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Amit Shah to visit Kerala today, scheduled to address public meeting

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Kerala's Thrissur on Sunday

Rumours, says Tejashwi Yadav on ED claims of Rs 600 cr 'proceeds of crime'

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has dubbed as "rumours" the claim of the Enforcement Directorate that proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 600 crore were detected during searches on premises owned by him and close family members. The RJD leader, who is currently away in Delhi, also said the BJP will be left embarrassed if he made public the "panchnama" (seizure list) signed after the raids. "Just recall, in 2007, transactions worth Rs 8,000 crore, including a mall and hundreds of land plots, were alleged," tweeted Yadav, in an obvious reference to the land-for-hotels 'scam' pertaining to his father Lalu Prasad's tenure as the railway minister. Now facing the heat in the land-for-jobs 'scam' pertaining to, roughly, the same period, Yadav also recalled his name being linked to a mall seized in Gurugram, which turned out to be owned by a private company. The RJD had threatened legal action against media outlets for "wrongly" reporting that Yadav, the party supremo's son and he

BJP has made agriculture an unprofitable proposition: SP's Akhilesh Yadav

He claimed farmers were being exploited because of the anti-farmer policies of the BJP government

PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway project today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Karnataka on Sunday to inaugurate the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway to the nation and will lay the foundation stone

RSS meet to focus on social harmony, developing sense of self-reliance

A key annual meeting of the RSS leadership will begin here Sunday, with the deliberations focusing on how to create an atmosphere of social harmony, motivating people to perform their duties and making them self-reliant. The three-day meeting will also review the progress of the organisation's expansion plan for the centenary of its foundation in 2025, head of media relations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sunil Ambekar had said. He had said that the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha will be attended by more than 1,400 office-bearers, including RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale. From the BJP, president J P Nadda and general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh will attend the meeting, he said. A select number of office-bearers of 34 RSS-linked organisations, including Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), will also attend it, he added. The Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha is the highest decision-making body of the RSS, the ideological fountainhead

Union Home Minister Amit Shah attends 54th CISF Raising Day in Hyderabad

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday attended the 54th Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day parade at National Industrial Security Academy (NISA) in Hyderabad

Misusing constitutional bodies: BRS MP to BJP after ED questioned Kavitha

Kavitha had asked the federal probe agency to postpone her questioning to Saturday, citing her hunger strike in Delhi on Friday

J&K integral part of India: Abdullah demands restoration of statehood

National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Saturday stressed again that Jammu and Kashmir is an intergral part of the india and reiterated the demand for restoration of its statehood.Addresing a press conference at Jammu, former chief minster questioned why elections were not being held in Jammu and kashmir. "It is very strange""Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India. The people of J & K belong to this nation. We want statehood to be restored & elections to be held," he said.Farooq termed the decision of the centre to downgrade the state into a union territory a "tragedy"."First time in the history of the nation, a proud state was reduced to a UT, it was a tragedy," Farooq Abdullah, NC chief said.NC Patron said that India is a democratic country where the laws of constitution should be adhered by everyone.On being asked why elections were not being held in Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq said:" I do not have the magical wand to tell media why elections were not being

BJP not well-wisher of Punjab, wasn't mentioned in Union budget: CM Mann

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Saturday accused the BJP of not being a well-wisher of Punjab, claiming the state did not find a mention in the Union budget and the Centre had imposed the rail-ship-rail route condition for transporting coal to power plant. Punjabis still remembered that the BJP-led Union Government "disrespected" the sacrifices of the brave warriors of Punjab by pulling out the state's tableau from the Republic Day parade, he said. "If the BJP really has some fondness for the state, then why was Punjab not even mentioned in the Union Budget," the chief minister asked. "How can a party that imposed conditions like the rail-ship-rail route to bring coal via Sri Lanka, be a well-wisher of Punjab? Is this the kind of love the BJP has for Punjab?" he asked. Punjab's ruling AAP had earlier slammed the Centre for asking the state government to lift coal using RSR mode, claiming that it would put an additional financial burden on the state power utility. Last month, Chief ..

Defectors should be banned from becoming ministers, says Kapil Sibal

Addressing the gathering, Sibal referred to the raids conducted at premises of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his family members, and claimed that the operation was BJP's response to losing power in Bihar

Delhi excise case: Court sends Manish Sisodia to ED custody till March 17

A city court on Friday sent former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, arrested in a money laundering case related to the excise policy, to the Enforcement Directorate's custody till March 17. Special judge M K Nagpal allowed the anti-money laundering probe agency to interrogate the senior AAP leader in custody. The ED had sought Sisodia's custody for 10 days. Earlier the court heard arguments of the ED and Sisodia's lawyers on the AAP leader's custody. There was heavy security presence within and outside the Rouse Avenue Courts. The lawyer for the federal anti-money laundering probe agency alleged Sisodia made false statements about the 'scam' and that it wanted to unearth the modus operandi of the perpetrators and confront him with the other accused. ED's counsel Zoheb Hossain also claimed before a special court that Sisodia destroyed his phone, an important piece of evidence in the investigation. The lawyer for the federal anti-money laundering probe agency alleged Sis

Lies on migrant workers a fallout of call for oppn unity against BJP: TN CM

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has alleged the "lies spread" regarding the attacks on migrant workers in the state was a fallout of his recent call for opposition unity to dislodge the ruling BJP at the Centre next year and blamed the saffron party functionaries for doing so. In his "Ungalil Oruvan" question and answer series, the chief of the ruling DMK asserted no migrant worker in the state has been assaulted as alleged. Many such workers were employed in Tamil Nadu for a long time and never have they faced any issues, he said. "Some have been preparing fake videos and spreading lies.The BJP functionaries in north India have done this with an agenda. You will understand the conspiracy behind doing so, if you notice that such lies were spread the very next day I highlighted the need for political organisations opposed to the BJP joining hands at the national level," he said. At his birthday rally here on March 1, attended by leaders including Congress president Mallikarjun

BJP holds protest against Delhi govt's now scrapped liquor policy

Several BJP leaders, including South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri, and party workers on Friday held a protest here against the Kejriwal government's now-scrapped liquor policy. They were raising slogans against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and demanding his resignation. There was heavy police deployment in the central part of the city. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, where the Aam Aadmi Party office is located, was barricaded to restrict the movement of vehicles. Former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on February 26 in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi liquor or excise policy for 2021-22.

Akhilesh Yadav is Bhrashtachar Bhushan: UP Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak

He squarely accused Akhilesh of 'patronizing' and 'shielding' scamsters who eventually got indicted by the Lokayukta

BJP giving higher positions to leaders who abuse Nitish: Bihar JD-U chief

"The move of Upendra Kushwaha was pre-planned. It was scripted by BJP. Those who abuse Nitish Kumar are getting higher positions," Umesh Kushwaha said

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PM Modi holds separate meetings with Gujarat BJP leaders, state officials

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held separate meetings with key leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party as well as senior officials of the Gujarat government in Gandhinagar before leaving for Delhi. He reached the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar after watching the fourth Test between India and Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera area with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese. At the Raj Bhavan, he first met Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, state BJP president C R Paatil and state BJP general secretary (organisation) Ratnakar, sources said. At the meeting, Modi is believed to have taken stock of the performance of the state government during the first 100 days and ongoing development works. Patel became Gujarat CM for the second time in December last year following the party's landslide victory. Soon afterwards, the PM held another meeting with senior Gujarat officials including Chief Secretary Raj Kumar and Chief Principal Secretary to the CM, K

Conrad Sangma chairs first cabinet meeting of MDA 2.0, approves 2 bills

The first cabinet meeting of the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance 2.0 government on Thursday approved a bill to formally repeal the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma chaired the cabinet meeting which also approved an amendment of the contingency fund bill 2023, an ordinance of which was approved by the cabinet earlier this year. "We have now brought both the ordinances in the form of bills which would be ratified in the upcoming budget session," the CM told PTI after chairing the first cabinet meeting here. The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly will resume on March 20 for the budget session, the CM said. He said the cabinet has also appointed three spokespersons apart from himself. "Apart from myself and Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong, the cabinet has also approved proposals to have ministers Ampareen Lyngdoh, Marcuise and Paul Lyngdoh as official spokespersons of the cabinet," the CM said. The chief minister also informed that the portfol

BJP getting rattled by series of lectures: Tharoor, Gogoi defend Rahul

During his recent visit to London, Rahul Gandhi said at an event that the "US and Europe are not doing enough to restore democracy in India" as they are "getting trade and money" from the country

Stalin wrote to PM Modi out of fear: TN chief on CM's support to Sisodia

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai slammed Chief Minister MK Stalin for extending support to AAP leader Manish Sisodia, who is currently in jail in Delhi excise policy case