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INDIA bloc cracks visible in Parliament as SP and TMC skip Adani protests

Dec 03, 2024, at 06:03 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The cracks within the anti-Modi front in Parliament were visible for the second time this week after big INDIA bloc constituents- Samajwadi Party (SP) and Trinamool Congress (TMC)- skipped the protests against billionaire Gautam Adani who has been indicted in the United States, media reports said.

Adani issue exposes cracks in INDIA bloc as TMC skips key Opposition meet in Delhi

Dec 02, 2024, at 06:27 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The cracks within the INDIA bloc have become visible during the ongoing winter session of Parliament for the second time after the third largest party Trinamool Congress (TMC) skipped a key Opposition meeting on the Adani issue in the national capital Delhi on Monday.

Sharad Pawar holds EVMs responsible for Maharashtra poll rout but has no evidence

Dec 01, 2024, at 04:02 am

Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday alleged irregularities in the votes recorded through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the Maharashtra Assembly elections.

Congress's overconfidence cost us: Team Uddhav Thackeray on Maharashtra decimation

Nov 29, 2024, at 01:11 am

Mumbai/IBNS: A senior leader from the Shiv Sena (UBT) faction has blamed the Congress party and its "overconfidence" for the Maha Vikas Aghadi's decimation in Maharashtra.

Corruption is no longer a poll issue: TMC to Congress on Adani issue

Nov 28, 2024, at 08:28 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress skipped the key INDIA bloc's meeting on the US indictment against billionaire Gautam Adani on Monday.

Won't be a rubber stamp for Congress: TMC signals rifts in INDIA bloc

Nov 28, 2024, at 03:50 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress Wednesday refused to be a "rubber stamp" for its ally's decisions, signalling a rift in the INDIA bloc, media reports said.

Home Ministry responds to Allahabad HC on petition claiming Rahul Gandhi's UK citizenship

Nov 27, 2024, at 03:32 am

Prayagraj: The government is looking into the issue of Rahul Gandhi’s dual citizenship in response to Allahabad High Court’s query in connection with a petition filed by S Vignesh Shishir, a resident of Karnataka, media reports said.

'People of Maharashtra rejected false narrative': BRS leader KTR tears into Congress after poll defeat

Nov 25, 2024, at 02:28 am

Hyderabad: Telangana's Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president, KT Rama Rao (KTR), launched a scathing critique of Congress and Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, accusing them of spreading "false propaganda" that was decisively rejected by the people of Maharashtra, media reports said.

Maharashtra assembly polls: Mahayuti recovers lost seats in Lok Sabha elections in striking turnaround

Nov 24, 2024, at 03:49 am

Mumbai: Maharashtra's ruling coalition, Mahayuti, on Saturday turned the tide by securing a strong mandate in the Assembly elections months after facing defeat in the Lok Sabha elections.

Wiped out in Maharashtra, dismal show in Jharkhand, Congress emerges as the weakest link in I.N.D.I.A.

Nov 24, 2024, at 02:14 am

New Delhi: The emphatic triumph of the ruling Maha Yuti in Maharashtra and the impressive showing of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in Jharkhand on Saturday seems to vindicate the observation that the Congress is the weakest link in the I.N.D.I.A.

Wayanad bypoll: Debutant Priyanka Gandhi Vadra leads by over 1 lakh votes

Nov 23, 2024, at 04:33 pm

Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is leading by over one lakh votes in the bypoll to Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, media reports said.

All eyes are on Maharashtra, Jharkhand assembly election results as counting begins shortly

Nov 23, 2024, at 12:31 pm

Mumbai/Ranchi/IBNS: Counting of votes in the highly crucial state of Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections, as well as other by-polls in several states will begin at 8 am on Saturday.

Maharashtra cash-for-vote controversy: Vinod Tawde sends defamation notice to Rahul Gandhi, Kharge

Nov 23, 2024, at 12:03 am

BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde has filed a defamation case against senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge for their allegation against him of distributing money to voters.

Rahul Gandhi blames power outage during presser on 'Adani, Modi', BJP's Sambit Patra says Jairam Ramesh pulled the plug

Nov 22, 2024, at 05:02 am

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of industrialist Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday was interrupted by a power outage, which he sarcastically blamed on “Adani power, Modi power.”

AAP's first list of candidates for Delhi polls feature six turncoats

Nov 21, 2024, at 07:48 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday released the first list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, media reports said.

Maharashtra polls: Ex-cop accuses Supriya Sule of being involved in Bitcoin scam, BJP says opposition 'unmasked'

Nov 20, 2024, at 06:47 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Ahead of the crucial Maharashtra polls, a retired police officer, Ravindranath Patil, has accused Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule and state Congress chief Nana Patole of being involved in a 2018 fraud case related to cryptocurrency. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was quick to pick up the issue and said the opposition has been "exposed".

Election Commission issues notices to Congress, BJP over Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah speeches

Nov 17, 2024, at 01:59 am

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Saturday issued notices to BJP president JP Nadda and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, seeking explanations for alleged poll code violations by their star campaigners, Amit Shah and Rahul Gandhi, media reports said.

'Take your hate elsewhere': Mallikarjun Kharge's son slams Adityanth's Razakar barb

Nov 14, 2024, at 11:39 pm

New Delhi: In a sharp retort to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's remarks about his father, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's son and Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge stated that the veteran leader has never used personal tragedy for "political gain" nor played the "victim card", media reports said.

'Rahul Baba plane will crash once again in Maharashtra': Amit Shah takes dig at Congress ahead of polls

Nov 14, 2024, at 05:37 am

Taking a dig at the Congress and its veteran leader Sonia Gandhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday promised that the grand old party will fail to succeed once again in poll-bound Maharashtra.

Jharkhand in first phase of assembly elections today; Priyanka Gandhi Vadra faces bypoll contest from Wayanad

Nov 13, 2024, at 04:32 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Forty-three constituencies went into the first phase of Jharkhand Assembly Elections along with a host of bypolls being held across the country on Wednesday.

Mallikarjun Kharge forgot Nizam's brutality on his family: Yogi Adityanath responds to 'communal hatred' barbs

Nov 13, 2024, at 04:22 am

Mumbai/IBNS: The war of words between Yogi Adityanath and Mallikarjun Kharge, on allegations of spreading communal hatred vs appeasement politics, reached a peak on Tuesday with the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister claiming that the Congress supremo forgot his family's sacrifice for the sake of votes.

Karnataka Minister sparks row with racist remark against HD Kumaraswamy

Nov 12, 2024, at 04:38 am

Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan has unleashed a political row after making an alleged racist remark against Union Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy with the latter demanding his ouster from the cabinet.

BJP urges EC to 'reprimand, censure' Rahul Gandhi for spreading 'lies' in Maharashtra poll campaign

Nov 12, 2024, at 03:39 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has urged the Election Commission to "reprimand, censure, and restrain" Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from "handing out lies during campaigning" ahead of next week's Maharashtra election.

Kerala CM accuses Priyanka Gandhi of taking support of Muslim fundamentalist group Jamaat-e-Islami in Wayanad by-election

Nov 10, 2024, at 06:15 am

Wayanad: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday accused Congress candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of contesting the Wayanad by-election with the backing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, media reports said.

Former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa, ex-minister, to be prosecuted over irregularities in Covid spending

Nov 10, 2024, at 02:20 am

Bengaluru: A report by retired High Court judge Michael D'Cunha, who investigated the alleged Covid-19 scam under the previous BJP government in Karnataka, has recommended prosecuting former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and then-Health Minister B Sriramulu under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, media reports said.

BJP slams Congress for distributing 'blank copies' of Constitution at Rahul Gandhi's Nagpur rally

Nov 08, 2024, at 01:00 am

Nagpur: The Congress party faced criticism for allegedly distributing "blank copies of the Constitution" at Rahul Gandhi's event in Nagpur, Maharashtra, according to media reports.

After Karnataka, Congress-ruled Telangana to undertake caste census starting Nov 6

Nov 05, 2024, at 06:47 am

Hyderabad/IBNS: After Karnataka, Telangana is set to become the second Congress-ruled state to undertake a caste census, expected to be carried out from November 6-30, media reports said.

PM Modi slams INDIA bloc for its silence over Sena UBT leader's sexist remark against Shaina NC

Nov 05, 2024, at 02:12 am

Ranchi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday slammed the Congress-led INDIA bloc for remaining mum over Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Arvind Sawant's sexist remark against BJP leader Shaina NC, who joined the Eknath Shinde-led Sena faction to contest the Maharashtra assembly polls.

INDIA bloc accuses Himanta Biswa Sarma of using 'divisive, hateful words' ahead of Jharkhand polls, complaints to EC

Nov 03, 2024, at 04:07 pm

Ranchi/IBNS: The opposition INDIA bloc has complained to the Election Commission against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his remarks 'targeting Muslims', which have sparked a massive row, ahead of the Jharkhand Assembly polls, media reports said.

'May seek legal action if party is attacked': Congress on EC response over Haryana polls

Nov 02, 2024, at 01:27 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Responding sharply to the Election Commission's reply on the Haryana assembly election, which it claimed to be 'flawless,' the Congress on Friday accused the poll body of attacking its leaders and threatened to take legal action to expunge such remarks if it continued to do so.