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'Juvenile': Sharad Pawar rubbishes Raj Thackeray's comments
In his 'NCP Special' rally late on Tuesday, Raj Thackeray - the estranged cousin of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray - compared Supriya Sule with an elephant, saying that she had different teeth to show (tusks) and to chew. "When there is a raid (by the Income Tax Department) on Ajit Pawar, then why not on Supriya Sule," he wondered, and even blamed the raids on NCP Minister Nawab Malik on the Pawars.
Bulldozers and war of words run parallel over Khargone violence
Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and Congress Rajya Sabha MP, Digvijaya Singh, who was in the news after his social media post on the Khargone violence for which he was cornered by the BJP leaders, accelerated his attack on Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, saying that 'communal violence occurs only when the Chief Minister wants'.
Anurag Thakur, man behind coup in Himachal AAP unit
As per sources, he has been actively facilitating the exodus of leaders in the opposition parties. Last Friday's midnight coup delivered a big jolt to AAP's ambitious plan to expand itself in Himachal Pradesh by inducting its top state leadership in presence of BJP Chief J.P. Nadda.
Caste equations changing in Bihar, communities seek better options
Bhumihars were considered the main pillars of the BJP in Bihar but now their focus is shifting towards the RJD. Now, the Bhumihar-Brahmin Social Front has decided to organise an event in Sri Krishna Memorial Hall in Patna on May 8 to take deliberate on their course of action.
ED attaches Maha minister Nawab Malik's properties worth several crores
These include the sprawling Goawala Compound, a commercial unit and three flats - all in Kurla suburb, two residential flats in Bandra west, and 148 acres of agricultural land parcels in Osmanabad district. A senior Nationalist Congress Party leader, Malik is currently in judicial custody following a sensational pre-dawn swoop at his home by the ED in February and subsequent arrest in an alleged money-laundering case arising out of a 20-year-old land deal having mafia connections.
TN BJP not for imposition of Hindi in state
The BJP leader said that the party would oppose any forceful imposition of Hindi in Tamil Nadu. BJP state president K. Annamalai had also on Tuesday said that the state BJP would not allow the imposition of Hindi language on the people of the state. Both the leaders were responding after severe criticism had erupted in Tamil Nadu over the statement of Union Minister Amit Shah that Hindi should replace English as the link language among the states.
Akbaruddin Owaisi acquitted in hate speech cases
The Special Sessions Judge for Trial of Criminal Cases relating to MPs and MLAs acquitted the legislator in both the cases registered against him in Nirmal and Nizamabad in 2013. The court found no evidence of hate speech against Akbaruddin Owaisi, who is leader of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in Telangana Legislative Assembly. Akbaruddin, the younger brother of AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, was present in the court when the judge pronounced the verdict.
Jallianwala Bagh anniversary: In new India same tyranny, says Cong
Congress said, "On 13th April 1919, hundreds of innocent people were attacked by an authoritarian mentality. In New India, hundreds of innocent people are attacked by an authoritarian mentality everyday." "They were fighting for their deserved rights. Peacefully. Protecting national interest. Hundreds of them lost their lives doing so at the cruel hands of tyranny. Be it the Jallianwala Bagh protest or the year-long farmers protest; both met the same fate," the Congress added.
7% inflation highest in 17 months, withdraw 'Achhe Din': Congress
"At 7%, Inflation is now highest in 17 months. I humbly request @narendramodi ji to immediately withdraw these 'Achhe Din'. People of India have had enough of 'good times'." The Congress has been targeting the government on the inflation and has squarely blamed the government for the high prices
With Assembly bypolls near, rival Kerala fronts get into top gear
The bypoll was necessitated after Congress legislator P.T.Thomas passed away on December 22, 2021. The first sign that the by-election will not be far, came when the entire top brass of the Congress paid a sudden visit to the residence of Thomas, near here the other day and called upon the widow of Thomas.
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