Politics

 After a massive furore, senior Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday declined to attend a seminar against “US imperialism” to be organised by the Chinese embassy. Siddaramaiah, current Leader of Opposition, said he was “surprised” to see his name on the list of speakers at the event, despite turning down the invitation by India-China Friendship […]

Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha national spokesperson Shishir Chaturvedi was put under house arrest ahead of a planned demonstration in support of controversial Hyderabad MLA Raja Singh here on Friday. Chaturvedi along with workers of the right wing group was planning to hold a demonstration in Lucknow to extend support to Singh, who was suspended by […]

Hours after veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned and attacked the party, several party leaders dubbed his action as “unfortunate” and slammed him saying his DNA has been modi-fied. “A man who has been treated with the greatest respect by the Congress leadership has betrayed it with his vicious personal attacks, which reveal his […]

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition against the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to deny sanction to prosecute chief minister Yogi Adityanath in an alleged 2007 hate speech case. In his petition, Parvez Parwaz challenged the Allahabad High Court’s decision to uphold the government’s decision of not giving permission to prosecute Yogi for allegedly making […]

In a major blow to Congress, veteran party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from all posts in the party