Follow Us on Google News Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), July 7 (IANS) After facing criticism from within the party over deliberate absence by not visiting calamity-hit villages, BJP Member of Parliament from Mandi, Kangana Ranaut, on Monday visited disaster-affected areas in her Lok Sabha constituency, the second day of her visit, but faced local anger. She … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) After facing flak for calling the Kasba law college student rape case as a “minor” incident on Tuesday, the West Bengal Irrigation Minister Manas Ranjan Bhunia, while addressing a press conference, said that his comments, which were in no way linked to the incident, were twisted … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday clarified that Punjab has no surplus water for any state, including Haryana, owing to the water crisis. Taking part in the meeting of the 10th Governing Council of the Niti Aayog here, the Chief Minister said in the wake … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, May 23 (IANS) Union Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy on Friday said that a minister in the Siddaramaiah Cabinet was “responsible” for state Home Minister G. Parameshwara landing in “trouble”. Notably, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids on institutions linked to Home Minister Parameshwara in connection with a gold smuggling … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, May 7 (IANS) The Congress-led Karnataka government, which shared a message calling for peace against the backdrop of ‘Operation Sindoor’, deleted it after facing backlash. The Congress on X shared a quote by Mahatma Gandhi and a poster stating that peace is the strongest weapon of humankind. However, the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, April 19 (IANS) Days after K.M. Abraham — Chief Principal Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and former Chief Secretary — wrote to the CM demanding a probe into alleged conspiracy by public activist Jemon Puthenpurackal and two others, the whistleblower has hit back, warning Vijayan against taking … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) As the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday slammed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searches against its Gujarat poll co-incharge Durgesh Pathak, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said probe agencies cannot be faulted for going after wrongdoers and ‘middlemen involved in kickbacks’. Delhi BJP President … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, April 14 (IANS) Three days after the Kerala High Court ordered a CBI probe against K.M. Abraham — Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and former Chief Secretary — the senior bureaucrat said on Monday that he would leave it to the Chief Minister to decide whether … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Amritsar, April 12 (IANS) Despite facing disenchantment within the party, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which is at the lowest ebb in Punjab politics, on Saturday re-elected former party chief Sukhbir Badal as its president for the fourth time at its organisational poll held at Teja Singh Samundari Hall here. … Read more