Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar ahead of Lok Sabha polls once again retorted of Congress creating history by winning a large number of Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka. Speaking to ANI on Thursday Shivakumar said, “We will create history by winning more seats from Karnataka…As Parliament elections and assembly […]
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“Nation paid price for BJP’s compulsion to get donations”: Congress hits out at Centre over electoral bonds
The Congress on Thursday launched another attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) alleging that its compulsion to get donations at all costs saw it go ahead with the electoral bonds scheme without heeding Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) astute advice. In a series of posts on X, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh […]
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“Opposition should learn how to respect women from PM Modi”: Hema Malini on Randeep Surjewala’s comment
After Congress leader Randeep Surjewala sparked a row with his alleged ‘derogatory’ remarks on BJP MP from Mathura Hema Malini, the latter said on Thursday that the leaders of the opposition should learn how to respect women from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking to the reporters here, before filing her nominations for the Lok […]
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Caste certificate: SC allows MP Navneet Rana’s plea, sets aside Bombay HC order
In relief to Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed her plea and set aside Bombay High Court order that had cancelled her caste certificate that she used to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in a reserved category seat. A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Sanjay […]
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PM Modi is our face in all the 40 Lok Sabha seats here: Bihar Dy CM Samrat Choudhary
Gung-ho over the ruling BJP’s prospects in the Lok Sabha elections, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday said the people have made up their minds to elect the party’s candidates from all 40 seats in the state. Speaking to ANI earlier on Thursday, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
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Smriti Irani campaigns in Wayanad, alleges Rahul taking support from PFI’s political leadership
After holding a mega road show with Kerala BJP chief and candidate from Wayanad, K Surendran ahead of his nomination on Thursday, Union Minister Smriti Irani came down heavily on Rahul Gandhi and alleged that he was taking support from the leaders of banned outfit Popular Front of India. K Surendran filed his nomination on Thursday from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. “I am […]
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Congress has five centres of power: Sanjay Nirupam fumes after expulsion from party
A day after being expelled by the party, former Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam, who claimed that he had already tendered his resignation letter to the party president, hit out at his former party, saying that it has five centres of power. “Congress party is a completely scattered party. The leaders […]
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Former Congress leader Gourav Vallabh joins BJP
Gourav Vallabh, who resigned from the Congress, citing the party’s “lack of direction”, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the national capital on Thursday. Vallabh joined the BJP at an event organised at the party’s headquarters in Delhi. In his first reaction after severing all ties with the party, […]
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Taiwan earthquake: 9 dead, 1,038 injured; rescue operations underway
The search for the missing continues following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake centered in Hualien that struck Taiwan on Wednesday morning, Central News Agency Focus Taiwan reported. As per Central Emergency Operation Center, as of 7 am Thursday, the number of deaths has reached nine, with 1,038 injured, 96 trapped, and 52 missing, […]
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Indian Navy brings 9 pirates caught off Somalia to Mumbai, hands over to local police
All nine pirates involved in piracy were apprehended on Wednesday after Indian Navy ships INS Trishul and INS Sumedha conducted successful anti-piracy operations east of Somalia on 29 March. The operations resulted in the rescue of FV Al Kambar and its crew of 23 Pakistani nationals. https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/1775740476446191823?s=20 In an official post on X, the Indian Navy said, Robust actions by #IndianNavy ships Trishul […]
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AAP leader Atishi claims Bansuri Swaraj represented probe agency in Sanjay Singh case, says “ED is BJP and BJP is ED”
AAP leader and Delhi Minister Atishi on Wednesday claimed that BJP leader Bansuri Swaraj represented the Enforcement Directorate in the case against AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday and said that there’s no difference between the ED and the BJP. The Delhi Minister alleged that this is not the first time the BJP’s […]
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NCP vs NCP: SC asks Ajit Pawar Group to show ads issued after its order
Veteran politician Sharad Pawar on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court, alleging that the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has not complied with the court’s direction to publish disclaimers in all their advertisements that the use of the ‘clock’ symbol by them is a sub-judice matter. The […]
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Reports claiming significant hikes in prices of medicines are false, misleading: Health Ministry
The government dismissed the media reports claiming that medicine prices will witness a significant hike by up to 12 per cent from April 2024 and called them false, misleading and malicious. “Some media reports have highlighted that medicine prices will witness a significant hike by up to 12 per cent from April […]
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SC to hear next week plea for cross-verification of EVMs with VVPAT by voters
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear next week a plea seeking cross-verification by the voters of votes cast by them as “counted as recorded” in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). A bench headed by Justices Sanjiv Khanna said this after […]
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Indian Air Force receives first indigenous Crash Fire Tender
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday said it had recently received the delivery of the first indigenously designed and developed Crash Fire Tender (CFT). “The IAF recently took the delivery of the first among many, indigenously designed and developed Crash Fire Tender. Manufactured by a Noida-based Indian MSME firm, […]