Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday appealed to every voter and ‘PDA Prahari’ to remain vigilant and ensure that no conspiracy to delete the votes of the PDA community succeeds. Yadav coined the acronym PDA in June 2023, which stands for ‘Pichhde’ (backward classes), Dalits and ‘Alpsankhyak’ (minorities). In a post on X,…
Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari termed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to IPAC chief Pratik Jain’s house during the ED raid on Thursday as “unconstitutional and interference” in the central agency’s probe. He said that the ED should take steps against the chief minister. “I feel that the chief minister…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that ED officials were attempting to seize TMC’s hard disks, internal documents and sensitive organisational data during a search operation at the residence of I-PAC chief Prateek Jain here. Banerjee said the raid at the residence of Jain, whom she termed as the party’s IT…
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has slammed the BJP for targeting senior AAP leader Atishi for her alleged remarks on Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur, which, he claimed, she never made. Alleging that the BJP has always been anti-Punjab and anti-Sikh, Mann said in a post on X, “Today, its (BJP’s) anti-Punjab and anti-Sikh face…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, beginning Thursday, is about remembering the countless children of Bharat Mata, who never compromised with their principles and ethos. The year-long celebrations mark the resilience of the Indian civilisation, which rebuilt the Somnath temple at Veraval in Gujarat that was ravaged repeatedly by…
Guwahati: The Congress on Wednesday appointed Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, and former Jharkhand MLA Bandhu Tirkey as the party’s senior observers for the upcoming Assam assembly elections. In a statement, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal announced teams of senior observers for the…
New Delhi: With the world witnessing a fractious geopolitical environment, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday said that India and France working together have become important to stabilizing global politics. The external affairs minister made the remarks during a meeting with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot in Paris. The two ministers largely focused on…
New Delhi: Shuttered shops, overturned scooters, broken tiles and stones marked the narrow lanes near the Turkman Gate area here on Wednesday, as the locality remained tense and under heavy security following violence during an anti-encroachment drive. At least five police personnel were injured after some people allegedly pelted stones and glass bottles at the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday discussed ways to further strengthen their strategic partnership. In a post on X, Modi said they also reaffirmed their shared resolve to fight terrorism with greater determination. “Glad to speak with my friend, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and convey New Year…
New Delhi: The names of 6.5 crore electors were removed from the draft electoral rolls of nine states and three Union territories published in the past days as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being carried out by the Election Commission. Before Phase 2 of the SIR, which commenced on October 27, the…
