Congress

Pegasus snooping row: Pilot demands independent probe

Pilot sacked as deputy CM, party’s Rajasthan unit chief

3:17 pm July 14, 2020

Jaipur: The Congress on Tuesday sacked Sachin Pilot from the posts of Rajasthan’s deputy chief minister and the party’s state unit chief. Cracking the whip on the rebel party leader, the party also removed his loyalists Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena from the state cabinet. AICC spokesperson Randeep Surjewala announced the decision after a Congress Legislature Party meeting held here amid a tussle for power between Pilot […]

Sachin Pilot-loyalist MLAs demand floor test in Rajasthan Assembly

2:23 pm July 14, 2020

Jaipur: Amid the political crisis in Rajasthan, the demand for a floor test by the members of the Sachin Pilot camp has gained momentum, with state Food and Civil Supply Minister Ramesh Meena saying this will make it clear how many MLAs are with the Ashok Gehlot government. Meena, a Pilot loyalist, is among the Congress legislators who skipped both the Congress legislature party meetings on Monday and Tuesday. “Floor […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

I-T raids in Delhi, Jaipur against Rajasthan-based business groups

11:50 pm July 13, 2020

New Delhi: Amid a full-blown crisis in the ruling Congress in Rajasthan, the Income Tax Department on Monday carried out searches at business establishments, including a popular jewellery chain, linked to party leaders for alleged tax evasion. Though there was no official statement on the development, sources in the Income Tax Department said that searches were carried out in four cities — Delhi, Jaipur, Kota and […]

Babri trial: I am innocent, allegations baseless, says Kalyan Singh after hearing

11:14 pm July 13, 2020

Lucknow: Senior BJP leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh on Monday accused the then Congress government at the Centre of levelling “false and baseless allegations” against him in the Babri mosque demolition case and said he was “innocent”. “The then Congress government at the Centre levelled false and baseless allegations against me and filed a case out of political animosity,” he told reporters after […]

UP govt forms commission to probe Kanpur ambush, Vikas Dubey’s encounter

10:42 pm July 12, 2020

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday set up one-member commission to probe into the gunning down of Vikas Dubey and his accomplices in police encounters and the ambush earlier in which the alleged gangster killed eight police personnel. UP Governor Anandiben Patel appointed retired Allahabad High Court judge Shashi Kant Agarwal to conduct the probe under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 and submit […]