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08 Feb 2022
Samajwadi PartyBJP promises jobs, electricity, gas in manifesto for UP elections
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released its manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, due to begin this week.
08 Feb 2022
Narendra ModiKejriwal reacts to PM's statement on migrant crisis during lockdown
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday vehemently opposed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on migrant exodus during the nationwide lockdown in 2020.
08 Feb 2022
PoliticsRam Rahim gets furlough ahead of polls. Who said what?
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, has been granted a three-week furlough.
07 Feb 2022
Uttar PradeshOwaisi offered Z category security, he should accept: Amit Shah
Addressing the Rajya Sabha on Monday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah appealed to Hyderabad MP and All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi to accept the Z category security which was offered to him.
07 Feb 2022
Uttar PradeshSonia Gandhi not among star campaigners for UP polls phase-4
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is not among the party's top campaigners in Uttar Pradesh's (UP) fourth phase of assembly elections.
06 Feb 2022
PunjabCharanjit Singh Channi to be Congress' CM face in Punjab
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday declared Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as the party's CM face for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections.
06 Feb 2022
PunjabWill abide by Rahul's decision: Sidhu on Punjab CM face
Ahead of Congress' chief ministerial face announcement in Punjab, state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said everyone would abide by the party leader Rahul Gandhi's decision.
05 Feb 2022
KarnatakaRahul Gandhi, BJP leaders weigh in on Karnataka hijab row
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday spoke out on the controversy over Muslim students' demand to wear the hijab (a traditional headscarf) during their college classes.
05 Feb 2022
PunjabManish Tewari taunts Congress over exclusion from star campaigners list
Congress leader Manish Tewari slammed the party on Saturday, a day after his name was left out of the star campaigners list for the Punjab elections.
03 Feb 2022
Samajwadi Party150+ candidates in UP elections phase 1 face criminal cases
A whopping 156 candidates contesting in the first phase of upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a report by UP Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms.
03 Feb 2022
Lok SabhaJaishankar cites 'history lessons' to counter Rahul Gandhi's Parliament speech
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Wednesday cited "history lessons" in his counter-attack against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's claim that the government has brought China and Pakistan together.
03 Feb 2022
Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi slams Amit Shah over 'shoe-incident', BJP hits back
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday in Parliament and sought an apology from him.
02 Feb 2022
IndiaMamata Banerjee re-elected as TMC chairperson; seeks anti-BJP parties' cooperation
After being re-elected as the chairperson of Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sought the cooperation of all anti-BJP fronts in the country to oust the saffron party from power in 2024.
02 Feb 2022
PunjabChanni had support from 2 MLAs to become CM: Jakhar
Sunil Jakhar, the former chief of Congress' Punjab unit, has made sensational claims about the party's selection of Chief Minister after Captain Amarinder Singh's exit last year.
02 Feb 2022
IndiaPM Modi 'dresses for elections': Telangana CM KCR
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday unleashed a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said the latter "dresses for elections."
02 Feb 2022
Parliament'How many of 2cr promised jobs were provided?' asks Kharge
Mallikarjun Kharge, the leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, on Wednesday, flagged the issue of unemployment in India during the Budget Session of Parliament.
28 Jan 2022
PunjabNavjot Sidhu had abandoned mother for money, claims 'sister' Suman
Suman Toor, a woman claiming to be Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu's sister, described him as a "cruel person" at a press conference in Chandigarh on Friday.
28 Jan 2022
Rahul GandhiCongress to announce CM face in Punjab soon: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the party will soon name a Chief Minister candidate in poll-bound Punjab, adding the decision will be taken by the party workers.
26 Jan 2022
Kapil Sibal'Ironic Congress doesn't need him': Sibal on Azad's Padma Bhushan
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Tuesday took a jibe at his own party after veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was conferred with the Padma Bhushan award.
25 Jan 2022
Jyotiraditya ScindiaCongress crisis: Prominent leaders who left party recently
With the exit of senior Congress leader RPN Singh on Tuesday, the party has lost yet another leader from its fold days before the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
25 Jan 2022
Yogi AdityanathAhead of UP elections, Congress leader RPN Singh joins BJP
Former Union Minister and Congress leader RPN Singh on Tuesday quit the party just weeks ahead of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
24 Jan 2022
MaharashtraFadnavis hits out at Shiv Sena over Thackeray's 'Hindutva' remark
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis hit out at the Shiv Sena over Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's remark that the BJP uses Hindutva for power.
24 Jan 2022
PoliticsPakistan PM asked me to reinstate Sidhu as minister: Amarinder
Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday claimed Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan had lobbied for his arch-rival and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu.
23 Jan 2022
Venkaiah NaiduCOVID-19: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu tests positive; goes into isolation
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has tested positive for COVID-19, a statement from his office said on Sunday.
23 Jan 2022
Samajwadi PartyUP elections: India's tallest man, Dharmendra Pratap Singh, joins SP
Dharmendra Pratap Singh, said to be India's tallest man, joined Samajwadi Party on Saturday ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
22 Jan 2022
Yogi AdityanathAkhilesh Yadav to contest UP elections from party stronghold Karhal
The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday confirmed that party chief Akhilesh Yadav will contest the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh from Karhal constituency in Mainpuri district.
20 Jan 2022
Uttar PradeshPoster girl of Congress' 'ladki hoon...' campaign joins BJP
Priyanka Maurya—the face of Congress party's "ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon" (I'm a girl and I can fight) poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh—has joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of state elections.
20 Jan 2022
IndiaRahul Gandhi targets PM after Chinese army 'abducts' Arunachal teen
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed the government for neglecting the alleged kidnapping of a teenager, Miram Taron, from Arunachal Pradesh by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA).
20 Jan 2022
PoliticsAfter Aparna Yadav, another Mulayam Singh relative joins BJP
Pramod Gupta, a former Uttar Pradesh MLA from Samajwadi Party (SP), on Thursday joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Lucknow.
20 Jan 2022
GorakhpurUP elections: Bhim Army's Chandrashekhar Azad to contest against Yogi
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad has decided to contest against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the upcoming assembly elections in the state from the Gorakhpur Sadar seat.
20 Jan 2022
PoliticsParrikar's son denied Panaji ticket by BJP for Goa elections
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released a list of 34 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Goa.
19 Jan 2022
Narendra ModiVijay Rawat, brother of late CDS Bipin Rawat, joins BJP
Colonel (Retired) Vijay Rawat, the younger sibling of the late Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi on Wednesday.
19 Jan 2022
Yogi AdityanathIn a first, Akhilesh Yadav to contest Uttar Pradesh elections
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav has reportedly decided to contest the 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections, according to ANI.
19 Jan 2022
Samajwadi PartyWho is Aparna Yadav, BJP's new recruit from Mulayam's family?
Aparna Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's sister-in-law, added a fresh twist to the political scene in Uttar Pradesh after she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday.
19 Jan 2022
IndiaGoa elections: AAP names Amit Palekar as its CM face
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday named Amit Palekar as the party's chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Assembly polls in Goa.
18 Jan 2022
West BengalRajnath writes to Stalin, Mamata over R-Day tableaux exclusion row
Amid a row over the exclusion of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal's tableaux from the Republic Day parade, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has written to Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu (MK Stalin) and West Bengal (Mamata Banerjee).
19 Jan 2022
PoliticsAparna Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav's sister-in-law, joins BJP before UP polls
Aparna Yadav, the sister-in-law of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, joined the rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday.
18 Jan 2022
PunjabPunjab CM's relative under ED scanner in sand mining case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided various locations in Punjab on Tuesday as part of a money-laundering investigation against illegal sand mining operations.
18 Jan 2022
Navjot Singh SidhuCongress hints at Charanjit Singh Channi as Punjab CM face
On Monday, the Indian National Congress tweeted a video that projected Charanjit Singh Channi as the party's chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Punjab polls.
18 Jan 2022
PoliticsBhagwant Mann named AAP's Punjab Chief Minister candidate
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that Bhagwant Mann is his Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Chief Ministerial candidate for Punjab.
