Politics

A Gujarat court sentenced Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel to two years imprisonment in a case of rioting and arson in Visnagar town here in 2015. Judge V P Agarwal, of the sessions court at Visnagar, held guilty Hardik Patel and his two aides, Lalji Patel and A K Patel under IPC sections pertaining to rioting, arson, damage to ...

Countering the opposition attack on the BJP-led government over instances of mob lynching, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the 1984 anti-Sikh riot was “biggest” such incident. Speaking on the lynching incidents, one of the issues cited by the opposition to attack the government, Singh said the Centre will provide whatever assistance required but the state governments should take stringent ...

Lok Sabha proceedings began on a stormy note on the first day of the Monsoon Session today, with members from the TDP and the SP trooping into the Well as they sought to raise various issues. As soon as Speaker Sumitra Mahajan took up the Question Hour, members from Opposition parties, including the Congress wanted to raise various issues, creating ...

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth today supported the Centre’s idea of holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies, saying it would save time and money. Talking to reporters in Chennai, he also backed the proposed Rs 10,000 crore greenfield Chennai-Salem eight-lane highway, being opposed by some quarters, and said such big projects should be taken up for the development of ...

With an eye on the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address 50 rallies across the country by February next year, covering more than 100 Lok Sabha constituencies, sources said. BJP chief Amit Shah and senior leaders Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari will address 50 rallies each, a source said. The source said that the prime minister ...

The Congress took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the sharp drop in the value of the Rupee and wondered which of the two — the BJP or the Indian currency — will fall lower. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari also asked as to who was the country’s finance minister, saying one is “acting” to be the FM, while ...

Claiming that there has been an “unprecedented political logjam” in the three years of the AAP government, Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari today urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to “give up” his full statehood demand and work for the people. In a letter to Kejriwal, he alleged that in the “politically motivated logjam”, the development of the city has been ...

Congress chief and local MP Rahul Gandhi today held a ‘janta darbar’ during which he listened to the problems of the people of his constituency. Rahul, who is on a two-day visit here, started his second day by meeting people from different walks of life on the premises of the Congress office in Gauriganj — the district headquarters. Former Union ...

Foreign tour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always been on the target of opposition parties. Opposition parties raise questions on his every visit and now the disclosures made under the RTI have given new weapons to target opposition parties. Under RTI, it has been revealed that during his 48-month tenure, Prime Minister Modi has so far made 50 foreign ...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia will be charged by the police with criminal conspiracy over the alleged attack on a top bureaucrat in February. Sources say the police have prepared a charge-sheet based on the evidence and statements of many and it is set to be filed soon. Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash has alleged that ...