NEW DELHI: Hemant Soren took oath as the 14th chief minister of Jharkhand on Thursday at a ceremony in Ranchi. This will be the fourth term as chief minister for the 49-year-old leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). The event was attended by several political leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, leader of opposition…
UP CM Yogi Adityanath (File photo) NAGPUR/AMARAVATI: Rallying voters at RSS’ Smruti Mandir in Reshimbagh here, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath appealed to citizens to give a decisive mandate to BJP, while emphasising the symbolic and strategic importance of Nagpur for BJP and the Sangh. Adityanath urged people to secure a victory strong enough to…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha saw a verbal spat between Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and leader of opposition (LoP) Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday when the latter sought to raise an “emergent issue” (disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat) during the discussion on Appropriation Bill, but it was turned down by the Chair. When Kharge and Congress members asked…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose said on Monday that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee switched off all her lights and sat in darkness during the entire swearing-in ceremony of Modi Cabinet 3.0.The TMC MP demanded that the BJP should elect a new leader and “replace Prime Minister Narendra Modi”…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday named Rahul Gandhi as his choice for the prime minister’s post if the INDIA bloc is voted to office on June 4.Asked about West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s proposal at a Nov meeting of the INDIA group that Kharge should be projected as the opposition’s PM candidate, he said…
NEW DELHI: Making public its report card on enforcement of the model code of conduct in the first month of polls, Election Commission on Tuesday said it had decided against acting on opposition parties’ pleas for stopping the alleged “misuse” of central agencies like CBI, ED and NIA to target their leadership, as it did…
