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A pall of gloom descended on Khour village of Akhnoor when the mortal remains of Sachin Khajuria, 23, were cremated on Sunday. A 12th-pass, Sachin, had left for Moscow on August 5, 2025 on a study visa with a dream to bring home prosperity. "My brother was lured into a trap by a female Russian agent who promised him good money if he worked as a porter with the Russian Army. My brother didn't realise the perils and signed an agreement written in Russian," said Koushal Khajuria, 22, Sachin's youn ...Read More >
PALAKKAD: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of promoting centralised, personality-driven governance, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged a "deliberate and strategic understanding" between the BJP and the CPM. Addressing a massive UDF rally at Fort Maidan in Palakkad under intense summer heat, Rahul argued that a lack of central action against Pinarayi -- despite sustained enforcement measures against opposition leaders elsewhere -- points to a ...Read More >
DAVANAGERE/BAGALKOT: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday expressed confidence in winning both the Davanagere South and Bagalkot Assembly bypolls. Addressing a rally in Davanagere, the CM stated that the Congress was seeking votes based on its pro-people governance and development projects undertaken by his government since 2023. "The BJP, however, is trying to grab votes by badmouthing my government and me. Such is a disgrace to which the BJP has fallen," he said. He said Shamanur S ...Read More >
KOCHI: With just hours left for the curtain to fall on open campaigning, political parties left no stone unturned to woo voters on Monday, with national heavyweights from all three fronts crisscrossing the state, trading sharp accusations and making ambitious promises. Kerala turned into a battleground of narratives, with Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, BJP stalwarts Amit Shah and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Karnataka Congress leaders, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM ...Read More >
The opposition had submitted notices against the CEC. Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected separate notices from the opposition to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his post. The opposition had submitted notices to the Lok Sabha speaker and the Rajya Sabha chairman against the CEC, alleging "partisan and discriminatory conduct in office", "deliberate obstruction of investigation of electoral fraud" and "mas ...Read More >
The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday celebrated its 47th Foundation Day with flag hoisting ceremonies, worker gatherings and speeches at its state office on Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg. National general secretary Arun Singh, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta led the celebrations, hoisting the party flag and exchanging greetings with workers. Members of Parliament, senior office-bearers and hundreds of party workers attended the programme ...Read More >
Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday slammed the Congress's attitude towards alliance partners in Maharashtra, saying it should keep them together if it wants to return to power at the Centre. An editorial in the party's mouthpiece, Saamana, called the Congress's stance of maintaining distance from the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners on certain issues narrow-minded. It took exception to Maharashtra Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal expressing reservations about the Nationalist Congress Party - Sh ...Read More >
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra ignited Kerala's political landscape by accusing the ruling LDF of a clandestine alliance with the BJP, raising concerns about minority rights and governmental accountability in the upcoming Assembly elections. Photograph: @priyankagandhi/XKey PointsPriyanka Gandhi Vadra alleges a secret deal between Kerala's LDF and the BJP for the Assembly elections.Vadra accuses both the LDF government and the BJP-led Centre of suppressing dissent and targeting minorities.She claims Pri ...Read More >
India - Akali leaders Harsimrat, Majithia seek compensation for crop damage due to hailstorms Chandigarh, Senior SAD leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday urged the Union agriculture minister to send a special team to Punjab to assess the damage caused to the standing wheat crop by hailstorms. He urged the Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to release a special compensation package to affected farmers. On the other hand, Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia demanded immedi ...Read More >
Jammu: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday handed over appointment orders to 124 candidates from the Jammu division under the rehabilitation assistance scheme (RAS), urging the appointees to serve with dedication, integrity and compassion. The chief minister made these remarks while handing over compassionate appointment letters to 124 beneficiaries of Jammu division appointed under RAS, SRO-43 and SRO-94 at the Convention Centre, Jammu, an official press release said. Expressing solidarity ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress MP KC Venugopal has questioned the central government's "short-cut method" in pushing the FCRA (Amendment) Bill. The Congress leader has written a strongly-worded letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, amid a heated political slugfest over the FCRA amendments. The opposition has accused the Centre of trying to restrict foreign funding to NGOs and minority institutions under the garb of regulatory compliance. ...Read More >
The walls in Ambalapuzha don't reveal their peeling paint or cracking facade. Posters of the two foremost candidates in the upcoming Assembly polls, LDF's H Salam and UDF-backed former CPI (M) heavyweight G Sudhakaran mask every inch of the walls in town. "Don't touch them," a passerby warns. Last week, a video of two alleged CPI (M) workers tearing Sudhakaran's poster and pasting Salam's over it went viral and opened layers of controversy. Advertisement Some allege it was the veteran leader' ...Read More >
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday, April 6, rejected the impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, with no reasons cited for the rejection, drawing sharp condemnation from the Opposition, which accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "mocking Parliament." The rejections came through virtually identical bulletins issued by both Houses, stating that "after due consideration of the notice of Motion and a ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress and the BJP have moved the Election Commission against each other over alleged threats, hate speeches and abusive remarks just weeks ahead of the 2026 West Bengal assembly polls. At the centre of the row is the BJP's Panihati candidate, the mother of the RG Kar hospital doctor who was raped and murdered last year, and TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee, whose provocative comments against Union Home Minister Amit Shah have triggered a counter-complaint by the saffron camp. I ...Read More >
Baramati (Maharashtra) [India], April 6 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Ajit Pawar on Monday said that Baramati is not merely a constituency, but "Dada's heartbeat," and that every person connected to it holds deep importance for her. She emphasised that the upcoming by-election is not a personal contest, but one that belongs to every Baramatikar who holds affection and respect for Dada. Also Read | Breach of Discipline During PM Modi Rally: Kerala Police Begins Probe Into Off ...Read More >
Pune, Apr 6 (PTI) NCP leader Parth Pawar on Monday said the Congress would "suffer" for fielding a candidate against his mother and Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar in the Baramati assembly bypoll, drawing a rare public rebuke from NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and a sharp reaction from the grand old party. The Pawar senior questioned the "political maturity" of his grandnephew while upholding the Congress's "right" to contest an election as an independent political party. The Congress was unsparing in wo ...Read More >
Baramati (Maharashtra) [India], April 6 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Ajit Pawar on Monday said that Baramati is not merely a constituency, but "Dada's heartbeat," and that every person connected to it holds deep importance for her. She emphasised that the upcoming by-election is not a personal contest, but one that belongs to every Baramatikar who holds affection and respect for Dada. In view of the upcoming by-election, an all-party workers' meeting of the Mahayuti allianc ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected the opposition's impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.It was the first time a notice seeking the removal of the Election Commission chief was issued with the signature of 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha members.The 10-page impeachment motion accused Gyanesh Kumar of seven counts. The charges ranged from partisan conduct of the CEC to mass disenfranchisement of voters in different states. This ...Read More >
Agartala, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday asserted that people are increasingly aligning with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) due to its development-driven agenda, while sharply criticising opposition parties ahead of the upcoming Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections. Addressing an election rally at Dasda Bazar in North Tripura in support of BJP candidate Shailendra Nath, Saha said the party's guiding principle is "nation firs ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) TMC MP Derek O'Brien on Monday accused the BJP of mocking Parliament after the Rajya Sabha chairman and the Lok Sabha speaker rejected separate opposition notices to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his post. In a post on X, O'Brien also said no reason was given for the rejection of the notices. The opposition had in March submitted the notices to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan against ...Read More >
Baramati, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a sharp rebuke to the Congress party, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP and former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's son Parth Pawar on Monday expressed strong displeasure over its recent political manoeuvres in Maharashtra, especially its move to contest the Baramati bypoll, warning that the "mature party" may face a significant backlash from the public. He characterised the Congress party's recent actions as a sign of decline. "It is extremely wrong fo ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Senior Sasmit Patra, a leader of the Biju Janata Dal and Rajya Sabha MP, on Monday wrote to Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal, seeking his immediate intervention to ensure that the proposed Metro Rail project, initiated during the previous government, is not scrapped by the state government. In his letter, Patra argued that the project envisioned during the previous Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government is a critical mass-transit backbone ...Read More >
Kozhikode (Keralam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday criticised the Keralam government and the Centre, alleging that there was no development in the state for the past 10 years. She said that the public has understood that there is a collusion between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Speaking to reporters here, Gandhi said, "There will be a change in power here. The public has understood that there is a collusion between t ...Read More >
New Delhi: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) PM Sasmit Patra has reportedly written a letter to Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar demanding to ensure Metro Rail project in Odisha as per National Urban Transport Policy and the Metro Rail Policy 2017. In the letter to the Union Minister, Patra has urged to prevail upon the Government of Odisha to not scrap the metro project and facilitate its implementation through a 50:50 cost-sharing arrangement or equivalent support. "I write t ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 6 (PTI) Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday sought the urgent attention of Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for help to farmers whose crops have been destroyed due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms. In a statement, Warring said a large part of Punjab, particularly the Malwa belt, had been hit by heavy rains and a heavy hailstorm, which had not only flattened the wheat crop but also completely destroyed it. He said the extent of damag ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 6 (ANI): BJP leader NV Subash on Monday criticised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his "you can fool people who are illiterate in Gujarat" remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stating that people of Gujarat are demanding an apology from him. Speaking to ANI in Hyderabad, Subash said that as a senior leader of Congress, Kharge should exercise restraint, especially while addressing public gatherings ahead of elections. He alleged that Khar ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Sidelined Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha on Monday shared a post on social media saying "never outshine the master", amid a bitter rift with his party leadership. Chadha shared on Instagram pictures of himself reading a book titled "The 48 Laws of Power" by Robert Greene. Posting a portion of the book, the Rajya Sabha MP said, "Somebody gifted me a book this week." "Funny how timing works," he said in his post. "Some books arrive exactly when they are meant to," his pos ...Read More >
Guwahati: Electioneering gathered momentum in Assam's Golakganj Assembly constituency on Monday as state BJP president and MP Dilip Saikia addressed a public rally in support of party candidate Ashwani Roy Sarkar. Saikia reached Golakganj Stadium earlier in the day and led a motorcycle procession of party workers to the rally venue at Laximari High School playground. The roadshow and subsequent public meeting witnessed a significant turnout, with BJP leaders projecting it as a strong show of s ...Read More >
Mumbai: Around 41 Indian nationals hailing from Maharashtra are currently stranded in Saudi Arabia, following the cancellation of their Akasa Air flight to Mumbai, claimed member of parliament Supriya Sule. She appealed to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Indian Embassy for immediate repatriation assistance for stranded passengers. Flight cancellation details On Monday, Sule posted on social media platform X - a list of the names of 41 people from Maharashtra's Bhokardan - claimi ...Read More >
Bhopal, Apr 6 (PTI) Public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Monday said they are maintaining steady and adequate supplies of LPG and automotive fuel in Madhya Pradesh despite the ongoing war in West Asia and allayed fears of shortages. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) asserted domestic LPG supplies have been prioritised and cylinder deliveries continue as normal. IOCL Chief General Manager and its ...Read More >
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