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Ernakulam: Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi alleged that an unholy political deal is taking place between Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was speaking at the UDF election campaign meeting held at the Fort Kochi Veli Ground. Rahul, son of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, accused the Chief Minister of mortgaging Kerala's interests before PM Modi in order to protect his family and children fr ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 4 (ANI): Karnataka Congress in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala on Saturday condemned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pratap Simha's derogatory remark against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during a bypoll campaign in Bagalkot, calling it a deliberate attempt to insult backward classes, Scheduled Castes, and minorities. Surjewala said that it is clear that Pratap Simha's outburst stems from frustration and the BJP is deliberately "using him to insult CM Sidda ...Read More >
"Once the BJP realised it would lose the election, it brought back those it had expelled. On one hand, the BJP expels him (Yatnal); on the other, it brings him back, praises him, and makes him campaign. Isn't this a double standard?" he told reporters, adding that the move pointed to a "weak position" for the party. Yatnal, who was expelled after making allegations related to dynastic politics and corruption against senior BJP figures including former chief minister BS Yediyurappa and his sons ...Read More >
A delegation of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) (Charuni) led by its chief Gurnam Singh Charuni, met chief minister Nayab Singh Saini in Chandigarh late Thursday, and argued that the Indis-US trade deal would pose a grave crisis for small farmers and will increase control by multinational corporations over agriculture. The delegation also demanded a CBI probe into last year's "multi-crore paddy procurement scam" and abolition of the biometric gate pass system which was introduced by the Haryana ...Read More >
Chennai: Nearly eight years after DMK leader and five time Chief Minister M Karunanidhi died, his last months that were confined largely inside his Gopalapuram home, has become a topic of discussion in this Assembly election season in Tamil Nadu. AIADMK's Promise On Saturday AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, said that an AIADMK government would order a full legal investigation into the alleged "house arrest" of former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi if voted to power. Addressing ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 4 (ANI): Karnataka Congress in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala on Saturday condemned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pratap Simha's derogatory remark against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during a bypoll campaign in Bagalkot, calling it a deliberate attempt to insult backward classes, Scheduled Castes, and minorities. Surjewala said that it is clear that Pratap Simha's outburst stems from frustration and the BJP is deliberately "using him to insult CM Sidda ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the state government to suspend four officers of the Kolkata Police, including a divisional deputy commissioner, and initiate disciplinary proceedings against them over chaos outside a nomination centre, where senior Suvendu Adhikari and other BJP candidates filed their papers a day earlier amid clashes and alleged slogan-shouting by ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers. "The ECI has directed the state government to suspend four off ...Read More >
Bagalkot (Karnataka), April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, alleging that Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar could replace him after April 20. Addressing a press conference here, Ashoka said, "After April 20, it is uncertain what will happen to him. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar will snatch the Chief Minister's post." He also said that Siddaramaiah has never stated that an ST leader would be ma ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday, April 2, said he was "not comparable to Adolf Hitler" and claimed there was no opposition to him, when questioned by a BBC reporter. He then abruptly ended the interaction, accusing the journalist of representing Opposition leader Akhil Gogoi. BBC Hindi reporter Jugal Purohit, who had been seeking an interview with the Chief Minister for days, was told by Sarma that he "should not represent Gogoi" after quoting Gogoi's description ...Read More >
Kerala assembly elections 2026: Addressing a public meeting in Ernakulam, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi alleged that there is a nexus between the LDF, the BJP and the RSS to keep the UDF out of power. He also targeted them over the Sabarimala temple gold controversy. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday once again reiterated that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) has joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), to keep the United ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Saturday directed West Bengal chief secretary to suspend four Kolkata Police officials for "failing" to maintain law and order during BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's nomination filing in Bhabanipur constituency for the upcoming assembly polls.In a circular to the West Bengal chief secretary, the poll panel said that the direction is based on a recommendation from state electoral officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal."The commission has agreed to the proposal and directs ...Read More >
KOLKATA: ECI suspended one deputy commissioner (DC) and three other officers, including one officer-in-charge (OC), and an additional OC, of Kolkata Police, following clashes between Trinamool Congress and BJP during the Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to south Kolkata's Bhabanipur. Bhabanipur is a high-profile assembly constituency, where the Chief Minister and ruling party supremo Mamata Banerjee, and Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition and BJP MLA, are contesting against each ot ...Read More >
Kochi: AICC leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said after the April 9 assembly polls there would be nothing left of the CPI(M)-led Left front, predicting the erosion in the ranks of a key INDI bloc ally. "The LDF calls itself "Left." But today, there is nothing Left about the Left Front. And after this election, there will be nothing left of the Left Front," the AICC leader said, addressing rallies in Ernakulam and Alappuzha districts. He called chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan a "right-wing" pupp ...Read More >
Alappuzha/Idukki/Kochi (Kerala), Apr 4 (PTI) Top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday raised the alleged attacks on minorities in Manipur and Chhattisgarh during his election campaign in central Kerala districts, and claimed that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was aligned with forces behind such incidents. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha addressed multiple election rallies in Alappuzha, Kattappana in Idukki district, and Fort Kochi and Kunnathunad in Ernakulam district ahead of t ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 4 (PTI) The Election Commission on Saturday directed the suspension of four Kolkata Police officials and initiation of disciplinary proceedings against them for "failing" to maintain law and order during BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's nomination filing in the hotly contested Bhabaniour seat. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had accompanied Adhikari for the filing of the nomination papers on April 2 in the seat in south Kolkata, where the leader of the opposition in the outgoing Assembl ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 4 (ANI): Leader of Opposition (LoP) of Madhya Pradesh assembly Umang Singhar wrote a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday, highlighting farmers's issues in the state, particularly delays in wheat procurement and the need to extend the loan repayment deadline. LoP Singhar also emphasised the shortage of gunny bags, stressing these issues were causing significant losses to farmers. Also Read | Telangana Horror: Man Who Wanted Son Drowns Twin Dau ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Congress workers, on Saturday, April 4, allegedly attacked the Gajwel camp office of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) and placed Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's portrait in protest. Gajwel Assembly constituency is represented by former chief minister KCR. Led by District Congress Committee (DCC) president Tumukunta Aknsha Reddy, the party workers purportedly damaged the window pane, local media reported. However, the Gajwel Police are yet to lodge a c ...Read More >
IDUKKI: Highlighting the "fearless and courageous" spirit of women in Keralam, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday emphasized the United Democratic Front's (UDF) commitment to ensuring the safety of every young girl in the state. Speaking at a public rally in Idukki, Gandhi praised a young girl who recited Vande Mataram in front of a large crowd. "The young woman who sang Vande Mataram fearlessly represents the women of Keralam. That is why we want ...Read More >
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday asserted that a "storm, a tsunami of the people" is set to sweep the TMC from power on election day. Addressing supporters, Adhikari said, "The people will uproot and throw them (TMC) out, root and all. As soon as our government is formed, we will withdraw all fake cases against the BJP in the first cabinet meeting. The BJP government will give Rs 5,000 as a fighte ...Read More >
Jammu, Apr 4 (PTI) J&K Legislative Assembly on Saturday witnessed a heated argument between minister Sakeena Itoo and PDP MLA Waheed ur Rehman Para, with the former using the "milk and toffee" remark to counter the opposition leader while responding to a question over the upgrading of schools. Itoo also held the People's Democratic Party (PDP) responsible for the region's downgrade to a Union territory and the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. In 2016, Mehbooba, as then CM of the erstw ...Read More >
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator and former mayor Kishori Pednekar has submitted a proposal to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to introduce compulsory recitation of Manache Shlok, a collection of verses by Samarth Ramdas Swami, in all civic-run and private-aided schools across the city. The notice of motion has, however, sparked strong objections from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), which has opposed the inclusion of spiritual texts in secular municipal school ...Read More >
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (April 4, 2026) alleged that the Modi government is putting the security of every Indian at risk by attempting to "cover up its own failures" and concealing the reality of foreign surveillance through Chinese cameras installed at vital locations. "This is a deliberate conspiracy to keep India in the dark," he said in a post in Hindi on Facebook. As Rahul Gandhi eyes Dalit consolidation through Kanshi Ram in U.P., BSP gets unsettled, political slugfest i ...Read More >
Kannur (Keralam) : KPCC chief Sunny Joseph on Saturday said that the Congress has received around Rs 5.38 crore in its account set up for Wayanad rehabilitation and used the funds to purchase land for constructing homes for landslide victims. Joseph said that, in addition to the funds received in the account operated jointly by him and Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan, the Youth Congress collected around Rs 1.05 crore for rehabilitation efforts. "The amounts collected were used to buy land in ...Read More >
Kannur (Kerala) | KPCC chief Sunny Joseph on Saturday said that the Congress has received around Rs 5.38 crore in its account set up for Wayanad rehabilitation and used the funds to purchase land for constructing homes for landslide victims. Joseph said that, in addition to the funds received in the account operated jointly by him and Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan, the Youth Congress collected around Rs 1.05 crore for rehabilitation efforts. "The amounts collected were used to buy land in ...Read More >
Idukki (Keralam) [India], April 4 (ANI): Highlighting the "fearless and courageous" spirit of women in Keralam, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday, emphasised the United Democratic Front's (UDF) commitment to ensuring the safety and protection of every young girl in the state. Speaking at a public rally in Idukki, Gandhi stressed the fearless attitude of a young girl who recited Vande Mataram in front of a large crowd. "The young woman who sang ...Read More >
Kannur (Kerala), Apr 4 (PTI) KPCC chief Sunny Joseph on Saturday said that the Congress has received around Rs 5.38 crore in its account set up for Wayanad rehabilitation and used the funds to purchase land for constructing homes for landslide victims. Joseph said that, in addition to the funds received in the account operated jointly by him and Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan, the Youth Congress collected around Rs 1.05 crore for rehabilitation efforts. "The amounts collected were used to ...Read More >
Kerala's Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Saturday (April 4, 2026) alleged that most opinion polls being released ahead of the State Assembly elections are "paid surveys" that fail to reflect the true public sentiment, while expressing confidence that the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) will secure "over 100 seats" and come to power. Addressing a press conference in Kasaragod, he claimed that attempts are being made through such surveys to create an "artificial impression o ...Read More >
Kolkata Police on Friday registered two cases following a complaint by the Election Commission of India over chaos outside a nomination centre, where senior Suvendu Adhikari and other BJP candidates filed their papers a day earlier amid clashes and alleged slogan-shouting by ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers. "Two cases were registered against unidentified people at the Alipore and Kalighat police stations," a police officer said, requesting anonymity. After addressing a rally at Hazra, ...Read More >
Alappuzha (Kerala), Apr 4 (PTI) Top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday targeted the ruling LDF in Kerala and the BJP, alleging that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is in a partnership with people who "attack minorities" in other parts of the country. Addressing an election gathering here, Gandhi reiterated his allegation of a BJP-LDF understanding and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not speaking about the Sabarimala issue during the election campaign. Elections to 140 Assembly se ...Read More >
Kasaragod: Congress leader V D Satheesan on Saturday accused the BJP of being "wolves in sheepskin" who go with cakes to Bishops' homes and churches on Christmas, but come out with legislations like FCRA amendment bill that affect the Christian community. Satheesan, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, claimed that the proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act provide that the central government can decline to renew licences, for any reason, of entities receiving f ...Read More >
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