Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday said her party’s “good days” would return if elections are held through ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines (EVMs). Addressing a press conference here, she reiterated her demand for conducting all elections through ballot papers, alleging that EVMs were being tampered with to prevent BSP…
New Delhi: Shiv Sena leader Shrikant Shinde has slammed former Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his “surrender barb” at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Operation Sindoor and wondered whether he realised that his statements were being used by Pakistan against India. Shinde, who led a multi-party delegation to four countries in West Asia and West…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday turned emotional over the loss of lives due to the stampede near the Chinnaswamy Stadium and said that Bengaluru has lost its image due to the incident that claimed 11 lives. Reacting to allegations by the opposition that police had not permitted celebrations, he said,…
P. Nagarjuna Rao UK’s Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, who knew a thing or two about real war, once said: ‘Any man who goes to battle without fear is a fool.’ He didn’t have Rahul Gandhi in mind, of course. But it is a quote that fits the Wayanad warrior like a bespoke Italian kurta. The…
Bengaluru: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Thursday demanded the immediate resignation of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and urged for formation of an inquiry committee led by a sitting High Court judge to probe the stampede near the Chinnaswamy stadium that claimed 11 lives. She accused the Congress government in the state of…
New Delhi: Philosopher and author Acharya Prashant has been conferred the prestigious ‘Most Impactful Environmentalist’ award on the occasion of World Environment Day on Thursday. The award, presented by the Green Society of India, recognised Acharya Prashant for his unique contribution in “integrating spiritual clarity with environmental awareness” and for “inspiring millions to adopt a…
Washington: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said anybody who considers that working in the national interest is a sort of anti-party activity needs to question themselves rather than us. Tharoor is leading an all-party parliamentary delegation to the US to convey India’s stance against terrorism following the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor. “Frankly, when one…
Bengaluru: President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Congress top leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday condoled the Bengaluru stampede deaths, and the BJP asked the Congress government to own up responsibility for what it called the “state-sponsored negligence.” President Droupadi Murmu said: “The loss of lives in the tragic happening at…
Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader R Ashoka on Wednesday demanded resignations of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar following the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Cricket stadium in which 11 people died and over 30 were injured. He said that there was no doubt that the deaths that occurred in the stampede…
New Delhi: With the BJP-led Delhi government completing 100 days in office, Cabinet minister Ashish Sood on Wednesday listed out the achievements of the departments under him, including releasing grant-in-aid of Rs 417 crore to 12 Delhi University colleges to introducing AI-based learning in government schools and announcing a fee regulation bill. Addressing a press…
