Party and said that there will be no democracy left if the trend of arresting chief ministers of opposition parties and later asking them to resign starts.“They will arrest (Tamil Nadu CM M K) Stalin, (Telangana CM)…

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Election Commission to hold meeting to tackle voter apathy in urban & rural areas | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Keen to tackle voter apathy, particularly in urban settings, the Election Commission will on Friday hold a meeting with municipal commissioners of cities and select district election officers (DEOs) from across 11 states having a history of lowest voter turnout.Among the invitees to the conference are the municipal commissioners of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai,…

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‘Experienced hunger for 120 hours non-stop while hitchhiking in Europe’: Infosys founder Narayana Murthy | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy recently revealed that he ‘experienced hunger‘ for a straight 120 hours when he was hitchhiking in Europe 50 years ago.During his address in a special event ‘Achievements in Food Security: India’s Strides Towards Sustainable Development Goals’, hosted by the Permanent Mission of India to the UN at the…

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Missing party flags at Rahul roadshow: Kerala CM says Congress afraid of BJP; Vijayan helping PM Modi, claims grand old party | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and state Congress leaders on Thursday traded barbs accusing each other of being afraid of the BJP. Vijayan said Congress and IUML flags were not used at Rahul Gandhi‘s road show in Wayanad yesterday as the grand old party was scared of the BJP. This evoked a sharp…

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IMD predicts rainfall in 10 states & heatwave in 7 states across India | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department has issued forecasts predicting a mix of rainfall and heatwave conditions across several states in India.Some parts of India may experience light to moderate rainfall, while others could face high temperatures signaling heatwave conditions. The IMD had previously warned of “extreme heat” in multiple Indian states in the coming…

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‘People of Amethi expect me to represent their constituency,’ says Robert Vadra | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Robert Vadra, husband of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, on Thursday said people of Amethi expect him to contest from the constituency if he decides to take a plunge in electoral politics. Amethi was a traditional Gandhi bastion for a long time. However, in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s Smriti Irani defeated Rahul…

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Former Jharakhand CM Hemant Soren assisted by revenue official in Ranchi ‘land scams’: ED | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said that former chief minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren took assistance of a revenue official and custodian of original government records, Bhanu Pratap Prasad in his alleged “activities linked to illegal occupation, acquisition or possession of proceeds of crime in the form of landed properties.”According to the…

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Lok Sabha polls: Mamata Banerjee says ‘probe agencies working for BJP’, seeks level-playing field | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while addressing a public rally in Cooch Behar ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.In a no-holds-barred attack on the BJP, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo alleged that the central probe agencies, BSF, and CISF are working…

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5 power centres in Congress … Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka have their own lobbies: Sanjay Nirupam | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Sanjay Nirupam, who was expelled on Thursday by Congress for anti-party activities, said there are five power centres in the grand old party, each of them having their own lobbies which clash with each other. Nirupam claimed that there was no future for the Congress and alleged there was “tremendous arrogance” in the…

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