HD Kumaraswamy; Siddaramaiah NEW DELHI: Union minister and former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday dismissed speculation about a possible change of guard in the southern state, asserting that it would not be “easy” for the ruling Congress to replace incumbent chief minister Siddaramaiah. “There will be no chief minister change in Karnataka as…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Maharashtra government of “zameen chori” (land theft) after earlier alleging “vote chori” (vote theft) by the Centre.He made the remark following reports that a company linked to Parth Pawar, son of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar had allegedly acquired government land in Pune’s Koregaon Park…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday made a big charge against Narendra Modi, claiming that he became the prime minister by “stealing elections”. He vowed to expose the truth to the Gen Z, saying that he had “a lot of material”.“We have a lot of material. We will carry…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the year-long nationwide commemoration portal to mark 150 years of the creation of India’s National Song, ‘Vande Mataram.’In his address, Prime Minister Modi described Vande Mataram as “a mantra, an energy, a dream, and a resolve.” He said the words embody devotion and worship to Maa…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said that no one can blame the pilot-in-command of the Air India Boeing Dreamliner that crashed moments after taking off in Ahmedabad and killing 260 people. The apex court told the 91-year-old father that his son, Sumeet Sabharwal, is not to be blamed and “you should not carry…
NEW DELHI: In a major security breach, a British national who arrived at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport from Bangkok allegedly fled without completing the mandatory formalities from the immigration area and escaped. According to a report from news agency ANI, teams have been formed to trace the foreigner, identified as Fitz Patrick and…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a sharp attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission, alleging large-scale electoral malpractice and claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “became the PM through chunav chori.”Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Rahul said his party had gathered extensive evidence to expose…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday accused India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of committing a “historic sin” by truncating certain parts of Vande Matram which hailed Goddess Durga.In a social media post on X, BJP spokesperson CR Kesavan said that Congress, under Nehru’s presidentship, adopted only a truncated Vande Mataram as the party’s…
PUNE: A major political row erupted in Maharashtra on Thursday over alleged transfer of a 40-acre ‘Mahar Watan’ land belonging to the state in Pune’s Mundhwa area for Rs 300 crore in favour of Amadea Enterprises LLP, a company in which deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s son Parth is one of two partners, prompting Mahayuti government…
NEW DELHI: Carving out an important exception to a constitutional mandate that an accused must be informed in advance in writing about grounds of his arrest, Supreme Court Thursday that said in crimes like hit-and-run cases, police can inform him about grounds of arrest later but at least two hours prior to his production before…
