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Sri Lanka president faces tough challengers in elections
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe faces 38 challengers in polls next month, the election commission said Thursday after nominations closed, with ally-turned-rival Sajith Premadasa leading the pack.
It will be the first vote…
Singhvi to contest Rajya Sabha bypoll as Congress nominee from Telangana
Singhvi’s win may be a foregone conclusion with the Congress enjoying a clear majority in the Telangana assembly, with 64 out of 119 seats.
PM Modi’s surgical strikes delivered strong blow to terrorism and naxalism: Amit Shah
AHMEDABAD: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, stated that while India has long endured the scourge of terrorism and Naxalism, PM Narendra Modi has delivered a strong response by launching surgical and air strikes that have left the enemy…
BJP preps for party chief polls, key meet on August 17
NEW DELHI: The BJP has begun preparations for the election of the party’s national president by scheduling a crucial meeting of its office-bearers, including presidents of all state units, on August 17.
The office-bearers are expected to…
BJP to organise Har Ghar Tiranga campaign; 70 thousand people to hoist national flag
Chandigarh: Chandigarh BJP will distribute 70 thousand national flags to be hosted in homes on Independence Day under Har Ghar Tiranga campaign.
All the mandals of the BJP will celebrate and work under the campaign. The campaign will…
Rahul urges government to declare Wayanad calamity a national disaster
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday called on the government to declare the recent calamity in Kerala's Wayanad a national disaster.
Speaking during Zero Hour, Gandhi also demanded higher…
Congress raises dropping of Preamble from NCERT textbooks
NEW DELHI: Opposition Congress party on Wednesday raised in Rajya Sabha the issue of dropping of Preamble to the Constitution from certain NCERT textbooks saying this was an attempt to impose communal ideology on the country - a claim which…
हिमाचल महासभा, चंडीगढ़ का कार्यकाल समाप्त, नई कार्यकारिणी के नॉमिनेशन शुरू
चंडीगढ़ : हिमाचल महासभा, चंडीगढ़ (पंजीकृत) का 3 साल का कार्यकाल समाप्त हो रहा है तथा 1 सितंबर को नए अध्यक्ष के चुनाव होने जा रहे हैं, आज सात अगस्त 2024, बुधवार को शाम 6:00 बजे निर्वाचन अधिकारी शिविंदर मांधोत्रा के समक्ष हिमाचल…
BJP veteran leader L K Advani admitted to Delhi’s Apollo hospital
NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader and former deputy prime minister L K Advani was on Tuesday admitted to a leading private hospital in Delhi, sources said.
His medical condition is stable, they said.
The 96-year-old, who was born in…
Amit Shah criticizes TMC, questions adoption of Bengal model in other states
NEW DELHI: Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took a jibe at the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led government in West Bengal, questioning whether any state would want to implement its model in the context of containing Left Wing Extremism.…
Chouhan ups ante on Congress ‘anti-farmer DNA’
NEW DELHI: Alleging that being ‘anti-farmer’ is in the DNA of the Congress, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday tore into the Opposition party for “misleading” the farmers on various issues since long for electoral…
ED ‘insiders’ tell me raid being planned, waiting with open arms: Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday claimed that an Enforcement Directorate raid is being planned against him after his 'chakravyuh' speech in Parliament.
Gandhi said he was "waiting with open arms".…
चंडीगढ़ भाजपा द्वारा मुख्यालय कमलम् में केंद्रीय बजट 2024 पर प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस का आयोजन किया गया
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Mata Prasad Pandey is SP’s pick for UP Assembly LoP
Pandey will replace SP president Akhilesh Yadav, who resigned as MLA from Karhal seat after he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kannauj.
TMC member calls out Mamata over mistake
Mamata Banerjee has returned to Kolkata after a tumultuous visit to the Niti Aayog in New Delhi. Now all eyes are on Governor CV Ananda Bose to announce a date for the much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle.
Sitharaman says Bengal CM allotted due time at NITI Aayog meeting
NEW DELHI: The central government's fact-checking body on Saturday refuted as "misleading" the claim made by West Bengal chief minster about her microphone being switched off during a meeting of the NITI Aayog in the national capital on…
JP Nadda appoints new state presidents, In-charges
NEW DELHI: In an organisational reshuffle, BJP national president JP Nadda on Thursday evening appointed new presidents for Bihar and Rajasthan, as well as prabharis (in-charges) and sah-prabharis (co-in charges) for several states,…
Opposition CMs decide to boycott NITI Aayog July 27 meeting
NEW DELHI: The Chief Ministers of the Opposition states have decided to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting scheduled for 27th July over the ‘discriminatory’ Budget.
A decision to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting was taken at a meeting by the…
No revolutionary schemes for minorities, Dalits, Adivasis: Kharge
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday termed the Union Budget as a "copycat" and alleged that it is not for the progress of the country but to save the Modi government.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…
‘Uddhav Thackeray is leader of Aurangzeb Fan Club’: says Amit Shah
PUNE: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched an all out attack on former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, calling him the leader of “Aurangzeb Fan Club.”
Attacking the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief, Shah said, "Uddhav…