New Delhi: Former Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely joined the BJP on Saturday along with a few other leaders, including former city government minister Raj Kumar Chauhan and former MLAs Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh. All the former Congress leaders slammed the opposition party’s alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi for…
Pune: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday stressed that the “salient features” of the Constitution of India such as secularism and fundamental rights can not be changed by any party, leader or even Parliament. The Congress’ claim that the BJP was planning to change the country’s founding document was baseless, he said. The opposition party,…
Pune: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi whether he would scrap the 50 per cent limit on reservations in the country, and asserted his party’s Nyay guarantees will revolutionise the future course of politics. Addressing a rally for Congress’ Pune Lok Sabha seat candidate Ravindra Dhangekar, he said Maharashtra is…
Mysuru: A new First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged against former Karnataka minister HD Revanna, following allegations of abduction and sexual assault made by a man regarding his mother. The complainant, in his submission to the KR Nagar police station in Mysuru district, stated that his mother had previously served as a housemaid at…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday told the Enforcement Directorate that it would consider hearing arguments on the interim bail plea of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy-linked money laundering case on account of the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta told Additional Solicitor…
Bardhaman/ Tehatta/Ahamadpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flayed the TMC in West Bengal, alleging that it turned Hindus into second-class citizens in the state, where the party “indulges in corruption and politics of appeasement” and is digging the grave of democracy. Addressing consecutive election rallies at Bardhaman-Durgapur, Krishnanagar, and Birbhum, Modi said the West…
Thiruvanthapuram: Central agencies have issued a red alert for ‘Kallakkadal’, warning of sudden sea swells causing rough waves in coastal areas of Kerala and the south Tamil Nadu coast on Saturday and Sunday. This marks the first time a red alert has been issued for the phenomenon of ‘Kallakkadal’ — the sudden swell of the…
New Delhi: The BJP took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday, saying he is contesting the ongoing Lok Sabha polls from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, in addition to Wayanad in Kerala, as he is going to lose the contest in the southern state. “Bhag Rahul bhag, Rahul bhag, Rahul bhag (run…
Bardhman (WB): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that Congress’ tally in the Lok Sabha polls will be an “all-time low”, as he mocked its leader Rahul Gandhi’s decision to contest from Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli seat, “sensing defeat” at Wayanad where he is a sitting MP. Addressing a rally in the Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok…
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to address three election rallies in West Bengal on Friday, arrived in state capital Kolkata on Thursday evening, an official said. Modi went straight to the Raj Bhavan from the airport, he said, adding, the PM will stay the night at the governor house. The prime minister…
