Kolkata, 26/1: Congress Lok Sabha leader and West Bengal unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday apologised to Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O’Brien for calling him a “foreigner” even as he alleged that the Mamata Banerjee-led government creating roadblocks for Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in the state.
Patna, 26/1: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is keeping the suspense on whether he will dump the Grand Alliance for the BJP and remain in power even as Congress sources on Friday said he refused to speak to their top leader Sonia Gandhi. As the Republic Day saw intense speculation over the turn Bihar politics…
Patna, 26/1: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Friday asserted that the party was ‘firmly with I.N.D.I.A coalition’ but wanted the Congress to do ‘introspection’ with regard to alliance partners and sharing of seats. State JD(U) president Umesh Singh Kushwaha made the statement, refuting rumours that his party, headed by the chief minister, was…
New Delhi, 26/1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked down the Kartavya Path on Friday after the conclusion of the 75th Republic Day parade and waved at people seated in enclosures. The attendees erupted into cheer when the PM passed by their enclosures and welcomed him with claps and slogans of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’. PM…
New Delhi, 26/1: On the occasion of India’s 75th Republic Day, French President Emmanuel Macron announced measures that would ensure more Indian students’ intake in France. Macron, serving as the chief guest at the Republic Day ceremony, said that France has an ‘ambitious target’ of having over 30,000 Indian students by 2030. In a post…
Assam, 26/1: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Thursday that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has employed a ‘body double’ for his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Sarma cited a news report and said that the Congress leader sits inside the coupe with others, while his ‘body double’ waves at the people outside.
Islamabad, 25/1: Pakistan on Thursday claimed that it had “credible evidence” of links between what it called “Indian agents” and the assassination of two Pakistani terrorists associated with the Jaish-e-Mohammed and the Lashkar-e-Taiba in Sialkot and Rawalkot last year.India was carrying out “extra-territorial and extra-judicial killings” inside Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi alleged…
Bhubaneswar ,25/1: The Congress in Odisha held a one-of-a-kind demonstration on Thursday, organising a “wedding” that had nothing to do with two persons but two political parties — the ruling BJD and the opposition BJP in the state. Maintaining that the two parties were in a “live-in relationship” for long, Congress workers organised the wedding…
Mumbai, 25/1: As India celebrated National Voters’ Day, the Uddhav Thackeray-headed Shiv Sena (UBT) slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) on multiple fronts including the toppling of the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi government. Uddhav’s son and Yuva Sena President Aaditya Thackeray, an MLA from Worli and former minister, spearheaded the charge.
Kolkata, 25/1: Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien Thursday held West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury responsible for an alliance not working out between the two parties in West Bengal. The remark came a day after West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee announced that her party will fight the Lok Sabha polls…
