Tag: Politics

Vistara Airlines has advised its customers to prepare accordingly, as heavy traffic congestion and slow vehicle movement are expected en route to Varanasi airport on Tuesday. In a post, Vistara said, “Heavy traffic congestion and slow vehicle movement are expected en route to Varanasi Airport on May 14th. Customers are advised to allow more time for their journey to the airport.” Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to file his nomination for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday. Ahead of filing the nomination, PM Modi held an extravagant roadshow on a five-kilometre-stretch on Monday. PM Modi was accompanied by […]

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her Haryana counterpart Nayab Saini, Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav among others condoled the demise of veteran BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi. Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi passed away at Delhi’s All-India Institute of Medical Sciences on Monday evening after battling cancer for seven months. He was 72. “Sorry to hear about the sad demise of Shri Sushil Kumar Modi, former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family & friends. May the departed soul rest in peace,” Mamata Banerjee said […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi applauded the people of the Srinagar parliamentary constituency for the “encouraging turnout” of 38 per cent, which is more than double the 14.43 pc polling in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In the first general election in the valley after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, polling took place in 2,135 polling stations on Monday across the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency containing assembly segments of Srinagar, Ganderbal, Pulwama, Budgam and Shopian districts. In his post on X, PM Modi said, “Would especially like to applaud the people of Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency for the encouraging […]

Heaping praise on Prime Minister and Home Minister for the development of the nation, former Samajwadi Party chief whip Manoj Pandey has said, “no problem in saying that India needs the leadership of PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah.” Pandey, the MLA from Raebareli district’s Unchahar constituency, said this after Shah visited his home on Sunday and held a closed-door meeting. Shah was accompanied by Dinesh Pratap Singh, the BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Raebareli. “I express my gratitude to Union Home Minister Amit Shah for coming here to meet us. They (PM Modi and Amit Shah) have done several […]

The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee echoed the stance of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in rejecting the analogies given by Sam Pitroda to illustrate India’s diversity. “The unacceptable and unfortunate analogies were however drawn by him on his personal capacity and has nothing to do with the Congress Party, as has been clearly communicated through appropriate party channels,” the Nagaland Congress said. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) attempts to politicise the issue despite this is regrettable and is an indicator of their utter desperation in the face of an impending electoral rout, the party said. It added that the […]

In a scathing attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after his release from Tihar Jail on interim bail, BJP national spokesperson Raju Bista said he was “the biggest scamster politician in history.” “I have never seen such a big scamster politician in history. And Kejriwal will face many brooms. Such a politician who confidently lies day and night should be named Kejriwal. After spending so many days in jail, they must be under mental stress. They should go to a doctor and seek treatment for their mind,” Bista said on Sunday. “The BJP is winning all 7 seats in […]

Claiming that not a single person is happy in Bengal but they have faith in PM Modi, BJP candidate from Bardhaman Durgapur Lok Sabha seat Dilip Ghosh has said that people are ready to get rid of the TMC’s corruption and atrocities in the state. Bardhaman Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other seats in the state is going to polls on Monday amid voting in the 4th phase of general elections across 9 States and one Union Territory. “People here are ready to get rid of the atrocities of the present (TMC) government. People have trust in PM […]

In his second visit to West Bengal this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold four rallies in the state today to boost the campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party. PM Modi will hold a public meeting in support of BJP candidate Arjun Singh in Barrackpore in the North 24 Parganas district at 11:30 am. After that, the Prime Minister will address people in Hooghly in support of BJP candidate Locket Chatterjee at 1 pm. In Arambagh, PM Modi will campaign for BJP candidate Arup Kumar at 2:30 pm. The Prime Minister will hold a meeting in Howrah at 4 […]

Amid Trinamool Congress claims on the sting operation video over the Sandeshkhali case, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has said that Sandeshkhali is the tip of the iceberg and incidents like these are happening in West Bengal. Earlier, multiple women in Sandeshkhali had accused former TMC strongman Sheikh Shajahan and his aides of “land-grab and sexual assault” under coercion. Shahjahan, the key Sandeshkhali accused, is currently behind bars in connection with the attack on a team of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED). “Sandeshkhali is sending a ‘sandesh’ to West Bengal that things like this should not happen. Sandeshkhali is the […]

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday slammed Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole’s “purification” remark of Ram Temple, terming his statement dangerous. Further raising a question about Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s religion and whether she is authorized to visit the Ram Temple, Sarma said, “Nana Patole has given a very dangerous statement… What is Sonia Gandhi’s religion? And if Sonia Gandhi does the work of purifying the Ram temple, will the Hindus remain silent? It’s election time that’s why he is speaking but if he tries to do he will be jailed. Ram temple has been built after the […]

After Telangana Chief Minister Revnath Reddy raised fresh questions over the Pulwama terror attack in 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday came down heavily on the Congress and said that the Congress party is questioning the “bravery” of the military and putting India under question on the issue of terrorism by giving “clean chit” to Pakistan. BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla claimed that the Congress is getting “support” from Pakistan. “Now it has been clear that these are not mere coincidences but well thought experiment the way Congress party is taking stands for Pakistan and terrorism and giving them […]

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy travelled in a state-owned Road Transport Corporation bus here and explained to the passengers about various schemes included in the party’s Manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Rahul and CM Reddy boarded the RTC bus at Dil Sukh Nagar in the city. Rahul inquired about the free bus travel facility for women on the RTC buses. Rahul Gandhi explained to the passengers about Yuva Nyay, Kisan Nyay, Nari Nyay, and Shramik Nyay as included in the Congress Manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Meanwhile, in a public rally […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed anguish over the loss of lives in the explosion at a fireworks unit near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district. In the tragic incident, eight people, including five women, were killed and 12 others injured after an explosion took place at the firecracker manufacturing unit near Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district on Thursday. “Anguished by the loss of lives due to a mishap at a factory in Sivakasi. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. I pray that those who have been injured recover at the earliest,” PM Modi posted on X. The cause of […]

The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal has chosen to wield the star power of Shatrughan Sinha against Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Surinderjeet Singh Ahluwalia from Asansol which will go to polls on Monday. The Bihari Babu of the Indian film industry, Shatrughan Sinha joined TMC in 2022 after a brief stint in the Congress. Sinha quit the BJP in 2019 claiming that the party has become a “one-man show”. “The magic of Mamta’s personality is speaking everywhere. The work Mamta Banerjee has done for her people and the state, no CM has done that ever for their people. […]

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday slammed former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi over his ‘election stunt’ remarks on the terrorist attack on the Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy at Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. Channi said on Sunday that the Poonch militant attack, in which an IAF corporal was killed and four personnel were injured, was an “election stunt” to benefit the BJP. His remarks drew outrage from the BJP, which accused Congress of being disrespectful to soldiers and demanded an apology to the nation. Addressing an intellectual meet in Lucknow, Singh said,” A former Chief Minister of […]

Invoking a provocative statement by AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi from 2013, BJP leader Navneet Rana issued a veiled warning to the Owaisi brothers in their stronghold Hyderabad on Wednesday. To the AIMIM leader’s statement that they would take them all of ’15 minutes’ to balance out the “Hindu-Muslim ratio” in the country, Navneet, who seeking a fresh term in the Lok Sabha from Amravati, albeit on a BJP ticket this time; hit back at the Owaisi brothers, saying “it would take us 15 seconds if the police were removed or made to stand down”. “The younger brother says ‘remove the […]

After Sam Pitroda’s ‘racist’ remarks that triggered a row in the country, Nagaland Tourism Minister Temjen Imna Along said that the Congress has shown its true colours and Pitroda should apologise to the people of the country. “The Congress party has shown its true colour in the form of Mr Sam Pitroda, who is the ideologue of the policies of the Congress party. Never too late, but in time they have shown the divisive policies to divide the country by its racist remarks. Mr Sam has to seek an apology from the countrymen,” Along said speaking to ANI on Wednesday. […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hold a roadshow in Bhubaneswar on May 10. The security arrangements have been beefed up for PM’s event, said the police. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Bhubaneswar on May 10th and he has a roadshow planned in Janpath, Bhubaneswar. The roadshow is planned for the night hours,” Prateek Singh, DCP, Bhubaneswar, told ANI. “We have made arrangements as per the guidelines. I will be ensuring that there is no suspicious person in and around that area when the programme is going on,” he added. PM Modi will also take part in […]

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said that the state government has been working tirelessly to introduce liver and kidney transplant facilities in the state government-run GB Pant hospital to ensure that affordable treatment reaches the masses. The Chief Minister on Wednesday was speaking to media persons on the sidelines of his visit to the hospital in Agartala in the late evening. “In the month of June, we are likely to start the kidney transplant procedure here in Agartala. This is a big step towards making expensive treatment available in government-run hospitals. In the next phase, we are thinking of starting […]

Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao’s family met PM Narednra Modi in Hyderabad on Tuesday and expressed gratitude for conferring the Bharat Ratna to the former Prime Minister. Rao’s family also discussed a wide range of topics like culture, and India’s development strides, among others. Former Prime Ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao, ex-Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur and agronomist MS Swaminathan were posthumously conferred with the country’s highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna, by President Droupadi Murmu on March 30. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in February that Narasimha Rao will be conferred the Bharat Ratna. In a […]

As the battle over reservations for Muslims continues to escalate in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections with the BJP registering its dissent over religion-based quota, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the religion cannot be the base of providing reservations as it goes against the Constitution. In an interview with Times Now, the Prime Minister said that the poor in the country include all Hindus, Christians, and Parsis and all should get the benefits of reservations. “I have never said that Muslims won’t get reservations. All I’m saying is that religion cannot be the base of […]

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday bestowed praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his efforts towards safeguarding national security and offering good governance to the nation and said that this is the first time a Prime Minister has delivered to his promises and glorified the democracy. While addressing an election rally in Begumganj, Yadav said, “The public gave the vote to PM Narendra Modi for national security and good governance. When our soldiers were continuously attacked at the borders and killed, the then government used to raise hands and say what should we do, this is all […]

Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna has been suspended from the Janata Dal (Secular) over his alleged involvement in the ‘obscene videos’ case. A decision in this regard was taken at the party’s core committee meeting on Tuesday. The committee recommended the suspension of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing an SIT probe in connection with an alleged obscene video case. Addressing a joint press conference in Bengaluru, JD(S) core committee chairman, GT Devegowda, announced the decision to recommend Revanna’s suspension to the party’s national president. Revanna is the grandson of party supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda. Prajwal […]

In the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami appealed to the voters to ensure a grand victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying that the ongoing polls will realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for a developed India. Dhami, while addressing a public rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly, said that this election will mark the building of the nation as the third-largest economy in the world. “Every vote cast on the election symbol of lotus will be helpful in making Prime Minister Narendra Modi the PM for the third time. Bareilly Lok Sabha […]