Politics

Union Home Minister Amit Shah welcomed high-profile Trinamool Congress rebel Suvendu Adhikari and several others to the BJP on Saturday at a mega rally in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur, sparing no shot at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. "Why are so many people leaving Trinamool Congress? Because of the misrule, corruption and nepotism of Mamata Banerjee. Didi, this is just the...

Former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday accused Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal of indulging in "cheap theatrics" by tearing up copies of the farm laws. She said his government in Delhi was among the first to notify one of the central laws related to agriculture. The Delhi Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution against the Centre's three new agriculture laws...

Suvendu Akhikari, the powerful rebel leader of Bengal's Trinamool Congress, quit the party today ending weeks of speculation on the issue. There is a buzz that he would join the BJP over the weekend when Union Home Minister Amit Shah visits the state. An induction of the leader -- who is said to have control over the local leaders...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on winning the US presidential election in November, saying he hoped the countries could set aside their differences to promote global security. Putin wished the US president-elect every success and said that, "for my part, I am ready for collaboration and contacts with you," according to a Kremlin statement. The Russian president...

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has defended his election to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in a reply to the Supreme Court, asserting that there was no violation of law. Mr Jaishankar's election in 2019 from one of the two seats vacated by Union Ministers Amit Shah and Smriti Irani had been challenged by Gaurav Hemantbhai Pandya, the Congress candidate who...

Thousands of farmers - protesting against the government's controversial agricultural laws - have planned a massive rally today to block the Delhi-Jaipur highway as they pledge to intensify their agitation, which started late November. Today's rally will be followed by an all-India hunger strike on Monday when the demonstrators plan to hold protests at district offices. On Saturday, over...

Mamata Banerjee's party's tussle with the BJP over the attack on its chief JP Nadda's convoy rolled on to Saturday with the Trinamool Congress accusing Union Home Minister Amit Shah of "indirectly trying to impose emergency in Bengal... by terrorising IAS and IPS officers of the state". In a letter to the Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, who reports to...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said a gang which brought girls from Bangladesh to Indore and pushed them into prostitution has been busted. The state police rescued 21 girls and arrested nine persons a few days ago, he said. "Girls are brought from Bangladesh and drugged. They are then pushed into flesh trade," Mr Chouhan said, speaking...

Farmers' protest is set to intensify today as they plan to block Delhi-Jaipur highway, a day after one of the 32 protesting unions moved the Supreme Court against the centre's contentious agricultural laws. The farmers' leaders have dismissed claims that "ultra-left" and "pro-Left Wing Extremist" elements have hijacked their agitation, the biggest in the last few years. Thousands of...

US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were named Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the Year" on Thursday for their election victory over Donald Trump. "For changing the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, for sharing a vision of healing in a grieving world," Time said, explaining its...