May 23, 2024, at 06:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda has accused the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal of appeasement politics and promoting Muslim League's agenda, weaponising the Calcutta High Court's order scrapping OBC certificates issued after 2010.
May 23, 2024, at 05:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In his first direct reaction to the alleged assault on his party's Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal by close aide Bibhav Kumar, which has kicked up a political firestorm, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said he expects a fair investigation in the case and that justice be done.
EC slams BJP, Congress over poll speeches; says 'electoral democracy should not be weakened'
May 23, 2024, at 02:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: With five phases of the Lok Sabha election over, the Election Commission Wednesday slammed both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the main Opposition Congress over poll speeches by its star campaigners.
May 22, 2024, at 08:19 pm
Patna/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday suspended Bhojpuri actor Pawan Singh for contesting as an Independent candidate from Bihar's Karakat Lok Sabha constituency, media reports said.
BJP's failure to achieve 370 mark may disappoint share market: Prashant Kishor
May 21, 2024, at 09:51 pm
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor has said if the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party fails to touch the 370 seats mark then it may disappoint the market.
May 21, 2024, at 08:08 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has barred Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s candidate from Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal, former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Ganguly, from campaigning for 24 hours, media reports said.
Afraid of a riot: Mithun Chakraborty on Mamata Banerjee's attack on Kartik Maharaj
May 21, 2024, at 07:29 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran actor-politician Mithun Chakraborty on Tuesday expressed his fear of a "riot" triggered by the scathing remarks by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Kartik Maharaj, a monk from charitable organisation Bharat Sevashram Sangha.
May 21, 2024, at 06:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has served a "show cause" notice to former Union Minister Jayant Sinha for not taking any interest in "organisational works" and "campaigns" of the party during the Lok Sabha elections, media reports said.
INDIA alliance set to win over 300 seats in Lok Sabha elections: Arvind Kejriwal
May 21, 2024, at 05:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday echoed other opposition party leaders' voice claiming INDIA, the anti-BJP front, is set to win over 300 seats.
Sambit Patra triggers row calling Lord Jagannath 'Modi bhakt', later clarifies as 'slip of tongue'
May 21, 2024, at 06:54 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sambit Patra landed in a controversy Monday over a comment that hugely offended Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
May 21, 2024, at 03:58 am
Polling in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 across 49 constituencies recorded an approximate voter turnout of 57.47 percent that sealed the fates of many key leaders Monday including Union Minister Smriti Irani and top party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Chirag Paswan and Omar Abdullah.
May 20, 2024, at 06:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A confrontation between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Hooghly candidate in West Bengal, Locket Chatterjee, and a person claiming to be polling agent broke out on Monday.
May 19, 2024, at 07:55 pm
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) MP Swati Maliwal has slammed her party’s protest march in Delhi, alleging that those who took to the streets to seek justice for the Delhi gangrape victim are now doing so to protect an accused.
'Jail whoever you want': Arvind Kejriwal to lead AAP protest outside BJP HQ today
May 19, 2024, at 04:41 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal will lead a protest by senior party leaders at the BJP headquarters in Delhi on Sunday afternoon, accusing the party of targeting and arresting AAP leaders one after the other.
Arvind Kejriwal to march with AAP leaders to BJP HQs tomorrow with an 'arrest' dare
May 19, 2024, at 12:46 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After his aide Bibhav Kumar was arrested in the Swati Maliwal arrest case, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced he will march with other top AAP leaders to BJP headquarters on Saturday, daring the saffron party to arrest them.
Swati Maliwal taken to Kejriwal home as cops probe assault charge, AAP faces heat
May 18, 2024, at 02:46 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A police team Friday took Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal to Arvind Kejriwal's residence in the Civil Lines area, where she was allegedly assaulted by the Delhi Chief Minister's aide Bibhav Kumar.
May 17, 2024, at 07:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for maintaining silence on his Personal Secretary Bibhav Kumar's alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.
PM Modi taunts Akhilesh Yadav over Mamata Banerjee's 'outside support to INDIA' announcement
May 17, 2024, at 07:07 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took a potshot at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement of giving an outside support to the INDIA bloc.
May 17, 2024, at 04:56 am
A day after Mamata Banerjee announced support for the INDIA bloc from outside to form a government at the Centre, the Bengal Chief Minister Thursday said she is very much a part of the alliance, which was 'her brainchild' and that she was the one to give it a name.
Assaulted by Arvind Kejriwal's aide, AAP leader Swati Maliwal records statement with police
May 17, 2024, at 03:26 am
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Swati Maliwal, who is at the center of the harassment row involving party boss Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, has recorded her statement with Delhi Police.
May 17, 2024, at 12:04 am
Varanasi: Comedian Shyam Rangeela, whose election nomination papers to contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat were rejected by the Election Commission, has accused the administration of bias and being uncooperative during the filing process.
I will take revenge: Mamata Banerjee recounting her 'Nandigram defeat'
May 16, 2024, at 08:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Despite the Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s landslide victory in the 2021 assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was defeated by BJP's Suvendu Adhikari by close to 2,000 votes.
'PoK will be merged with India if BJP wins 400 seats': Himanta Biswa Sarma
May 16, 2024, at 06:48 am
Ramgarh (Jharkhand)/IBNS: As a part of his campaign during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma spoke of a fresh to-do list if the NDA gets 400 seats including a promise to merge Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir to India.
May 16, 2024, at 02:39 am
New Delhi/IBNS Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "I never said Hindu or Muslim..." clarification, alleging that, "This is exactly what he (Modi) has been doing for 10 years. "
Lok Sabha polls: Mamata Banerjee announces she will support INDIA bloc from outside
May 15, 2024, at 11:14 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Months after distancing herself from the INDIA bloc, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced her support to the anti-BJP front from outside if it comes to power.
Mamata Banerjee offers to cook for PM Modi after fish consumption furor, receives flak from BJP
May 15, 2024, at 06:16 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has courted a fresh controversy as she took a swipe at Narendra Modi's outrage over video footage of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav enjoying fish, and offered to cook for the Prime Minister.
Former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Modi dies at 72 after battling cancer
May 14, 2024, at 05:01 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP, Sushil Modi, died at Delhi's All-India Institute of Medical Sciences on Monday evening after battling cancer for a long time. He was 72.
May 14, 2024, at 03:33 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Multiple incidents of violence were reported in West Bengal, where people in eight constituencies voted on Monday in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls.
Vote for AAP to keep me out of jail: Arvind Kejriwal to Delhi voters
May 13, 2024, at 07:26 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is out in an interim jail in the liquor policy case, has urged the voters to cast their mandates in favour of the AAP to keep him out of the prison.
Arvind Kejriwal promises free electricity, improved healthcare if AAP wins 2024 elections
May 12, 2024, at 07:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is out on interim bail after 50 days of judicial custody in the Delhi liquor policy case, Sunday promised free electricity and improved healthcare if voted to power.