Politics

BJP Tamil Nadu president likely to be nominated to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu BJP state president and former IPS officer K. Annamalai is likely to be nominated to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan where the party has 73 seats.

Jul 15, 2023

Defamation case: Rahul Gandhi moves SC against Gujarat HC refusing to stay his conviction

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has filed a plea before the Supreme Court against the Gujarat High Court's verdict denying to put a stay on his conviction in the 'Modi surname' defamation case.

Jul 15, 2023

Goodies for all breakaway NCP ministers, Ajit Pawar gets finance, CM Shinde gets snubbed?

Shiv Sena MLAs have openly expressed their displeasure over breakaway NCP leaders being given the key portfolios, especially Deputy CM Ajit Pawar getting finance

Jul 15, 2023

Dreaded by some MLAs, Ajit Pawar bags Finance, grabs plum depts for NCP [details]

Ending two weeks of taut suspense, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde finally reshuffled his cabinet and entrusted the crucial Finance Department to the new second Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who also managed to extract several plum departments for his team, here on Friday.

Jul 14, 2023

Uttarakhand Padyatra: Congress to undertake state-wide march, to focus on Agniveer; Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka to join

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday chaired a meeting with the leaders of Uttarakhand to discuss the strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and it was decided that the party will take out a padyatra in the hill state on the issue of Agniveer scheme.

Jul 13, 2023

Corridors of World Bank Hq filled with Indian Americans? Ajay Banga, Anshula Kant and more

When 63-year-old Indian-American Ajay Banga was elected as the World Bank Group's President, that's when the whispers of heavy Indian presence in the power corridors of international financial institution first started

Jul 13, 2023

Data collected by volunteers in Andhra stored in Hyderabad: Pawan Kalyan

Firing a fresh salvo at Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy over the volunteer system, actor-politician Pawan Kalyan on Wednesday questioned him on storing the public data in Hyderabad.

Jul 12, 2023

Biden declares emergency in Vermont amid catastrophic flooding

US President Joe Biden has declared an emergency in Vermont in the wake of catastrophic flooding in the state.

Jul 12, 2023

Rahul Gandhi defamation case: BJP MLA Purnesh Modi rushes to SC and files caveat ahead

Purnesh Modi, a BJP MLA and the complainant in the defamation case against Rahul Gandhi, has submitted a caveat in the Supreme Court requesting for a chance to present his case if the Congress leader challenges the recent Gujarat High Court verdict that denied a stay on his conviction in the 2019 case.

Jul 12, 2023

Rahul Gandhi may shift to former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit's residence

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who vacated his official residence on April 22 following his disqualification as an MP in the 'Modi surname' remarks case, is all set to shift to a new address, party sources said.

Jul 12, 2023

Karnataka Cong on silent protest in B'luru against BJP's 'conspiracy' to end Rahul Gandhi's career

Karnataka Congress is staging a day-long silent protest at the Freedom Park in the city against the alleged conspiracy of the BJP government to end the political career of Rahul Gandhi.

Jul 12, 2023

Trinamool Congress set for thumping majority in West Bengal Panchayat elections

With counting of votes for the panchayat elections in West Bengal still underway on Tuesday, the trend 11 p.m. showed that while the ruling Trinamool Congress is maintaining a clear numerical supremacy in all the three tiers, there is a tight contest between the BJP and the Congress-Left Front alliance for the second position.

Jul 12, 2023

Man-animal conflict: Karnataka High Court issues directions to Siddaramaiah govt

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued directions to the Siddaramaiah government in connection with initiating proper action over man-animal conflict in the state.

Jul 11, 2023

BJP's act of sabotaging 'Anna Bhagya' scheme in K'taka backfires, says Congress

Congress on Tuesday once again targeted the Centre saying that its attempts to sabotage the Anna Bhagya scheme in Karnataka through unreasonable restrictions on sale of rice under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) has backfired with extremely low offtake of the cereal.

Jul 11, 2023

Disqualification of 16 Shiva Sena MLAs of Shinde camp to be decided soon by Speaker: Dy Speaker

16 MLAs including CM Shinde could face disqualification, says Maharashtra deputy speaker Zirwal

Jul 11, 2023