Jammu: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Modi government has laid a strong foundation for eradication of corruption from the country, while the previous UPA government was involved in “scams” worth Rs 12 lakh crore. He also launched a scathing attack on the National Conference, PDP and Congress and asked who will…
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday derided the opposition parties’ efforts to forge a front against it and said the Congress was seeking the support of others because it was “incapable of defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi alone” in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Top leaders of Opposition parties went into a huddle in Patna on…
New Delhi/Patna: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said a decision on whether to oppose the Centre’s ordinance on the control of administrative services in Delhi would be taken before the Parliament session. His remarks come a day after the AAP’s ultimatum that it will walk out of the Opposition meeting in Patna if the Congress…
New Delh: The AAP will walk out of Friday’s meeting of opposition leaders in Patna if the Congress does not promise its support against the Centre’s ordinance on the control of administrative services in Delhi, party sources said. Reacting to the development, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Thursday said Arvind Kejriwal will not be missed…
Jammu: Asserting that people are happy since the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution were abrogated in Jammu and Kashmir, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said the article was temporary but still lasted for 70 long years. He also said B R Ambedkar had refused to draft Article 370 while drafting the other articles…
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party will be the only party from Uttar Pradesh attending the opposition leaders’ meeting in Patna on Friday, with BSP supremo Mayawati not being invited while the Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary will skip the meet due to a family programme. However, Chaudhary hoped the meeting will be an “important milestone in…
New Delhi: The AAP government will move the Supreme Court against the appointment of former Allahabad High Court judge Umesh Kumar as the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) chairman, Power Minister Atishi said on Thursday. Addressing a press conference, she said the government had recommended the name of Justice (retd) Sangeet Lodha for the post on…
Jaipur: BJP MP Kirodi Meena and his supporters sitting on a dharna in front of a police station here demanding registration of FIRs over alleged corruption in Rajasthan’s Public Health and Engineering Department were evicted from the site on Thursday, police said. They were taken to the Chaksu police station in the outskirts of Jaipur, they…
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress considers Friday’s opposition meeting in Bihar’s Patna as a “good beginning” ahead of the 2024 general elections and emphasised the significance of anti-BJP parties uniting against “undemocratic and authoritarian policies”. Leaders as diverse as Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, M K Stalin, Sharad Pawar, Mehbooba Mufti and Hemant Soren and Delhi Chief Minister…
Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala and the opposition Congress are engaged in a war of words over the fake certificate issue in the state with the latter on Thursday accusing the Left front of protecting those involved in illegal activities. The CPI(M) on the other hand refuted the allegations against it on the issue and…
