Politics

KTR slams Telangana govt's inaction over alleged 'food poisoning'

He strongly criticized the government, stating that over the past year, more than a thousand food poisoning cases have been reported, affecting thousands of students and leading to the tragic deaths of over 100 students -- all due to the criminal negligence of the state government, it added.

2025-07-15T13:15:01.544689+00:00 IST

"What happened to those?": Tejashwi Yadav slams Nitish’s govt

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday slammed Nitish Kumar government, questioning the promise of 19 lakh jobs and criticizing the state's deteriorating law and order situation. Yadav expressed frustration over the government's inability to fulfill its promises.

2025-07-15T11:39:42.894193+00:00 IST

Balasore Self Immolation: Congress calls ‘Odisha Bandh’ on July 1

Odisha State Congress President Bhakta Charan Das on Tuesday called for a statewide "bandh" on July 17 in protest against the death of a student of Balasore Fakir Mohan Autonomous College, who self-immolated herself in protest over sexual harassment by her teacher.

2025-07-15T06:27:40.980045+00:00 IST

BJD's Amar Patnaik calls for "strict" action against concerned Mi

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Amar Patnaik on Tuesday called on the BJP-led state government to take action against the Education Minister and the local political leaders over the death of the girl student who had immolated herself in Odisha's Balasore.

2025-07-15T06:06:46.954027+00:00 IST

Essential to build national consensus on critical security, econo

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday criticised External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar over his remarks on the India-China bilateral relationship steadily improving, claiming that China gave support to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, turning it into a testing ground for network-centric warfare and weapon systems.

2025-07-15T04:50:42.196824+00:00 IST

“Flawed”: Manickam Tagore on new attendance system in Parliament

Calling the new Multi-Media attendance system in Parliament "flawed," Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Tuesday called for the need for "systematic reforms" in the Parliament.

2025-07-15T04:03:42.640193+00:00 IST

People repenting for supporting Cong and BRS: Ramchander Rao

As per a release, Rao said that the people of the state have realised and expressed repentance for electing the Congress party into power after falling prey to its hollow promises, which deceived farmers and students.

2025-07-14T23:02:46.846876+00:00 IST

Telangana CM Reddy dares KCR for open debate

CM Revanth Reddy questioned KCR for not bringing the river Godavari water to Telangana during the 10-year BRS rule. The CM took strong exception to the BRS leader's statements that the Telangana state would have had abundant Godavari water in three days if KCR were in power.

2025-07-14T20:24:22.151339+00:00 IST

Tripura CM slams left front for using Janajati community

He highlighted the efforts of the BJP government since 2018 to improve their condition.

2025-07-14T19:17:15.004373+00:00 IST

“If anyone has votes in Bihar after RJD, it's VIP": Mukesh Sahani

Speaking to ANI, Mukesh Sahani said, "... The core voters of Congress are supporting the BJP now... If after RJD, anyone has votes in Bihar, it is VIP... In terms of capital, we have more capital than Nitish Kumar..."

2025-07-14T16:48:28.963410+00:00 IST

Bihar Congress chief Rajesh Kumar slams Bihar govt over law-order

Speaking to ANI, he said, "Earlier, Uttar Pradesh used to top the list of criminal incidents at national level, while Bihar was second on the list. But in today times, there has been surge in criminal incidents in Bihar, making it first in the list. These criminal incidents have been occurring on different segments of people, including businessmen, caste-based crimes... The state government has failed to provide security to the public..."

2025-07-14T16:40:27.929610+00:00 IST

AAP appoints 7 vice-presidents for Delhi unit 

The party has appointed Kuldeep Kumar as Vice-President for East Delhi constituency, Jarnail Singh for West Delhi, Rajesh Gupta for North-West Delhi, Rituraj Jha for New Delhi, Brahm Singh Tanwar for South Delhi, Sanjiv Jha for North East Delhi and Jitender Tomar for Chandani Chowk.

2025-07-14T14:27:22.030311+00:00 IST

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya slams Karnataka CM Siddarmaiah for boycottin

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Monday hit back at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Congress on the row over the Kalasavalli-Ambargondlu bridge inauguration in Karnataka's Shivamogga district.

2025-07-14T14:07:10.280110+00:00 IST

“ECI doing a very good job”: Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi back

The EC sources have said that a large number of individuals from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar have been found by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) with Aadhaar cards, domicile certificates and ration cards during house-to-house visits carried out as part of the SIR of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.

2025-07-14T13:23:36.427306+00:00 IST

Karnataka CM slams Centre over Singadur bridge inauguration

In a social media post on X, the Chief Minister wrote, "Your response on the Shivamogga event is noted. However, I wish to place on record that neither I nor my office was consulted before your Ministry finalized the programme and publicly circulated the invitation with my name printed on it."

2025-07-14T13:13:00.861421+00:00 IST

Priyank Kharge criticises Centre's inauguration of K'taka bridge

Kharge's remarks follows the boycott of the inauguration of the bridge by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his Cabinet colleagues, and Congress MLAs as a mark of protest after the CM's request to postpone the event on another date was rejected by the Centre.

2025-07-14T11:51:22.620215+00:00 IST

"What is wrong in visiting graveyard of martyrs?" Mamata Banerjee

On Sunday, Jammu and Kashmir Police sealed the Martyrs' cemetery in Srinagar and confined top political leaders, including Abdullah, inside their residences. barring them from visiting the Martyrs' Graveyard (Mazar-e-Shuhada), to mark the anniversary of the protesters shot dead by Maharaja Hari Singh's Dogra forces on July 13, 1931.

2025-07-14T11:20:40.590848+00:00 IST

Bengal CM slams restrictions on visiting Martyrs' graveyard in JK

"What is wrong in visiting the graveyard of martyrs? This is not only unfortunate, it also snatches the democratic right of a citizen. What happened this morning to an elected Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is unacceptable. Shocking. Shameful," she wrote in a post on X.

2025-07-14T11:19:59.934124+00:00 IST

"We are nobody's slaves": Abdullah

"We are nobody's slaves," Abdullah asserted, adding that he must be informed under which law he was stopped from visiting the Mazar-e-Shuhada in Srinagar's Naqshband Sahib. The Jammu and Kashmir CM said that despite attempts to stop him, he was able to recite prayers.

2025-07-14T08:36:37.760298+00:00 IST

Omar Abdullah hops over wall to visit Srinagar's Naqshband Sahib

Abdullah said that he did not inform anyone before coming to the Mazar-e-Shuhada since he was house arrested yesterday on Kashmir Martyrs' Day.

2025-07-14T08:25:33.797352+00:00 IST

Omar Abdullah calls out newspapers for "burying fact"

"Take a look at our local newspapers - both from Jammu and from Srinagar, English & vernacular. You'll be able to distinguish the cowards from the ones with guts. The cowards have completely buried the fact that the entire elected government was locked up yesterday, along with most elected representatives. The newspapers with some guts have put it on the front page. Shame on the sellouts who buried the story, I hope the size of the envelope was worth it," Abdullah posted on X.

2025-07-14T04:59:26.678464+00:00 IST