Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday hit out at the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government for allegedly lying about the death toll in the January Maha Kumbh stampede. Citing a BBC report, the SP chief took to X to claim that 82 people lost their lives in the stampede that broke out in … Read more
New Delhi: As the Modi government completes 11 years of being in power, the Congress is set to launch a campaign named “Pol-Khol” that aims to unfold all the failures and unfulfilled promises of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Congress blamed the 11 years of the Modi-led government at the centre as “11 years of … Read more
New Delhi: A controversy has erupted in West Bengal’s political circles after a prominent participant in Bangladesh’s 2024 student movement was found on the voter list of the Kakdwip assembly constituency. The protester has been identified as Newton Das. Pictures of Das actively protesting in Bangladesh have gone viral, sparking widespread alarm, particularly given Kakdwip’s … Read more
New Delhi: Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Monday hailed the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to release electoral roll data for Haryana and Maharashtra spanning from 2009 to 2024. While welcoming this “good first step,” Gandhi quickly pressed the poll body to specify the exact date by which this … Read more
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah who has come under intense criticism following the tragic stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium, where the RCB players were being felicitated, has defended himself. Talking to media persons on Sunday, the Congress leader said that he was present at the event only because he was invited and was also told … Read more
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis launched a sharp counter-attack on Sunday against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of “insulting” the people’s mandate by rejecting the outcome of the 2024 state assembly polls. In articles published in The Indian Express and Marathi daily Loksatta, Fadnavis contended that … Read more
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent visit to Madurai, Tamil Nadu, holds significant political weight, particularly in the context of the upcoming 2026 state assembly elections. His two-day visit, commencing on the evening of June 7th, included a visit to the revered Meenakshi Amman Temple. However, the focal point of his trip was … Read more
New Delhi: The tragic stampede at Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium during a Royal Challengers Bangalore victory celebration, resulting in 11 fatalities, has escalated into a major political crisis in Karnataka. The incident, which occurred on [Date of Incident], has prompted widespread condemnation and accusations of governmental negligence. Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) … Read more
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday responded to the Election Commission, rejecting his charges of “match fixing” during the Maharashtra Elections. In a post on social media platform, ‘X’, Gandhi asked the EC to answer his questions, rather than issuing “evasive notes”. Rahul Gandhi vs Election Commission A war of words broke out … Read more
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday alleged that the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections were “match-fixed” by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming they served as a “blueprint for rigging democracy” — a tactic he warned could soon be repeated in Bihar. Taking to social media platform X, Gandhi … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wished Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on his 53rd birthday. The PM shared his wishes on social media platform, ‘X’. The PM had words of praise for the BJP CM. Yogi Adityanath praised for ‘administrative efforts’ PM Modi praised UP CM Yogi Adityanath for his “administrative … Read more
New Delhi: In a fresh jab at Pakistan over Operation Sindoor, the BJP shared a new meme inspired by Indian chess prodigy D Gukesh’s recent world championship win and the moment his opponent Magnus Carlsen vented his frustration by banging on the table after the loss. The meme was captioned “Checkmate”. It showed India’s decisive … Read more
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has hit out at Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann over his recent remarks belittling Operation Sindoor. The BJP has alleged that Mann’s comments are an affront to the Indian Armed Forces. During a press conference, Mann courted controversy after he made a weird comment. He referred to reports … Read more
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann has made a bizarre and controversial statement in which he said that the BJP had turned “sindoor” into a joke and asked if this was “one nation, one husband” scheme. While speaking to the media, CM Mann was asked a question on … Read more
Bhopal: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Bhopal on Tuesday (June 3) for the ‘Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan’ triggered a political controversy after he offered floral tribute to his late grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi while wearing shoes. The gesture, made outside the Congress office at Indira Bhavan ahead of a key party meeting, … Read more
New Delhi: A disturbing incident unfolded in Odisha recently that highlighted the growing religious intolerance. A 29-year old Catholic nun, Sister Rachana Nayak, was forcibly removed from a train and detained by police for 18 hours in Odisha following false accusations of religious conversions and human trafficking. The incident occurred on Saturday night, when Sister … Read more
New Delhi: A major political controversy has erupted after the arrest of 22-year-old social media influencer Sharmishta Panoli by the Kolkata police, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launching a scathing attack on the West Bengal government, accusing it of “selective enforcement of law” and “vote bank appeasement”. Panoli, a law student and Instagram influencer, … Read more
New Delhi: “Secularism isn’t a shield for some and a sword for others. It must be a two-way street,” wrote BJP ally and Andhra Pradesh’s Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan after Kolkata Police arrested influencer Sharmistha Panoli following a communal post. Kalyan also flagged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remarks and posted a video … Read more
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad has strongly criticised a group of Pakistani nationals who had raised anti-India slogans outside a venue in Copenhagen, Denmark where an Indian parliamentary delegation was interacting with the members of Indian diaspora. While he was addressing the Indian community, he described the protests as a … Read more
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday hit back at the Congress and alleged that the main Opposition party’s ‘Jai Hind Yatra’ is looking more like “Jai Pakistan Yatra”. It said that while several Congress leaders asked about the number of fighter jets that India lost during ongoing conflicts with Pakistan, it also … Read more
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta will be going on a pilgrimage to celebrate 100 days of BJP government in the national capital. The pilgrimage begins on June 1, said reports. The CM will be in Haridwar on that day to inaugurate a dharmshala. Post inaugurating the dharamshala, the CM will take a dip … Read more
New Delhi: With controversies brewing up over Shashi Tharoor’s recent statements on surgical strikes, The Congress has reiterated its claim that six surgical strikes were carried out when the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was in power. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) quickly debunked it as a “lie”. Notably, Tharoor faced a huge criticism within his … Read more
New Delhi: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to West Bengal, Trinammol Congress MP Saket Gokhale took a swipe at him, calling the PM a “migratory bird”. He urged PM Modi to clarify the stand on the pending central funds amounting to Rs 1.7 lakh crore for the state, after his claim that … Read more
New Delhi: Congress leader Pawan Khera has strongly refuted party MP Shashi Tharoor’s remarks made during an international visit, where Tharoor claimed that India crossed the Line of Control (LoC) for the first time during the 2015 surgical strikes under the Narendra Modi government. Khera has also backed fellow Congress leader Udit Raj, who criticised … Read more
Dehradun: In a significant ruling, a CBI court in Dehradun has convicted BJP MLA Adesh Chauhan in connection with a 2009 illegal detention case, sentencing him to six months of imprisonment. The judgment also holds his niece Deepika Singh and two police officers accountable, marking an important legal development in Uttarakhand’s political sphere. CBI court … Read more