India

Devendra Yadav is interim chief of Congress in Delhi

01 May 2024 03:12 AM IST

Just two days after Arvinder Singh Lovely resigned from the post of party’s city unit ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha elections, Congress announced on Tuesday that Devendra Yadav has been appointed to serve as the interim president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee. Lovely stepped down from his position

Former Punjab Police ADGP Gurinder Singh Dhillon joins Congress

01 May 2024 03:08 AM IST

Punjab Congress continues to gain strength in the region with the joining of esteemed personalities into the party fold ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In a significant juncture today, former Additional Director General of Punjab Police, Gurinder Singh Dhillon, officially aligned with the Indian National Congress, in a

‘Farmers on railway track, Mann taking chopper rides to meet jailed Kejriwal’

01 May 2024 03:06 AM IST

Punjab BJP state president Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday prodded CM Bhagwant Mann for his amplified love for jailed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal asking Mann to now focus on the burgeoning farmer concerns and protests in Punjab instead of flying every time in a chopper to Tihar jail to meet beleaguered

Dalvir Goldy resigns from Punjab Cong ahead of Lok Sabha polls

01 May 2024 03:03 AM IST

In a significant development before the Lok Sabha elections, the Punjab Congress faces another blow as Dalvir Goldy, who contested from the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat, has tendered his resignation from the party. Expressing discontent with the Congress, Goldy’s departure has sparked speculation that he might join the BJP and

Centre raises security for BJP candidates in Bengal

01 May 2024 03:00 AM IST

With reports of more and more BJP candidates being accosted on the campaign trail by belligerent Trinamool Congress supporters, the Union Home Ministry moved to grant additional security to the party’s candidates. Abhijit Gangopadhyay, the Calcutta High Court judge who resigned from the judiciary and is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s

BJP spreading lies about submission of utilisation certificates for central projects: Mamata

01 May 2024 02:57 AM IST

Minutes after Union Home Minister Amit Shah ended his speech in Memari, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee struck back from her election rally in Harischandrapur in Malda Uttar Lok Sabha constituency, and accused BJP leaders of only “badmouthing and threatening Bengal”. Banerjee accused Amit Shah of “peddling lies” on

MAA, MATI, MANUSH REPLACED BY MULLAH, MADRASA & MAFIA: SHAH

01 May 2024 02:43 AM IST

Amid a searing heatwave in West Bengal, the BJP on Tuesday raised the political temperature in the state with its two big names – Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath – taking on Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress Government. Addressing a public meeting at

Varun Gandhi’s graceful stance, a chance for

01 May 2024 02:39 AM IST

The Gandhi family might be divided on ideology, but the deep family bond has shown its presence and reflection time and again. With the Congress going through a rough patch it is about time that the Gandhi family lets bygones be bygones and look forward to embracing the BJP MP

If voted to power, BJP will tear apart constitution: Rahul

01 May 2024 02:36 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that if the BJP comes back to power again at the Centre it will ‘tear apart’ and ‘throw-away’ the Constitution that safeguards the rights of the underprivileged including the poor, Dalits, STs, and the OBCs. He also targeted Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Uncertainty looms Rahul, Priyanka’s election bids as Vadra re-enters fray

01 May 2024 02:33 AM IST

The decision on the name of candidates from Rae Bareli and Amethi is still pending. Suspicion still looms over the names of siblings, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi contesting elections from Rae Bareli and Amethi. If so is the case, it would mark the first instance of a non-Gandhi candidate

Ooty records hottest two days in 73 years

01 May 2024 02:28 AM IST

This popular tourist destination in Tamil Nadu is known for its cold climate and thousands of people throng the hills of Udhagamandalam or Ooty during the summer season. However, on April 28 and April 29, Ooty recorded its highest temperatures in the last 73 years. According to S Balachandran of

Cong slams govt as AstraZeneca admits Covid vaccine side effects

01 May 2024 02:26 AM IST

Congress on Tuesday launched an attack on the BJP government at the Centre after AstraZeneca, a British pharmaceutical giant admitted that its Covid-19 vaccine can result in a rare side effect known as Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS). The Congress mounted an attack on the government asking the government if