NCP, Congress will sit in opposition, says Ajit Pawar
NEW DELHI: NCP leader Ajit Pawar has said his party and ally Congress will sit in the oppositioneven as the ruling BJP and the Shiv Sena remain engaged in tussle over government formation in Maharashtra. Pawar said the people of the state have asked his party to sit in the opposition, as reflected in the […]
Eknath Shinde elected as Shiv Sena’s leader of house
NEW DELHI: The newly-elected Shiv Sena MLAs on Thursday elected senior leader Eknath Shinde as leader of the party’s legislative wing. Sena youth wing chief Aaditya Thackeray proposed his name, which was seconded by senior MLA Pratap Sarnaik, party sources said. Source: Press Trust of India
Manohar Lal Khattar, Dushyant Chautala meet Amit Shah
NEW DELHI: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his deputy Dushyant Chautala met Union Home Minister Amit Shah separately on Wednesday, days after assuming office. The BJP formed government in the state with the support of the Chautala-led Jannayak Janata Party (JJP). Sources described the meetings as courtesy calls by Khattar and Chautala on […]
Opposition parties, some BJP allies attack government over Kashmir visit of EU MPs
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Wednesday stepped up their attack against the government over EU MPs’ Kashmir trip with the Congress describing it as the “biggest diplomatic blunder” and others asking the Centre how these foreign lawmakers were allowed to visit the Valley while Indian leaders were denied permission. It was not just opposition parties […]
RCEP will be third ‘jolt’ to economy: Congress
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday claimed the RCEP agreement, likely to be signed by India next month, would be a ‘jolt’ to the country’s economy and demanded that the government explain to the people the cost benefit analysis of the mega free-trade pact involving 16 countries. The proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RECP) pact […]
Uddhav Thackeray cancels BJP meet as Devendra Fadnavis denies sharing of Maharashtra CM post
MUMBAI: Hours after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis denied the Shiv Sena was assured post of the CM for 2.5 years as part of a power sharing “formula”, Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday cancelled his party’s meeting with the BJP on formation of the next government. The development might potentially worsen the already strained relationship between […]
Shiv Sena not promised CM’s post for 2.5 years: Devendra Fadnavis
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the Shiv Sena was not promised the CM’s post for two-and-a-half years when the alliance was formalised before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Amid the ongoing tussle between the BJP and Shiv Sena over sharing of power in the next state government, Fadnavis asserted he […]
Shiv Sena asks BJP about economy: Itna Sannata Kyun Hai Bhai
NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena on Monday borrowed an iconic dialogue from Hindi blockbuster movie ‘Sholay’ to target the Centre over the economic slowdown, seeking to know why there was so much “silence” in markets on the occasion of Diwali and wondered if worse days were ahead. The comment came in the wake of a […]
Manohar Lal Khattar takes oath as Haryana CM, Dushyant Chautala as deputy CM
CHANDIGARH: Manohar Lal Khattar took oath as Haryana chief minister for the second time on Sunday and will lead the BJP-JJP coalition government in the state. JJP leader Dushyant Chautala took oath as the deputy chief minister. Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya administered oath at a ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan here on Diwali […]
BJP-JJP seals Haryana deal,Dushyant Chautala to be Deputy CM
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) on Friday sealed the deal for government formation in Haryana. The announcement was made by BJP President Amit Shah in the presence of JJP chief Dushyant Chautala. “The two parties have decided to form the government to respect the mandate of the […]
Uddhav Thackeray stresses 50-50 formula for sharing power with BJP
NEW DELHI: Indicating that he would drive a hard bargain in talks with the ally BJP during government formation, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Thursday that it was time to implement “fifty-fifty” formula for power-sharing. The BJP had won or was leading on 101 seats and Sena on 57 seats out of the […]
DK Shivakumar gets bail in money laundering case
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Congress leader and former Karnataka minister D. K. Shivakumar in a money laundering case. The high court granted bail to Shivakumar asking him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 25 lakh and two sureties of like amount each. The court directed him not […]
Two months after arrest, P Chidambaram gets bail in INX Media case
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court granted bail to former finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday, two months after he was arrested by the CBI in the INX Media corruption case. A bench headed by Justice R Banumathi set aside the Delhi High Court’s September 30 verdict denying him bail in the corruption case. The bench, […]
Kumaraswamy meets Shivakumar in Tihar Jail
NEW DELHI: Former Karnataka chief minister and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy met Congress leader D K Shivakumar at Tihar Jail on Monday. Shivakumar is accused of evading tax and being involved in alleged hawala transactions worth crores of rupees. He was arrested on September 3 by the Enforcement Directorate and his judicial custody has […]
Senior Odisha BJP leader Damodar Rout quits party
BHUBANESWAR: Senior BJP leader Damodar Rout resigned from the primary membership of the saffron party on Wednesday, alleging that he was not being involved in party activities ahead of the Bijepur Assembly by-poll in Odisha on October 21. Rout, who had joined the BJP in March after being dismissed from the ruling BJD, sent his […]
PSBs had ‘worst phase’ under Manmohan Singh, Raghuram Rajan: Nirmala Sitharaman
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the Indian public sector banks had the “worst phase” under the combination of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Delivering a lecture at the prestigious Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs here on Tuesday, Sitharaman said that giving all the […]