Pune, July 6 (IANS) Following widespread disruption across Maharashtra due to torrential rainfall, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) National Working President and MP Supriya Sule on Monday issued a sharp critique of the state administration.Speaking to reporters in Pune, Sule demanded that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis immediately review the situation and declare a state emergency. Her statement comes in the wake of collapsed transit links between Mumbai and Pune, multiple lan…
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New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Congress MP Tariq Anwar on Saturday recalled former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s remark regarding Pakistan that “You can change your friends, but not your neighbours” while defending Jammu and Kashmir National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, who was one of the 117 eminent signatories seeking restoration of dialogue between both nations. Speaking to IANS, Anwar said: “Farooq Abdullah hails from Kashmir and has served as both Chief Minister and Union Minist…
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday questioned the renewed political debate over the number of soldiers martyred during ‘Operation Sindoor’, while recalling that both the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force had recognised the loss earlier and had paid tributes to the six personnel who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty. The controversy over Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement over “no soldiers” deaths in the Parliament, days after ‘Op…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday said that a joint letter, now signed by 23 political parties and one Independent MP, has been sent to the Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, regarding the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process and other election-related issues. Congress MP Jairam Ramesh took to social media ‘X’ and said, “21 political parties plus one Independent attended the INDIA janbandhan meeting on June 8, 2026 where a decisio…
Mumbai, June 26 (IANS) Shiv Sena-UBT MP Sanjay Raut on Friday demanded the filing of an FIR against Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and urged for its dissolution, while maintaining that the mere resignations of its General Secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mishra “won’t be of any help”.During an exclusive interaction with IANS, Raut spoke about the alleged theft of donations at Ayodhya’s Ram Temple, the switchover of six MPs to the Shinde faction and the future of the INDIA bloc.E…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 25 (IANS) Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday alleged that the CPI(M) was resorting to politics of violence to divert public attention at a time when the people of Kerala had recognised the complete failure of the party’s ten-year rule in the state.Speaking at the Medical College Hospital after visiting Mayor V.V. Rajesh, Deputy Mayor G. Ashanath, and others who were injured in violence at the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Chandrasekhar said the CPI…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Congress leader and senior advocate Salman Khurshid on Thursday stated that amidst the current political scenario in the currently, forging alliances seem to be the “only viable path” to stop the BJP’s consequent electoral victories.In an exclusive conversation with IANS, Khurshid spoke about the INDIA bloc, the alleged donation theft at the Ayodhya Ram temple and also gave his forecast of the post 2029 landscape in the country.Excerpts from the interview:IANS: There ar…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan administered the oath and secrecy to ten newly elected members of the Upper House on Thursday. The newly elected MPs, who took the oath as Rajya Sabha members, included four from Andhra Pradesh — three of whom came from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and one from Jana Sena Party (JSP), both constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).From Andhra Pradesh, Sana Satish Babu, Vijay Chintakayala and Bhashya…
New Delhi/Kochi, June 25 (IANS) Opposition to the Centre’s recent amendment to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) rules is gathering momentum, with the Congress and Christian church organisations stepping up separate political and legal challenges against the move.Congress General Secretary and MP, K.C. Venugopal, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the immediate withdrawal of the amendment, alleging that the revised rules adversely affect the rights of minority commu…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The yoga mats have been rolled up and the photographs uploaded; however, after watching the annual event, one cannot help but question whether politicians truly require formal yoga training, as many appear to have been engaging in more advanced asanas for years.In fact, politics increasingly resembles one giant yoga camp where every party has developed its own signature posture.The ruling establishment, for example, has mastered what may be called the Victory Asana.This…