New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday expressed regret over his controversial statement calling the people of Gujarat “illiterate”, and said he has always had and will continue to have the highest of respect for the people of the state. In a post on X, the Congress president said, “Some remarks of mine in…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP and the Election Commission over voter deletions during the SIR exercise and said her party will move a court again to resist the removal of electors from the rolls. Her comments came after nearly 91 lakh voters’ names were deleted from…
Cuddalore(Tamil Nadu): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday took strong exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark that free bus travel scheme for women could undermine the financial viability of projects like metro rail, and claimed that Modi doesn’t seem to care for women. The remark came as he was addressing a…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday asserted that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would win the upcoming elections despite what he alleged were attempts by the BJP to manipulate the process. He also questioned the basis of the proposed women’s reservation exercise in Parliament during an interaction with reporters here. Responding to…
New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump threatening that a whole civilisation will die on Tuesday night, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said any language or action that contemplates the end of civilisation is unacceptable in the modern world and asserted that the use of nuclear weapons can never be justified. In a post on X,…
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday hit out at the Congress for calling Assam Police action against Pawan Khera a “witch hunt” and said the opposition party leader must face consequences for levelling “fake” allegations against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his wife. An Assam Police team descended on the Delhi residence of Khera…
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh on Tuesday said the state government has decided to hand over the probe into the bomb attack in Bishnupur district, which claimed the lives of two children, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Addressing a press conference here, Singh condemned the incident in the strongest terms and said…
Sivasagar/Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday slammed the Congress for “not verifying” the documents based on which it brought allegations against him and his family. Congress leader Pawan Khera had on Sunday alleged that Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, has multiple passports and foreign property, which were not declared in the chief…
Barrackpore (WB): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the ruling Trinamool Congress, accusing them of pursuing “politics of appeasement”, encouraging infiltration for vote-bank reasons and reducing Bengal to a state of “misrule and corruption”. Addressing an election rally in Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district,…
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday demanded an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his alleged remarks on the people of Gujarat and some other states, saying that the comment was “shameless, demeaning, and utterly despicable.” The ruling party also condemned Kharge’s alleged remarks comparing the RSS and the BJP to “poisonous snakes,” terming…
