Rajya Sabha

MP bypolls: Scindia mistakenly seeks votes for Congress

2:46 pm November 1, 2020

Bhopal: In a slip of the tongue, BJP Rajya Sabha member Jyotiraditya Scindia asked people to vote for his former party Congress during a campaign for the November 3 by-elections in Madhya Pradesh. A video, in which Scindia is seen seeking votes for the Congress during a rally in favour of BJP candidate Imarti Devi […]

Mayawati siding with BJP, alleges SP

11:10 pm October 29, 2020

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Thursday attacked BSP chief Mayawati, accusing her of siding with the BJP and fielding a candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls without seeking support from opposition parties in the state. The statement came hours after Mayawati suspended seven of her MLAs for anti-party activities after they opposed the nomination of […]

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

Kerala Congress (M) faction decides to walk out of UDF

12:17 pm October 14, 2020

Kottayam (Ker): The Kerala Congress (M) faction headed by Jose K Mani on Wednesday announced its decision to severe its decades old ties with the Congress-led UDF and work alongside ruling CPI(M)-led LDF in the state. Party leader Jose K Mani also said he would quit his Rajya Sabha membership, won with the support of […]

CWG gold medallist shooter Shreyasi Singh joins BJP, may contest Bihar polls

10:41 pm October 4, 2020

New Delhi: Commonwealth Games gold medallist shooter Shreyasi Singh, whose father Digvijay Singh was a seasoned socialist leader from Bihar, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday and may fight the state assembly elections. She joined the BJP at the party headquarters here in the presence of its general secretaries Bhupender Yadav, who is in charge of its Bihar affairs, and Arun […]

Sarbananda Sonowal takes charge as AYUSH minister

Assam’s BJP CM contradicts own party, terms police paper leak as ‘scam’

12:02 am October 1, 2020

Guwahati: Assam’s BJP Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday termed the question paper leak in state police recruitment examination as a “scam”, which is in contrast to the party’s stand of calling it an “anomaly”. Question papers of several exams under various governments have been leaked in the state since 1952 but this for the first time that the […]