Politics

Great grandson of Rajagopalachari CR Kesavan quits Congress

In yet another setback for the Congress, CR Kesavan, great-grandson of India’s first Governor-General C Rajagopalachari on Thursday quit the grand old party citing the reason that he longer concurs with what the party stands for. His resignation comes a day before the Congress’ 85th three-day Plenary Session to take place in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur. Flash | @crkesavan, […]

Chewed apples, punches and elbows in ribs: Blow-by-blow account of MCD chaos

The intervening night of Feb 22 and 23 witnessed high drama in the MCD house, with BJP and AAP MLAs using slaps, punches, chewed apples, and other weapons of choice to outwit the other in MCD standing committee election.

Notice to Bhojpuri singer Neha Thakur over song on Kanpur eviction drive deaths

Uttar Pradesh Police has served a notice to  popular Bhojpuri singer Neha Singh Rathore, who is known for singing satirical songs targeting Yogi Adityanath government. Recently, she released Part 2 of her viral song “UP me ka ba” slamming the government for allegedly causing the death of a mother-daughter duo during an anti-encroachment drive at Madauli […]

‘Real Shiv Sena’ urges media to not refer to it as Shinde-faction

After the Lok Sabha Secretariat allotted the Shiv Sena office in Parliament House to the Eknath Shinde-led faction, the party released a press note urging media to not refer to it as “Shinde-faction”. In a press note released on Tuesday Shiv Sena said, “As per the Election Commission’s February 17 decision, it is requested that […]

Shiv Sena office in Parliament House given to Eknath Shinde faction

The Lok Sabha Secretariat has allotted the Shiv Sena office in Parliament House to the Eknath Shinde-led faction days after the Election Commission’s decision to recognise the splinter group as the real Shiv Sena. Responding to a letter written by Shinde faction’s floor leader Rahul Shewalae, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said the designated room for […]