Makhan Lal Fotedar, a veteran Congress leader who was a close confidante of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, died on Wednesday. He died at a hospital in Gurugram on the outskirts of Delhi, Congress party sources said. Hailing from Kashmir, Mr. Fotedar was ushered into politics by Jawaharlal Nehru in early 1950s and he gradually strengthened his […]
» Read moreThe Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday termed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi a “failed dynast” and a failed politician after he defended dynastic politics at a public event in the United States. Within hours of his speech, Union Minister Smriti Irani blasted him at a press conference, saying his admission that the Congress had turned arrogant since 2012 was a […]
» Read moreThe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday won a significant Delhi bypoll, Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar emerged victorious in Panaji and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) clinched the Nandyal seat in Andhra Pradesh.
» Read moreOpposition’s vice-presidential nominee Gopalkrishna Gandhi congratulated Ram Nath Kovind on his victory. “My warm congratulations to President-elect Shri Ram Nath Kovind and my best wishes for an outstanding tenure as Rashtrapati. May he exercise, for the good of our country, the classical ‘right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn…”
» Read moreBSP supremo Mayawati’s resignation from the Rajya Sabha was accepted on Thursday by chairman Hamid Ansari, a senior official of the Upper House said. The 61-year-old had submitted a fresh resignation letter as per the prescribed format, tendering a hand-written one-line letter, he said, wishing not to be named as he was not authorised to comment. Ms. Mayawati had on […]
» Read moreFormer Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu, on Tuesday filed nomination papers to contest in Vice President election. His name was proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Mr. Naidu was accompanied by BJP president Amit Shah, senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi and other party legislators at the time of […]
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