Politics

"Where is dead commission": RJD slams ECI

Sharing a video of a Union Minister on 'X', the RJD accused him of attempting to intimidate voters in the Mokama assembly constituency on Tuesday.

2025-11-04T05:41:39.726146+00:00 IST

Will give Rs 30,000 to women on January 14: Tejashwi Yadav

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Yadav said, "Multiple women are excited for the Maa Behen Maan yojana we had announced, saying that they will get economic relief in this time of inflation. So we want to say that on the demands of our mothers and sisters, our government will be formed. We all know Makar Sankranti is also coming, it is a new year for people. It happens on January 14, we will form the government, and under the Maa Behen Maan yojana, we will deposit Rs 30,000 in the accounts of women, covering for the whole year."

2025-11-04T05:11:55.560591+00:00 IST

Owaisi slams Tejashwi Yadav over alleged "extremist" remarks

Addressing a public rally in Katihar on Monday, Owaisi said Yadav was behaving like the "younger brother" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and spreading hatred. He asserted that Yadav's comments would not affect him, claiming that the people of Seemanchal would give the RJD leader a befitting reply.

2025-11-04T04:49:08.111308+00:00 IST

TMC MP Sushmita Dev calls SIR a disguised NRC, slams BJP

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sushmita Dev launched a blistering attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Assam, alleging that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) proposed by the Centre is "nothing but another form of the NRC" and claiming that the BJP is avoiding its implementation in the state "out of fear of being exposed."

2025-11-04T04:47:34.707362+00:00 IST

Giriraj Singh responds to Kharge's jibe at PM Modi

Singh's response comes after Kharge, during an election rally on Monday, criticised PM Modi for being always on the move for elections, from panchayat to Lok Sabha polls, as if it were his son's wedding.

2025-11-04T03:36:07.007095+00:00 IST

"We never said no to SIR, but it shouldn’t be done in hurry"

Speaking to reporters in Pudukkottai, Regupathy said, "We didn't say there should be no SIR. We only said it shouldn't be done in a hurry. It should be undertaken carefully after the 2026 elections to ensure that no voter's name is missed out."

2025-11-04T02:31:46.280307+00:00 IST

Rekha Gupta says Bihar prospers only under NDA rule

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta criticised the Congress-RJD alliance, accusing them of enriching themselves while keeping Bihar poor. She said Bihar witnessed real development under Nitish Kumar and PM Modi, adding that voters now recognise the NDA as the state's only path to progress.

2025-11-03T22:24:47.381894+00:00 IST

PM Modi takes corruption, ‘jungle raj’ jibes at RJD, Congress

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing and multi-pronged attack on RJD and Congress in poll-bound Bihar, alleging that the dictionary of the two parties "is filled with words like katta, bitterness, corruption".

2025-11-03T19:37:42.066970+00:00 IST

BJP didn't give single house in Karnataka: Minister Zameer Ahmed

Slamming the BJP, he added that the Central and state governments provided Rs 1.5 lakh each, and the poor had to pay the remaining Rs 4.5 lakh for the house. He claimed that only Rs 300 crore had been sanctioned out of the required Rs 7,400 crore in the last ten years.

2025-11-03T18:27:35.272908+00:00 IST

BJP backs Shashi Tharoor, Congress lauds Gandhi family

In an article titled 'Indian Politics Are a Family Business' on Project Syndicate portal, Tharoor termed "dynastic politics, a threat to Indian democracy", and argued that India must move to "merit-based leadership", a view that may be seen as a swipe at the Congress high command and its INDIA bloc allies like Samajwadi Party (SP), Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) and Shiv Sena (UBT).

2025-11-03T18:08:11.630447+00:00 IST

CM Revanth Reddy on SLBC tunnel project

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said that the government is committed to completing the long-pending world's biggest 40 km long SLBC Tunnel project works.

2025-11-03T17:25:17.104132+00:00 IST

DMK moves Supreme Court against SIR in Tamil Nadu

The SIR and the EC orders, if not set aside, can "arbitrarily and without due process disenfranchise lakhs of voters" from electing their representatives, thereby disrupting free and fair elections and democracy in the country, which are part of the basic structure of the Constitution, said the petition filed by DMK's Organising Secretary RS Bharathi.

2025-11-03T17:25:02.109229+00:00 IST

Kurukshetra to get ring road facility soon: Haryana CM Nayab

Considering the increasing number of devotees visiting Kurukshetra, the work on the proposed Ring Road project in the holy city is progressing rapidly. The Detailed Project Report (DPR) is almost complete. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sanctioned Rs. 250 crore for the development of Kurukshetra, giving a new identity to the sacred city, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said.

2025-11-03T17:20:25.201634+00:00 IST

Prashant Kishor appeals to voters in Siwan

With just days remaining for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday asserted that the BJP will not return to power in the state. During the election campaign in Siwan, Jan Suraaj's founder said, "The BJP government is going to go".

2025-11-03T17:00:30.853136+00:00 IST

Tripura govt aims to bring Agartala Govt Medical college: CM

Providing further information, the Chief Minister stated that eight hip replacements have been performed in the state so far.

2025-11-03T16:40:39.047700+00:00 IST

Telangana will never give another chance to Congress: KTR

BRS Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, asserting that the people of Telangana will never again give Congress or Revanth Reddy another chance.

2025-11-03T16:34:26.230016+00:00 IST

Death toll rises to 14 as trolley overturns in Jaipur

The death toll in the Jaipur accident has risen to 14 after a trolley overturned in the Loha Mandi area under the Harmada Police Station limits, Rajasthan Minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar said on Monday.

2025-11-03T15:58:21.033902+00:00 IST

Punjab SC Commission takes suo motu notice of remarks by Warring

The Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission has taken suo motu notice of the language allegedly used by Punjab Congress chief and Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring against former Union Home Minister and Dalit leader Buta Singh during an election rally in Tarn Taran in the wake of the ongoing by-election campaign.

2025-11-03T15:53:59.459705+00:00 IST

"You only see Hindu, Marathi duplicate voters?": Ashish Shelar

"Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray, I ask you both if you are also following the path of appeasement done by Congress? You are pointing out where there are repeated names of Hindu and Marathi voters, but you are conveniently ignoring Muslim names in Karjat Jamkhed, Islampur, Bandra East, and Mumbra Kalwa seats," he said.

2025-11-03T15:35:52.195854+00:00 IST

Congress leader Udit Raj on Shashi Tharoor’s essay

Reacting to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's recent essay, Congress leader Udit Raj on Monday said that dynastic influence exists across all sectors in India, from politics and business to the judiciary and film industry, adding that such a trend limits opportunities to a few families.

2025-11-03T15:29:01.311973+00:00 IST

"Bangladeshi infiltrators were given free rein to spread anarchy throughout Bihar": UP CM Yogi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Mahagathbandhan, alleging that Bangladeshi infiltrators were given a free hand to spread anarchy in Bihar during the rule of earlier governments.

2025-11-03T15:19:13.545697+00:00 IST