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Reacting sharply to the BJP's protest and the ensuing violence, Sapkal accused the ruling party of twisting his words to divert attention from pressing national and state issues. "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is our deity, our pride, and our honour. His valour is unparalleled. We do not need the BJP to teach us about Shivaji Maharaj," Sapkal said. "The BJP has distorted my statement and is trying to incite riots in the state. This was evident today in Pune." The controversy stems from Sapkal's c ...Read More >
Trisha has hit out at Nainar Nagendran for his derogatory remarks ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Trisha Krishnan condemned BJP leader Nainar Nagendran's derogatory remarks linking her to Vijay * Trisha's lawyer stated she is politically neutral and wants to be known for her craft alone * Nagendran's comments sparked backlash, including criticism from DMK leaders Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Popular actor Trisha Krishnan has slam ...Read More >
Former Congress state president Bhupen Kumar Borah resigned from the party on Monday. The development comes ahead of the upcoming state assembly polls, the dates of which are yet to be decided by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The 55-year-old, who was replaced in May last year, and the position of state president handed to Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi, stated that he has submitted his resignation letter to the Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi. ...Read More >
On the seventh anniversary of the Pulwama terror attack, BJP leaders and senior officers of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) visited the Lethpora spot in Pulwama, Kashmir, to pay floral tributes to the 40 soldiers who lost their lives in the 2019 attack on February 14. BJP senior leader and spokesperson Altaf Thakur, along with other party workers, paid respects to the martyrs. A memorial ceremony was held at Martyrs Memorial, 185 BN CRPF, Lethpora. The ceremony was attended by Gyanendra P ...Read More >
Rajasthan Congress President Govind Singh Dotasra urged the government and the administration to take immediate action on the matter, where he also pointed to an earlier similar accident in Ajmer, where 16 people were killed after a chemical tanker overturned. At least seven people were charred to death in a fire that broke out in a chemical factory in the Bhiwadi area of Rajasthan's Khairthal-Tijara district on Monday, according to news agency ANI. Rajasthan Congress President Govind Singh Do ...Read More >
Bhopal, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress-led opposition on Monday disrupted Governor Mangubhai Patel's inaugural address at the Budget Session, particularly when he highlighted the government's achievements. The session, part of the ongoing budget proceedings, saw Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar and other Congress lawmakers interrupt sharply, referencing the devastating Indore water contamination tragedy in Bhagirathpura that has claimed dozens of lives since late December 2025. Governor Pa ...Read More >
Wedding celebrations to be held with Ambani family involvement Former cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun Tendulkar is preparing to embark on a new chapter as he gets ready to marry entrepreneur Saaniya Chandhok. The Tendulkar family was seen arriving in Jamnagar on February 15, marking the beginning of the pre-wedding celebrations. A day after Valentine's Day 2026, the family touched down in Jamnagar to join the wedding festivities, which are being hosted in association with the Ambanis ...Read More >
Bhopal, Feb 16 (PTI) The Opposition on Monday created a ruckus in the MP legislative assembly over the Indore contaminated drinking water tragedy and objected to the "clean water" commitment mentioned in the state governor's customary address on the first day of the Budget session. Amid slogan shouting, the Speaker adjourned the proceedings for Tuesday after the listed business for the day ended. Earlier, when Governor Mangubhai Patel mentioned the state government's resolve to provide clean w ...Read More >
Mumbai, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The controversy surrounding the display of Tipu Sultan's portrait in the office of the Malegaon Deputy Mayor intensified on Monday, with Maharashtra Samajwadi Party chief Abu Azmi defending the former ruler of Mysore as a "freedom fighter" who "bravely fought" against the British. The political dispute erupted after Shiv Sena workers belonging to the Eknath Shinde faction entered the Malegaon Municipal Corporation premises and demanded the immediate removal of th ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 16 (ANI): Assam Congress in-charge Bhupendra Jitendra Singh on Monday said that senior party leader Bhupen Borah has withdrawn his resignation following discussions with the party's leadership, adding that the matter has been resolved amicably through dialogue. Speaking to reporters, Singh said that Borah, who has been associated with the Indian National Congress for nearly three decades, had earlier submitted his resignation to the party's national president. ...Read More >
New Delhi, February 16: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain petitions seeking action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his alleged remarks targeting Muslims and a now-deleted controversial video purportedly showing him targeting members of a particular community. Asking the petitioners to approach the Gauhati High Court, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant observed that the issues raised could be "effectively adjudicated" by the jurisdictio ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) After senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar expressed confidence that Pinarayi Vijayan will continue as the Chief Minister of Kerala, the BJP on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Congress, alleging that no one within the party or its alliance accepts Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, as their leader. Speaking to IANS, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said, "In the morning, I saw a news report that in Kerala, Mani Shankar ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam), February 16 (ANI): Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Monday praised Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) chief Bhupen Kumar Borah, calling him a "strong Congress leader" and an "asset" to the party amid ongoing internal discussions within the state unit. Speaking to reporters in Guwahati, Gogoi said that senior party leaders held detailed deliberations with Borah for nearly three hours in an effort to address concerns. "Bhupen Kumar Borah is our asset. He is fighting against evi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K. T. Rama Rao on Sunday stated that Telangana emerged as a national IT powerhouse during the ten-year tenure of former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. Citing official data for 2023-24 released by the Centre, Rama Rao said IT exports from Telangana witnessed a massive 299 percent increase during the BRS government's tenure. He added that the state accounted for 33 percent of all new IT jobs created in the country, meaning one in eve ...Read More >
Karimnagar: In a high-stakes political battle, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successfully captured the Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts of the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation on Monday. Leveraging strategic ex-officio votes and the support of independent candidates, the saffron party managed to outnumber the Congress, despite the latter's strong push for the seat.Kolagani Srinivas, representing the 2nd Division, was elected as the new Mayor of Karimnagar, while former Mayor Y. Sunil Rao was app ...Read More >
Mumbai, Feb 16 (PTI) The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday said Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal, by equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan, has unnecessarily provided the BJP an issue. In an editorial in Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana, the party said the BJP, as always, has given a Hindu-Muslim colour to the Tipu Sultan controversy. Tipu Sultan is considered a hero in Pakistan, but the Bharatiya Janata Party does not find it condemnable to allow an India-Pakistan ...Read More >
Jaipur, Feb 16 (PTI) Seven people were burnt alive in an illegal firecracker-manufacturing factory in the Bhiwadi town of Rajasthan's Khairthal-Tijara district on Monday, officials said. "Seven persons have died in the incident. It was a garment factory but firecrackers were being manufactured inside it illegally," Sumitra Pareek, Additional District Magistrate, said. She said that two people trapped in the factory were rescued. They were admitted to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital in a critical co ...Read More >
Warangal: The ruling Congress party successfully captured the chairperson posts in the hung municipalities of Wardhannapet and Kesamudram in the erstwhile Warangal district on Monday. By strategically utilizing ex-officio votes and securing the support of independent candidates, the party managed to break the deadlock against the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).In the Wardhannapet municipality, a tie had emerged after the recent elections for 12 wards. The BRS won six seats, while the Congress sec ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) "What do you think of a party that chooses KC Venugopal as the Sardar Patel to Rahul Gandhi? And what do you think of a party that cannot find anyone but Pawan Khera to be their spokesman?..." senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar wrote on social media from Thiruvananthapuram, setting off fresh ripples within the grand old party. The pointed remarks, widely interpreted as targeting senior leaders K.C. Venugopal and Pawan Khera, have added to inter ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy convened an all-party meeting on Monday, seeking cooperation from both the opposition and treasury benches for the smooth and peaceful conduct of the crucial Budget Session, which is scheduled to commence on Tuesday. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mukesh Mahaling, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Chief Whip Pramila Mallik, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Rama Chandra Kadam, along with sever ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The simmering debate over power sharing in Tamil Nadu has triggered not just friction between the Congress and its ally, the DMK, but also exposed sharp internal rift within the Congress itself, with the state leadership moving swiftly to rein in dissenting voices as CM MK Stalin drew a firm red line on power sharing.Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K Selvaperunthagai on Monday publicly rebuked party MP Manickam Tagore for raising the issue of power sharing with the ruli ...Read More >
Karimnagar/Hyderabad, Feb 16 (Maxim News) BJP has won the Karimnagar Corporation, which has created a lot of excitement. Kolagani Srinivas of the party was elected as the mayor. BJp won the mayoral post with the support of 34 corporators. Sunio Rao of the same party was elected as the deputy mayor. This was announced by the election officer. Union Minister Bandi Sanjay acted strategically in winning the mayoral post. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Even though the BJP won the maximum number of 30 ...Read More >
Mumbai: The political row over Maharashtra Congress President Harshvardhan Sapkal's remarks comparing Tipu Sultan with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj intensified on Monday, February 16, with the Congress leader alleging that his statement had been "distorted" and ruled out any apology. Speaking to ANI, Sapkal clarified that he had merely said there was "no problem" in placing portraits of the two historical figures together, and insisted that his comments were being misrepresented. Responding to C ...Read More >
Telangana: BJP nominee Kolagani Srinivas was elected Mayor of the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation on Monday. Following his victory, Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar, along with other BJP leaders, felicitated him at the municipal office in Karimnagar. The elections, held on February 11, were conducted across seven municipal corporations and 116 municipalities in Telangana. Voting covered 414 wards in the corporations of Kothagudem, Karimnagar, Mahabubnagar, Mancherial, Nizamabad, Nalgonda and ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Assam Congress MP and former state unit chief Bhupen Borah on Monday withdrew his resignation after holding long discussions with the party's central leadership, including Rahul Gandhi. Congress's Assam in-charge Bhanwar Jitendra Singh, sharing about the resignation withdrawal by the Congress leader said that internal differences had been resolved through dialogue.Congress's Assam in-charge Bhanwar Jitendra Singh said the party leadership did not accept Borah's resignation and reaffir ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, February 16: Former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Monday suggested that DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin as the "best man to consolidate" the INDIA bloc, while emphasising that a united national opposition requires strong leadership and strategic coordination. Aiyar reasoned that Stalin focuses on raising substantive issues rather than sloganeering and would not stand in the way of Rahul Gandhi becoming Prime Minister. Speaking to ANI, Aiyar, who serv ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 16: The BJP, on Monday, attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, alleging that he is a "failed dynast" as neither his own party leaders nor allies have any confidence in him. This came after Bhupen Borah, former president of the Assam Congress, sent his resignation letter to party president Mallikarjun Kharge, claiming he was being "ignored" by the party leadership and not being accorded his due in the state unit. Reacting to the development, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poon ...Read More >
Khammam, Feb 16 (UNI) Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka on Monday thanked voters for giving the Congress party a massive mandate in the recent municipal elections, stating that the results clearly reflected public confidence in the party's development and welfare agenda. Addressing a media conference in Madhira in Khammam district, he said the verdict had decisively disproved the campaign by some parties that the Congress was strong only in rural areas and weak in urban centres. ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jan 27 (PTI) The ruling Congress in Karnataka on Tuesday decided to name the Gram Panchayat offices after Mahatma Gandhi. The decision was taken on the suggestion of Congress general secretary and Karnataka in charge Randeep Singh Surjewala during a protest rally at the Freedom Park here. The party had organised the protest against replacing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act with the new rural employment scheme 'Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajivika M ...Read More >
Odisha Bandh, January 28: The Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS), a group that campaigns on farmers' issues, has called for a statewide Odisha Bandh on Wednesday, January 28. The bandh aims to demand the release of Rs 800 per quintal input assistance at state-run mandis and to remove middlemen and millers from the paddy procurement process. NNKS also raised objections to the installation of electricity smart meters and heavy penalties on vehicle owners under pollution certificate rules. The org ...Read More >
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