Politics

The Rashtriya Janata Dal Twitter handle on Thursday shared the pictures of Radha Mohan SIngh, the Union Minister of Agriculture, urinating in the open and flanked by security guards. Since then, the photos have gone viral. The minister, however, defended himself, saying there was no urinal for long distances on National Highway 28 near Pipara when he wanted to relieve ...

Dehradun: The NDA’s presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind yesterday held a meeting with MPs and MLAs of the ruling BJP in Uttarakhand at Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat’s official residence here to canvass support for himself. The closed-door meeting, chaired by the chief minister, lasted for two hours, official sources here said. All 57 party legislators and two out of ...

Two AAP legislators, including a woman, sustained injuries and taken to hospital when they along with other party members were being “physically” taken out by the marshals out of the Punjab Assembly, which witnessed ruckus over not allowing two suspended lawmakers from entering the House. In the melee, turbans of some of the opposition members also got came off. Speaker ...

The Congress yesterday staged a boycott in the state Assembly over the farm loan waiver issue. While debating the merits of the admissibility of the issue under Rule 310, Leader of the Opposition Indira Hirdayesh sought a deadline from the government for implementing the poll promise. “The announcement was made by PM Narendra Modi during election campaign in Uttarakhand. While ...

In his first visit to the US after the new administration took over, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks with President Donald Trump on June 26 on a range of issues, including India’s concerns over possible changes in H1B visas. Announcing the visit from June 25, the external affairs ministry today said the Modi-Trump discussions will provide a new ...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan sat on an indefinite fast at Dussehra Maidan here today for “restoration of peace” amid a farmers’ agitation in the state. The opposition Congress dubbed it as “drama” Farmers’ organisations, which have been agitating for better support prices for farm produce, loan waiver and other demands, have already said that the stir would ...

With President Pranab Mukherjee’s term coming to an end on July 24, the Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced that polling for the upcoming presidential election will be held on July 17. The counting of votes will begin on July 20, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said. Briefing the press on the election process in New Delhi, Zaidi said ...

A day after D Senthil Pandiyan, who unearthed the National Highway-74 scam in Uttarakhand, was removed as the Commissioner of Kumaon, Opposition Congress intensified its stir against what it claimed was the Centre’s attempt to target the official. Led by Leader of the Opposition in Uttarakhand Assembly Indira Hridayesh, the party staged a dharna outside the Udham Singh Nagar district ...

To prove that the EVM hackathon being organised by the Election Commission of India is an ‘eye wash’, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hold a parallel ‘EVM challenge’ on June 3 in Delhi. The ECI decided to hold a hackathon — for which it has issued strict dos and don’ts — as several political parties questioned the security features ...

A CBI court in Lucknow today ruled that veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and other accused in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case would be charged with criminal conspiracy. The special court while granting bail to all the accused on personal bond of Rs 20,000 each rejected the discharge petition filed by them and ...