Udhayanidhi Stalin appears before Bengaluru court over Sanatana Dharma remarks
Bengaluru, June 25 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Udhayanidhi Stalin, on Tuesday, appeared before the Special Court of Magistrate for trial of cases against present and former MPs/MLAs. The court had ordered Udhayanidhi Stalin to appear before it based on a complaint lodged by social activist V Paramesha in connection […]
Sonia Gandhi was present in PM House when decision to impose Emergency was taken: BJP
Bhopal, June 25 (IANS) Former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Tuesday slammed the Congress and INDIA bloc for holding copies of the Constitution inside the Parliament premises, saying that Sonia Gandhi was present in PM House when the decision to impose the Emergency was taken by the Late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in […]
Operation launched to trap leopard sighted on Hyderabad outskirts
Hyderabad, June 25 (IANS) Forest Department launched an operation to capture a leopard which was spotted in Shamshabad on the outskirts of Hyderabad, causing alarm among residents. The Forest Department swung into action after the big cat was captured on CCTV in the early hours of Tuesday. Forest officials installed 10 trap cameras and set […]
MP BJP honours ‘MISA bandis’ to recall Emergency
Bhopal, June 25 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday observed the “Emergency” by organising seminars at party offices across the state. On the occasion, the BJP honoured those who were imprisoned under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during emergency period. Senior BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Home […]
Opposition fields K Suresh for LS Speaker post, Rahul Gandhi says govt didn’t agree to demands
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh from Kerala has been nominated as the opposition candidate for the Lok Sabha Speaker post. On Tuesday, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said in the Parliament premises that Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had contacted the opposition to discuss the Lok Sabha Speaker position. He said that […]
Ex-BJP leader Suryakanta Patil makes ‘ghar-wapasi’ to Sharad Pawar’s NCP
Mumbai, June 24 (IANS) Former scribe-turned-politician Suryakanta Jaywantrao Patil on Tuesday returned to the NCP(SP), 11 years after she had quit the undivided NCP to join the BJP in 2014. An ex-Union minister, Patil, 75, was welcomed to the party fold by NCP(SP) President Sharad Pawar, state Chief Jayant Patil and other senior leaders. Pawar […]
K’taka ‘revises’ milk prices by Rs 2 with additional 50 ml in every pouch
Bengaluru, June 25 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Tuesday revised the price of milk in the state by Rs 2, with an additional 50 ml of milk added to each packet. The revised rates will come into effect from Wednesday. Claiming that milk prices have not been hiked, Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) President Bheema Naik […]
K’taka govt hiked milk price to celebrate Emergency anniversary: BJP
Bengaluru, June 25 (IANS) Karnataka BJP on Tuesday criticised the government over hike in milk prices, saying that the prices were increased as a gift to celebrate the Emergency anniversary by the Congress. “Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has hiked the price of milk twice in the last 13 months. They hiked the milk prices only to […]
Telangana Congress leader Jeevan Reddy decides to quit as MLC
Hyderabad, June 25 (IANS) Upset over the Congress party admitting BRS MLA M. Sanjay Kumar, senior leader T. Jeevan Reddy on Tuesday announced that he will resign as member of Legislative Council. Despite the efforts by several leaders including Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka to pacify him, the former minister refused to change his […]
Om Birla is NDA’s pick for LS Speaker, may be first BJP leader to serve coveted post twice (Ld)
Jaipur, June 25 (IANS) Om Birla, Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Rajasthan’s Kota-Bundi, on Tuesday, filed his nomination after the NDA announced him as the official candidate for the Lok Sabha Speaker’s post. Birla, a three-time MP, served as Speaker during Modi 2.0 tenure. If Birla is elected Lok Sabha Speaker in the Modi government […]
