Former Union Minister Birender, wife join Congress

Former Union Minister Birender, wife join Congress

Wednesday, 10 April 2024 | PNS | New Delhi

Former Union Minister Birender Singh and his ex-MLA wife Prem Lata joined the Congress on Tuesday, a decade after quitting the party. Their joining comes a month after their son Brijendra Singh joined the party after quitting the Congress. Birender Singh (78) is the maternal grandson of the farmer leader Sir...

Raut kingpin behind Shiv Sena (UBT) khichdi scam: Nirupam

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | TN RAGHUNATHA | Mumbai

On Monday when the Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Amol Kirtikar was questioned extensively by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Khichdi scam, expelled former Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam charged that Sena (UBT) leader and spokesperson Sanjay Raut was the kingpin behind the scam. By dragging Raut's name into the Khichdi scam,...

Neither joining politics nor contesting LS polls: Sanjay Dutt

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | TN RAGHUNATHA | Mumbai

Amid media reports that the Opposition Congress might field him as its candidate from Haryana, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt on Monday categorically stated that he was neither joining politics nor was he contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Taking to micro-blogging site “X”, 64-year-old Sanjay wrote: “I would like to put...

BJP urges EC to take strict action against Congress leaders misusing RSS name

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The BJP on Monday alleged that an organisation linked to Congress leaders was misusing RSS' name to push propaganda against the ruling party in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls and urged the Election Commission to take "strict action" against them. A delegation of BJP leaders including its national...

Nursing officer who stood by rape victim reinstated

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | Kumar Chellappan | KOCHI

A bold initiative by Kerala’s own Nirbhaya made the CPI(M) led Government eat humble pie and reinstate a senior nursing officer who stood steadfast with the victim of a gruesome rape. P B Anitha, senior nursing officer, Kozhikode Medical College Hospital (MCH), who has been suspended from service at the intervention...

Jobs were sold when Mamata was Railway Minister: Arjun

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata

BJP leader and party's candidate from Barrackpore Parliamentary constituency Arjun Singh on Monday brought serious allegations against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying government jobs were not only sold during her Chief Ministership but those were sold when she was the Railway Minister of India. Addressing an rally Singh who had recently...

Modi guarantee means sending people to jail, claims Didi

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata

Picking up from where she had left a day before, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday rained fire on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for promoting a kind of "Guarantee" that guarantees a definite journey to jail. Launching a frontal attack against the Prime Minister for announcing "stronger action against the...

INDIA Bloc source of all problems in country: Modi

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | TN RAGHUNATHA | Mumbai

Likening the Opposition Congress to 'Kadwa Karela' (bitter gourd), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday charged that the grand old party was the “source of all problems in the country” and that the “INDI Alliance” which it was heading had pushed the country into instability. Kicking off  the BJP’s campaign for...

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