Politics

On January 13, the Lt Governor’s office released a statement that said Kiran Bedi has advised MLA N Dhanavelou to get in touch with the CBI for a direct probe into corruption in the land deals.

A BJP spokesperson said the Congress-led state government that was elected through EVMS should first resign before seeking the upcoming local body elections on paper ballots.

Sources said, Rahul Gandhi and Aaditya Thackeray discussed the current political situation as also issues of coordination and issues concerning environment and tourism, which the Sena leader handles as a minister in Maharashtra.

An outraged Yediyurappa got up from his seat next to the seer on the dais and said he would leave if the latter continued to threaten him instead of dispensing advice.

Mayawati tweeted on Monday and said the decision was taken to maintain the ‘social cohesion’ in the party as both BSP State chief Munkad Ali and LOP in Lok Sabha Danish Ali were from the same community.

Surya said that he had informed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman about the matter and that she was personally monitoring the situation.

The minister’s remarks came after former Scindia aide-turned-political adversary and BJP MP from Guna KP Yadav called Mahendra Singh Sisodia a sidekick to Jyotiraditya Scindia.

Sena had earlier in the day claimed that it was "not aware" of the opposition parties meeting convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and that it had not received a formal invitation.

Ghosh had courted controversy on Sunday by threatening to shoot and kill those involved in damaging public property 'like in Uttar Pradesh'.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the party's core committee which was presided over by the SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal. Sukhdev Dhindsa and his son Parminder had been vocal against Sukhbir.

The announcement was made after a meeting of the Delhi election committee of Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), chaired by Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala.

At a JanaSena party meeting, most leaders opined that they lost the Assembly and Parliament elections last year on account of having fought on their own and not allying with any party.

Fernandes, a former Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president, on Thursday termed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) as a 'good' law which should be accepted by people.

The cases relate to investments made by various companies in Jagan's firms as quid pro quo for various favours bestowed on them during the tenure of his father late Y S Rajasekhara as CM between 2004 and 2009.

Sena candidate Vithhal Lokare defeated his nearest rival, Bablu Panchal of the BJP, by a margin of 1,385 votes in the by-election from theward no 141 of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

Deepika Padukone had on Tuesday visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to express solidarity with the students who were attacked by a masked mob.