Politics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi got himself an hour of free TV and diverted nation’s attention away from issues on the ground, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said, shortly after Modi addressed the nation on India’s anti-satellite missile capability. “Today @narendramodi got himself an hour of free TV & divert(ed) nation’s attention away from issues on ground #Unemployment #RuralCrisis & ...

In a big bang election promise, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced that 20 per cent families belonging to the poorest category will be given Rs 72,000 each annually as minimum income if his party comes to power. Making the announcement at a press conference here, Gandhi said five crore families and 25 crore will directly benefit from the ...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday claimed that if the BJP forms the next government at the Centre, Narendra Modi will become prime minister of the country forever as there will be no election after the 2019 polls. Virtually seeking to stoke fears of an impending end of democracy in the country, Kejriwal alleged that the Modi government is “following” ...

The AAP would start its campaign for Delhi’s full statehood from Saturday under the leadership of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the party said in a statement. The Aam Aadmi Party said the main agenda of this campaign would be to highlight how people of the national capital “were cheated by the BJP”. It said the campaign for full statehood will ...

Former international cricketer Gautam Gambhir Friday joined the BJP and is expected to be fielded in the Lok Sabha polls from one of the seats in the national capital. The 37-year-old joined the party here in the presence of Union ministers Arun Jaitley and Ravi Shankar Prasad. The former opening batsman played a key role in India’s triumph in the ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the state had not seen a single riot after the BJP came to power and his two-year government had shown zero tolerance towards crime and criminals. Presenting a report card of his government, which completes two years in office, he said the BJP-led state government had been able to change the ...

Amid Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s deteriorating health, the BJP on Sunday said it is “already thinking on Goa political transit phase” even as the party asserted that the state government was “stable” and warned people against rumours. Parrikar, 63, is suffering from a pancreatic ailment. “Our BJP leadership in Delhi and Goa are very strong, stable and are already thinking ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday urged his supporters to take the ‘main bhai chowkidar’ (I too am watchman) pledge, saying he is not alone in the fight against graft and social evils. “Your Chowkidar is standing firm & serving the nation. But, I am not alone. Everyone who is fighting corruption, dirt, social evils is a Chowkidar. Everyone working hard ...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday cited an internal survey of his party to claim that 56 per cent people feel the BJP will suffer electoral losses because of its “conduct” regarding the Pulwama terror attack and the subsequent Indo-Pakistan tensions. Hitting back, the BJP said it was a “shame” that Kejriwal was “weighing the profit and loss” of the ...

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of playing the “victim card” as she said people of the country were the victims of his “wrong policies”. She was speaking at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the Sardar Patel National Memorial here. According to sources, the senior Congress leader in her address lashed out at ...