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To curb rebellion, Himachal BJP talks tough: immediate suspension, no ‘ghar wapasi’ for six years

After numerous leaders within the BJP either submitted independent nomination papers or declared their intention to contest independently due to their exclusion from the announced candidate list for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP declared on Friday that those…

Divided Haryana Congress continues to be haunted by ‘invalid’ RS vote

Haryana Cabinet minister Ranjit Singh Chautala’s recent remarks have added fuel to the simmering tensions within the Haryana Congress, already on edge since the party’s setback in the recent Rajya Sabha polls. Chautala, an Independent legislator aligned with the BJP…

BJP leader’s remark on CM post robs Fadnavis ‘gesture’ of its sheen

The recent statement by Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil regarding Eknath Shinde’s elevation to the chief ministership has stirred a degree of unease within the party ranks. This comes at a crucial juncture when the party is attempting to project…

Who will be CM? Who won’t? Karnataka Congress has a problem

While the elections in Karnataka are still on the horizon, the public jockeying for the position of chief minister in the event of a Congress victory has already begun. D.K. Shivakumar, the State Congress chief, openly expressed his desire for…

Newsmaker: Margaret Alva, Karnataka’s once-powerful Delhi face who retreated into shadows, now Opposition’s V-P pick

At the onset of the year, Margaret Alva, an esteemed veteran in Congress politics at the age of 80, addressed a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing her concern over the BJP government in Karnataka’s proposed law on religious…

Ahead of Diwali, PM Modi visits Kedarnath, with a touch of poll-bound Himachal

As the nation gears up for the Diwali festival, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Uttarakhand on Friday and participated in prayers at the renowned Kedarnath temple, donning a traditional handmade Himachali dress. Arriving at Jolly Grant airport in Dehradun around…

Hashtag Politics | Gita, Jihad: Shivraj Patil trips on own words

During the event, Patil stated, “The discussion of jihad in the religion of Islam comes to the fore when, despite having the right intentions and doing the right thing, nobody understands or reciprocates, then it is said one can use…

Hashtag Politics | Telangana video of ‘grave’: BJP decries new low, TRS denies wrongdoing

A video circulating on social media depicts what seems to be a newly covered grave in Malkapur, Choutuppal division of Telangana. The headstone of the grave displays a poster of BJP national president JP Nadda, sparking criticism from BJP leaders….