NEW DELHI:Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Wednesday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to postpone the second phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly polls scheduled on November 17 in view of the Chhath festival. Singh said that a large number of voters will not be able to […]
NEW DELHI:The Delhi BJP workers on Thursday staged a protest outside the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office in the national capital over the alleged corruption in the liquor excise policy case demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The Delhi BJP workers led by its Chief Virendra Sachdeva along with the Delhi Opposition leader, […]
BHOPAL:Amid the growing heat of caste politics in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said the Modi-led central government was running away from the ‘caste census’. Addressing a poll rally in the tribal dominated Mandla, Priyanka Gandhi said the Congress has demanded caste census to provide justice to the people […]
NEW DELHI:The Congress and the BJP on Thursday traded barbs at each other after the latter shared a post on social media depicting the former grand old party chief Rahul Gandhi as Ravan. The BJP on Thursday morning shared a poster of Rahul Gandhi as Ravan on its official X handle and said, “The new […]
JODHPUR:Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that under the Ujjwala scheme, the beneficiaries will now pay Rs 600 for a 14.2 kg cylinder.“This will benefit women across the country besides 70 lakh families of Rajasthan,” he said while addressing a mammoth gathering here. “If BJP comes to power, it will result in a prosperous […]
NEW DELHI:Fear of defeat by INDIA bloc pushed the BJP government to get AAP MP Sanjay Singh hastily arrested “without any evidence”, Delhi Minister Gopal Rai said here on Thursday. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, AAP leader and Delhi government minister Gopal Rai said, “The Modi government, driven by the fear […]
NEW DELHI:Congress’ top decision making body CWC will meet on October 9 here to deliberate on the current political situation, caste census and further firm up the strategy for the upcoming assembly elections in five states. The party is seeking to retain power in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, while hoping to wrest power from the BJP […]
LUCKNOW:Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, on Tuesday, demanded that the Uttar Pradesh government should start conducting the caste survey without delay. She said that though some parties are against it, this is the only way to ensure justice for the OBCs. “The news of the caste census data conducted by the Bihar government is in […]
VIJAWADA:Vijayawada ACB Court on Friday extended the judicial custody of former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu till September 24 in alleged Skill Development Corporation scam. With Naidu’s custody ending Friday, he was produced before the judge virtually from Rajahmundry Central Jail. Judge Hima Bindu extended the custody by two days. When the judge wanted the […]
NEW DELHI:Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said the Women’s Reservation Bill passed by Parliament was a “teasing illusion” and that it will not be implemented until 2029 or may be for long thereafter and was an election “jumla”. In a post on X, Chidambaram, a former Union minister said, “The Women’s Reservation Bill […]