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SHIMLA (HIMACHAL PRADESH): In an exclusive interview with The New Indian, Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur opened up on reasons behind BJP’s devastating defeat in the recently held bypolls and why only the hill state hogged the limelight despite the party having lost in several other states like Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Without […]

Shimla: The Congress party in Himachal Pradesh has been brimming with over-confidence ever since the by-election results came in its favour.  The party is leaving no stone unturned to establish majority and wrest power from the BJP in next year’s assembly elections. Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri on Wednesday took a swipe at the BJP […]

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu has welcomed the reopening of the Kartarpur Corridor from Wednesday. “The opening of the Kartarpur Corridor is in itself a historic, rare and priceless gift,” said Sidhu while addressing mediapersons here in Chandigarh, adding that he would appeal to the government at the Centre to keep this corridor […]

NAINITAL: After his recent odious comparison of Hindutva with ISIS terror group, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Monday claimed that his house in Nainital was set on fire by the adherents of Hinduism. The accusation comes days after the BJP had pointed out that Khurshid in his latest book on Ayodhya has equated Hindutva with […]

BULANDSHAHR: Being out of power in Uttar Pradesh since 1989 and in an attempt to regain its lost ground in the state, the Congress made it clear on Sunday that it will contest the 2022 assembly elections solo and will not enter into any alliance with another political party. The announcement was made by the […]

CHANDIGARH: Bollywood actor, Sonu Sood, on Sunday announced that his sister, Malvika Sood, will contest the Punjab polls, which are to be held early next year. However, he did not reveal the party choice. In the past month, Sood has held separate meetings with the Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi as well as Aam […]

LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: BSP supremo and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati’s mother Ramrati (92) passed away on Saturday after battling prolonged illness. BSP general secretary Satish Mishra told reporters that the Dalit czarina’s mother was undergoing treatment at a Delhi hospital and died following a cardiac arrest. Her mother’s cremation is scheduled to take place in […]

NEW DELHI: A day after Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, former Deputy Chief Minister and senior party leader Sachin Pilot also met the party supremo in the national capital. Pilot arrived at the residence of Sonia Gandhi around 12 noon at 10 Janpath. Their meeting lasted for over one […]

CHANDIGARH: In a setback to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) just before Vidhan Sabha elections, the AAP MLA from Bathinda Rural (reserved) Rupinder Kaur Ruby quit the party on Tuesday and joined Congress. 33-year-old first time MLA Ruby tweeted her resignation which was addressed to AAP national convener ad Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab […]

NEW DELHI: In what spells out more trouble for Sushen Mohan Gupta, the alleged middleman in the French aviation company Dassault’s alleged agreement with a Chandigarh based software firm IDS Infotech, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has found bills for his vacation in Thailand in December 2010 on New Year eve. The CBI chargesheet, […]