Politics

SP MLA Abu Azmi reacts on influencer Sharmishta Panoli’s arrest

On Saturday, Panoli was produced before Alipore Court in Kolkata, which remanded her in judicial custody for 14 days.

2025-05-31T18:01:40.914012+00:00 IST

Telangana Minister slams Sambit over remarks against Cong leaders

While talking to ANI, Reddy asked, "If somebody asks if India has lost a fighter aircraft, what is wrong with that? Today, General Chauhan gave this answer, so what is wrong if any Congress leader asks this question?"

2025-05-31T17:51:49.583170+00:00 IST

West Bengal's social activist Pirzada Amin joins Congress

He was inducted into the party by AICC General Secretary (West Bengal in-charge) Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Chairman of the AICC's Media and Publicity department Pawan Khera and state Congress president Subhankar Sarkar, state president of Mahila Congress Subrata Dutta at the AICC office.

2025-05-31T17:38:46.479075+00:00 IST

Cong seeks review of India’s defence preparedness

Congress leader Pawan Khera on Saturday said the government should spell out the terms of the understanding with Pakistan on cessation of hostilities and asked if it had demanded extradition of wanted terrorists.

2025-05-31T17:07:15.828968+00:00 IST

Kharge seeks special session of Parliament

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday demanded a special session of Parliament concerning Operation Sindoor, alleging that government had "misled the nation" and instead of clarifying US President Donald Trump's assertions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi "is on an election blitz, taking personal credit for the valour of the Armed Forces".

2025-05-31T14:08:55.181104+00:00 IST

"This case has been dug up, buried many times": RJD spokesperson

Earlier, the Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea by RJD chief and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav seeking to stay trial court proceedings in the alleged 'land-for-jobs' corruption case, investigated by the CBI.

2025-05-31T13:49:51.325594+00:00 IST

Govt of India "were not upfront": Telangana Minister

"General Chauhan gave a statement: why they (jets) were down, what mistakes were made - are really important. That is what Rahul Gandhi said in the first instance, against which lots of negative campaigns were done by the BJP. Today, the whole country must realise that for some reason the government of India were not upfront with whatever happened," Reddy said in a press conference here.

2025-05-31T13:33:02.828595+00:00 IST

Mau MLA Abbas Ansari to “approach higher court”

After Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party MLA Abbas Ansari was sentenced to two years of imprisonment in connection with the hate speech case of 2022, Ansari's legal counsel, Advocate Daroga Singh, on Saturday, expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict and said that they will approach the higher court against the verdict.

2025-05-31T12:52:07.034108+00:00 IST

Mau MLA Abbas Ansari, sentenced for two years in 2022 hate speech

The Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP-MLA) court in Mau district on Saturday awarded two years' imprisonment to Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party MLA and dead mafia don Mukhtar Ansari's son Abbas Ansari in connection with the hate speech case of 2022.

2025-05-31T11:24:32.901049+00:00 IST

"Will Modi government take...?": Jairam Ramesh

"Will the Modi government now take a similar step in light of what the Chief of Defence Staff has just revealed in Singapore?" he added.

2025-05-31T10:42:57.856495+00:00 IST

BJP slams CM Revanth for prioritising ‘Photo-ops’ over governance

The Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday, accusing him of reducing the Chief Minister's Office to a stage for photo-ops and media spectacles, rather than addressing serious issues of governance.

2025-05-31T08:55:25.906395+00:00 IST

Rekha's willpower paves a clear path to Delhi's progress: Bisht

BJP leader Mohan Singh Bisht praised the transformative first hundred days of the BJP-led Delhi government, highlighting significant achievements and a proactive approach that has restored public trust after 27 years.

2025-05-31T07:43:22.342976+00:00 IST

"AAP only cried and complained in power and ppposition: Sirsa

BJP leader Majinder Singh Sirsa criticised the previous Delhi government, accusing them of merely "complaining & crying" during their tenure and continuing to do so in opposition.

2025-05-31T07:20:54.164379+00:00 IST

Delhi govt to present 100-day workbook, says Kapil Mishra

Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra stated that the Delhi government, under Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has completed 100 days in office and will present a workbook to the public detailing their progress.

2025-05-31T06:00:04.101131+00:00 IST

Kakani Govardhan Reddy’s daughter demands his release

YSRCP leaders visited the residence of former MLA Kakani Govardhan Reddy in Nellore city on Friday to express solidarity with his family following his arrest in an alleged false case

2025-05-31T03:11:47.414393+00:00 IST

Rekha Gupta's govt highlights major initiatives in its first 100

The Delhi government, led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has completed its first 100 days of governance in the national capital. It has released a 'workbook' on the occasion, highlighting important public welfare initiatives, including the Ayushman Bharat scheme, Mahila Samman Yojana and the Yamuna River cleaning campaign.

2025-05-31T03:03:47.803139+00:00 IST

“People of Bihar are innocent, not stupid”: RJD hits out at PM

"Today, you (PM Modi) have laid the foundation stone again for the same schemes which you have done twenty times, I can count each one. It does not suit the post of Prime Minister. We had said that Bihar should not be a state for labour supply. Capital is in Gujarat, and the concentration of money is there, but we did not say that the sweat and blood of workers should be supplied with Shramik trains," Jha said at a press conference in Patna.

2025-05-30T21:31:38.130394+00:00 IST

“Our duty to question pain faced by people”: Delhi Congress

"We are constantly asking this question to the government of Delhi that you promised to give 2,500 rupees to women, where is that? You said that the cylinder will be given for five hundred rupees, where is that? You said that cylinder will be given in Holi, where is that?" the Delhi Congress president told ANI.

2025-05-30T20:28:28.153314+00:00 IST

"Hillarious": BJP's Jitendra Singh takes dig at Revanth Reddy

"It is hilarious if any Congress leader says that if Rahul Gandhi were the PM of India, the PoK would have been India's part. But the fact is that had Rahul Gandhi's great maternal grandfather, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, not been the PM of India, the PoJK would not have been (in existence) today. It is the result of his actions that first, the nation was divided, then Jammu and Kashmir was divided," Singh told ANI.

2025-05-30T19:21:04.094307+00:00 IST

“Politically motivated, vicious and false campaign" Bengal CM

"A vicious and false campaign was there at Alipurduar in North Bengal from a self-serving and politically motivated point of view for narrow power gains. This was a campaign that attempted to downplay and erase the significant development works of our government for the people in the Alipurduar district. The blatant untruths were served from the high quarters of the Hon'ble Prime Minister," the Bengal CM's post read.

2025-05-30T18:53:14.896712+00:00 IST

25 BJP MLAs meet in Imphal to push for popular government

Nearly 25 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs are meeting at the residence of party MLA Thongam Biswajit Singh in Imphal to push for the formation of a popular government in Manipur.

2025-05-30T16:27:57.457526+00:00 IST