Politics

The Congress today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tell the country what was happening at Dokalam and about his policy on the issue with Rahul Gandhi taking a swipe at him demanding an explanation on road construction by China if he was done with “chest thumping”. Congress spokesperson Kapil Sibal asked Modi to explain his policy to deal with ...

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav was today unanimously re-elected as the party’s national president for a five-year term. This was announced by senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav at the SP national convention in Agra. The party’s constitution was amended to extend the tenure of the party chief to five years from the existing three years. Now that 44-year-old Akhilesh ...

Senior BJP leader Satya Pal Malik was today sworn in as the Governor of Bihar at the Raj Bhavan here. The post had fallen vacant after Ram Nath Kovind was nominated as BJP’s presidential candidate and West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi had been holding the additional charge of Bihar during the interim period. Malik was administered the oath of ...

Congress leader P Chidambaram today criticised the bullet train project, saying it will be a demonetisation-like move “which will kill everything else”, and suggested that the money should instead be spent on improving rail safety. The former finance minister’s comments come a day after a stampede on a footbridge connecting Mumbai’s suburban railway stations of Parel and Elphinstone claimed 22 ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has composed the theme song for a popular city puja since theme music has become a new trend among community pujas in the metropolis. The song – “Boichitrer muktoy gantha ekotar monihar” (the jewel of unity is stitched with a string of pearls of diversity) – is being played at the ‘Suruchi Sangha’ puja, ...

BJP chief Amit Shah today criticised Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on dynastic politics and said the BJP believes in the politics of performance while the Congress banks on the “politics of appeasement and dynasty”. In his inaugural address at the BJP national executive, Shah said the current president, vice president and the prime minister had reached ...

Taking a U-turn on the CBI probe into NH-74 land scam, Chief Minister TS Rawat has stated that the agency had not accepted the government’s request to take up the investigation. Rawat had during the Assembly session in June announced that the CBI had accepted the state government’s request for a probe. The CM clarified, “At that point in time, ...

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed immersion of Durga idols in West Bengal till 12 am on all days including Muharram, setting aside the state government’s previous decision to not immerse idols on Muharram day. The court also asked the police to ensure that specific routes are designated for immersion and Tazia. The court began hearing the plea on ...

Senior politician ND Tiwari is critical after suffering from brain stroke on Wednesday. He has been admitted to Max Hospital in Saket in New Delhi, his niece Manishi Tiwari was quoted by ANI. Sources at Max Hospital in Saket said the condition of 91-year-old Tiwari is serious and he is under observation in the Intensive Care Unit. A team of ...

Reacting to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s remark on dynasty, Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah who is on a two-day visit to Uttarakhand said BJP has ended the dynastic rule in India. “I hail from a non-political background and a party like BJP has chosen me as its national president. It shows the existing internal democracy within the ...