Guwahati, Feb 10 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday filed civil and criminal defamation cases seeking Rs 500 crore in damages against senior Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Bhupesh Baghel, and Jitendra Singh Alwar, escalating the political confrontation between the ruling BJP and the opposition party. In a post on X, CM Sarma said the case was filed in connection with what he described as “false, malicious and defamatory” allegations levelled against him during a Congr…
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Guwahati, Feb 4 (IANS) Assam Congress President Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday launched a sharp political offensive against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma with the unveiling of a digital platform titled WhoIsHBS.com, aimed at questioning the Chief Minister’s political journey and style of governance. Addressing reporters at Rajiv Bhawan here in the presence of Congress leader and Assam election observer Bhupesh Baghel, Gogoi said the initiative was part of the party’s effort to place facts be…
Guwahati, Feb 4 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday mounted a sharp counter-offensive against the Congress after senior party leaders launched a political attack on him, announcing that he would initiate both civil and criminal defamation proceedings against Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Bhupesh Baghel, Jitendra Singh Alwar and Debabrata Saikia. In a strongly worded post on X, Sarma said the legal proceedings would be initiated on February 9, accusing the Congress leade…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Congress high command said on Thursday that there was no question of change of party’s leadership in Punjab. The high command also issued strict instructions against airing any views in the public, which should be raised only with it.A meeting of senior party leaders was held at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters, which was chaired by the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and attended by Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, party’s Ge…
Raipur/Baloda Bazar, Jan 22 (IANS) A devastating explosion ripped through the DSC coal furnace at a private factory Real Ispat & Power Limited located in Bakulahi village, Baloda Bazar district in Chhattisgarh, claiming the lives of seven labourers on Thursday morning and leaving ten others severely injured.The incident has sent shockwaves across the industrial area, highlighting ongoing concerns about workplace safety in heavy industries.According to preliminary police reports, the blast oc…
Indore, Jan 17 (IANS) Amid charges of “politics of disaster” by the Madhya Pradesh government, the Congress on Saturday defended Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Indore and held the state government responsible for the loss of lives caused by contaminated drinking water. Amid a sharp political exchange over the issue, the Congress asked “since when has standing with someone in grief become a matter of politics.”Rahul Gandhi visited the Bhagirathpura area of Indore, wh…
New Delhi/Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday appointed party leaders as AICC Senior Observers for the forthcoming Assembly elections in poll-bound states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and West Bengal, with immediate effect.As per a press release issued by the AICC, the party appointed former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, and Bandhu Tirkey as senior observers for the Assam Assembly elec…
Raipur, Jan 2 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh High Court has granted bail to Chaitanya Baghel, son of former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel, in two high-profile cases linked to the alleged multi-crore liquor scam.The order brings significant relief to Chaitanya Baghel, who has been in judicial custody for several months and is now likely to be released, subject to compliance with bail conditions imposed by the court.A single bench of Justice Arvind Kumar Verma granted bail to B…
Raipur/Bhilai, Dec 26 (IANS) Spiritual orator and chief of Bageshwar Dham in Madhya Pradesh, Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, popularly known as Bageshwar Baba, has strongly condemned the recent attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, calling them “unfortunate” and warning of the potential extinction of the minority community there. Speaking to reporters in Raipur upon arrival for a five-day Hanumant Katha event at Jayanti Stadium in Bhilai, scheduled till December 29, Shastri described the ongoing religious…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) As BJP National President J.P. Nadda alleged internal collusion within the Congress party in the 2013 Jhiram Ghati Maoist attack, RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha on Tuesday said the charge was extremely serious and must be backed by concrete evidence. Reacting sharply to Nadda’s statement, Jha said that merely making political allegations was not acceptable, especially when the BJP is in power at both the Centre and in Chhattisgarh. He stressed that if the claim was true, the g…