NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh MLA Pooja Pal, who was expelled from Samajwadi Party, met chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday.This comes days after Pal was shown exit gate after she praised Adityanath inside state assembly for his zero-tolerance policy against crime.Pooja Pal, whose husband Raju Pal was allegedly shot dead by gangster Atiq Ahmed‘s associates,…
Karnataka Congress MLA Basavaraju V Shivaganga and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar (Image credits: X @BShivaganga) NEW DELHI: Karnataka Congress MLA Basavaraju V Shivaganga on Saturday claimed that Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar will become the next Chief Minister of the state after December, even as CM Siddaramaiah has reiterated his intention to serve…
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing row over special intensive revision and “vote theft” charges, the Election Commission on Saturday said that the political parties should have raised errors in the electoral rolls during the claims and objections period of past elections.The poll body said that it shares electoral rolls with political parties ahead of any…
NEW DELHI: The Goods and Services (GST) 2.0 is set to be a “game changer” subsequently leading to a single tax rate, news agency PTI reported citing government sources on Saturday. It further slammed the Congress party’s “hypocrisy” for claiming credit for the reforms saying it “was not even present when landmark GST law was…
Arvind Kejriwal, National Convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) (Image credits: PTI) NEW DELHI: The birthday of Arvind Kejriwal, National Convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and former chief minister of Delhi, was observed on Saturday, with party members and supporters noting his political journey and governance record.In Delhi, initiatives included improvements in…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day promise of cheaper daily-use items through a simplified two-slab GST structure, pitched as “next-generation reforms” and a Diwali gift for the nation, has triggered a sharp political tussle, with Congress claiming the idea as its own, pointing to its 2024 manifesto and Rahul Gandhi’s 2018 posts demanding…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday thanked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his Independence Day greetings and spoke of strengthening bilateral ties, while also expressing hope for peace and progress in Ukraine.In a post on X, Modi said: “Thank you President Zelenskyy for your warm greetings. I deeply value the joint commitment to…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched the “Vote Adhikar Yatra” against the alleged “theft of votes” through EC’s special intensive revision of electoral roll in poll-bound Bihar.The yatra, scheduled to begin on Sunday, will cover more than 20 districts of Bihar over 16 days.“We are bringing the Voter Rights Yatra to the…
NEW DELHI: Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday traded barbs after NCERT released new special modules on Partition, putting blame on the grand old party.Congress leader Pawan Khera refuted the claims made in the book and accused Hindu Mahasabha and Muslim League of “collaborating” for the division between India and Pakistan.“Set this book on…
India welcomed the Trump–Putin summit in Alaska as a step toward ending the Ukraine war, even as the talks concluded without a breakthrough. Meanwhile, Northern Pakistan has been devastated by flash floods that killed at least 344 people in 48 hours, with the toll expected to rise. The Election Commission announced a press conference on…
