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Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi NEW DELHI: The BJP on Friday claimed that tensions between ‘Team Rahul’ and ‘Team Priyanka’ within the Congress are now “out in the open” after a former party MLA from Odisha wrote to Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi, urging the removal of party president…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka Congress MLA Iqbal Hussain on Friday claimed that deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar will become chief minister after the ongoing winter session of the state legislature, adding fuel to speculation over a possible leadership change within the ruling party.Speaking to reporters, the Ramanagara MLA confirmed that he attended a late-night dinner…
Maharashtra MLA dressed as leopard NEW DELHI: A Maharastra MLA on Wednesday chose a unique way to present his stance in the state legislative assembly. Sharad Sonawane, the MLA from Junnar, arrived at the Maharashtra legislature dressed in a leopard-print outfit to protest the rising number of leopard-related incidents across the state.His demonstration came hours…
MURSHIDABAD: Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir laid foundation stone for ”Babri Masjid-style” mosque in West Bengal”s Murshidabad on Saturday.Kabir cut a ceremonial ribbon alongside visiting clerics on the dais as slogans of “Nara-e-Takbeer, Allahu Akbar” were raised at the venue, where thousands had gathered since morning.The foundation-laying ceremony took place under a heavy security blanket,…
KOLKATA: Security has been stepped up in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, ahead of a controversial foundation-laying event of ‘Babri Mosque’ planned by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir.On Saturday, Kabir told reporters, “All is well. Wait until it’s 12 noon; the reading of the Quran will begin then. After that, the foundation stone will be…
KOLKATA: Security has been tightened in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district ahead of a contentious foundation-laying ceremony planned by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir, who has announced he will inaugurate a structure named “Babri Masjid” in Beldanga on Saturday. Safiqul Islam, a resident of Uttar Barasat, was seen carrying bricks on his head, saying his…
TMC Suspended MLA Humayun Kabir BERHAMPORE/KOLKATA: Trinamool suspended Thursday its MLA Humayun Kabir, who had earned the Bengal governing party’s ire by publicly declaring his plan to “lay the foundation of a Babri Masjid-style mosque in Murshidabad on Dec 6”.The belligerent MLA remained defiant despite getting the stick for “communal politics”, declaring he would go…
Kerala MLA Rahul Mamkootathil Thiruvananthapuram: Congress, already on the defensive after the survivor lodged a formal complaint against the MLA, moved swiftly Thursday, expelling Mamkootathil from the party’s primary membership within minutes of the court order. AICC had reportedly cleared the action soon after KPCC president Sunny Joseph received a rape complaint from another woman…
TMC suspends Murshidabad MLA Humayun Kabir over Babri Masjid remark KOLKATA: West Bengal’s political temperature spiked on Thrusday after the Trinamool Congress suspended its Murshidabad MLA Humayun Kabir, after he reiterated that he would go ahead with a December 6 ‘shilanyas’ for a mosque modelled on the Babri Masjid in Murshidabad — despite Raj Bhawan’s…
KOZHIKODE: CPM MLA Kanathil Jameela, who represented the Koilandy constituency in the state assembly, passed away at a private hospital here around 8.40pm on Saturday. She was 60.The MLA was undergoing treatment for cancer for a long time. She was resting at home due to her condition and was admitted to the hospital on Saturday…
