Politics
- Hyderabad
Former Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy calls on KCR at Pragathi Bhavan
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday met former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy at Pragati Bhavan. The two leaders are expected to discuss national politics. Kumarswamy initiated the discussion…
- India
At times, I feel I would have quit politics: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister and All-India Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that at times she feels that she would have quit politics. “I joined politics to serve the…
- Middle East
Iraq: Muqtada al-Sadr announces retirement
Baghdad: An influential Shiite cleric whose followers have been staging a sit-in outside Iraq’s parliament announced his resignation from politics and the closure of his party offices on Monday. It is unclear…
- Politics
Keshav Prasad Maurya’s tweet creates furore in UP politics
Lucknow: A one-line tweet by Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has created a furore across political circles in the state. Maurya on Sunday tweeted: “The organisation is bigger than…
- Bangalore
Congress leader slams hurling egg at Siddaramaiah’s car
Mangaluru: Congress leader and former minister B Ramanath Rai on Friday condemned the attack with eggs on Opposition Leader Siddaramaiah’s car in Kodagu. Addressing reporters here, Rai said Congress had never resorted…
- Mumbai
Dahi-Handi politics: BJP pokes Shiv Sena in Aditya Thackeray’s bastion
Mumbai: Apparently needling the Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party will hold its ‘dahi-handi’ celebrations at the Jambori Maidan in Worli on Friday, which is a Sena stronghold and also the Assembly…
- Politics
‘When you pose challenge to higher ups, BJP downsizes you’: NCP on Gadkari’s ouster from key panel
New Delhi: The Nationalist Congress Party Wednesday took a dig at the BJP over Union minister Nitin Gadkari’s ouster from its parliamentary board, saying the party removed him from the panel due…
- India
Full freedom to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi: Karnataka Edu minister
Karnataka education minister BC Nagesh has given permission to government schools statewide to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, a Hindu festival that falls from August 31 to September 9. Speaking to reporters he said,…
- Politics
Stalin launches veiled attack on BJP, says it uses ‘patriotism label’ for politics
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday made a veiled attack on the BJP, saying the preposterous politics of indulging in malicious acts by using the ‘label of patriotism’…
- Telangana
Political temperature heats up in Telangana with resignation of sitting Cong MLA
Hyderabad: With sitting Congress MLA K Rajagopal Reddy quitting his post and the party, political temperature hotted up in Telangana as the outcome of the upcoming by-poll to his Munugode Assembly segment…
- Pakistan
Imran’s arrest may trigger ‘bloody politics’, says ex-minister
Islamabad: Reacting to the Pakistan governments move to file references against the PTI chairman in prohibited funding and Toshakhana cases, former Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has warned that attempts to arrest Imran…
- India
SC dismisses contempt of court plea against heads of political parties
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking the initiation of contempt proceedings against heads of political parties for not complying with its directions to prevent the criminalisation of…
- India
Ahmed Patel’s daughter to enter active politics when ‘time is right’
Ahmedabad: Mumtaz Patel, the daughter of late senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, is doing the ground work to enter active politics, but is “waiting for the right time and platform”. Her two…
- India
I was keen on joining active politics but destiny had other plans: CJI Ramana
Ranchi: Chief Justice of India NV Ramana while addressing Justice S.B. Sinha Memorial Inaugural Lecture in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi on Saturday said he was keen on joining active politics. “I was keen…
- India
Rasheed Kidwai’s book on 50 personalities who influenced Indian politics launched
New Delhi: Leaders, Politicians, Citizens: Fifty Figures Who Influenced India’s Politics, written by seasoned journalist Rasheed Kidwai, was launched on Friday. It provides a sneak peek into 50 extraordinary lives that have…
