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NEW DELHI: Governing BJP and opposition DMK members clashed in Lok Sabha on Friday when the issue of the lighting of a lamp at ‘Deepathoon’ at a hilltop temple close to a dargah near Madurai was raised by DMK MP T R Baalu.As Baalu accused BJP of trying to “ignite” communal tensions in Tamil Nadu,…
Earlier this week, during a “Breakfast 2.0” event, Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar were spotted wearing strikingly similar gold-toned watches during their joint press appearance after breakfast BENGALURU: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar has rejected allegations from the BJP that he failed to declare an expensive watch in his election affidavit, insisting he has been fully…
GURGAON: An FIR was filed against BJP councillor Naresh Kataria and his wife Raj Bala Kataria after they were accused by their daughter of holding her captive at their home and pressured to marry against her wishes a day before her scheduled wedding. Neha Kataria also alleged the family had taken away her cellphone.Unable to…
BJP fields ‘Sonia Gandhi’ in Munnar ward KOCHI: BJP has nominated a woman named Sonia Gandhi as its candidate in Kerala’s Munnar local body polls, leaving the UDF in a uniquely awkward position. The candidate, Sonia Gandhi from ward 16 of Munnar gram panchayat, was named after the Congress leader by her father, late Durai…
Bypoll brings little cheer for major parties NEW DELHI: The MCD bypoll results on Wednesday were a mixed bag for two major parties in the city, with BJP and AAP losing key strongholds and several contests being decided by razor-thin margins, some by as little as 148 votes.The bypoll to the 12 wards of Municipal…
Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda, Kiren Rijiju, Arjun Ram Meghwal (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: It was a day of hectic parleys among top BJP netas, including PM Narendra Modi, at his Parliament office amid an impending decision on the next party president and growing speculation over political equations in Jharkhand.Home minister Amit Shah, accompanied…
CM Revanth Reddy met PM Narendra Modi Wednesday seeking support for Telangana’s $3 trillion vision and invited him to Telangana Rising Summit NEW DELHI: BJP Wednesday reacted furiously to the remarks of two Congress CMs “mocking” Hinduism and recalled a series of similar comments made by the functionaries of INDIA bloc to ask Rahul Gandhi…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Rajkumar Chahar on Wednesday said that the city’s iconic Taj Mahal had become a “curse”. The BJP MP told parliament that development in Agra was slowing due to strict regulations under the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) and NGT norms.Speaking in the Lok Sabha during the winter session, he said the Taj…
Representational file photo A rally held in Bhopal on Wednesday to mark 41 years of the Bhopal gas tragedy turned tense after BJP supporters alleged that protesters were preparing to burn an “RSS effigy” along with one representing Dow Chemical, the current owner of Union Carbide. The rally was organised by four survivor groups and…
At the TPCC Executive meeting, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy HYDERABAD: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have intensified their criticism of Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy over his recent comments on Hinduism, with the row prompting an protest outside the BJP state office where party workers burnt his effigy. State BJP president N Ramchander…
