Our party has not supported decision taken by Ajit Pawar, it is his personal decision: NCP Spokesperson
10:25 PM
Demand discussion on Manipur in Parliament: Cong MP writes to Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha colleagues
Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi has written to fellow legislators cutting across party lines in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, urging them to demand a discussion in Parliament on the ensuing crisis in Manipur and pursue legislative interventions seeking accountability from the Centre and the state government. Bordoloi, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Assam's Nowgong, said with the Monsoon Session of Parliament scheduled to begin on July 20, he has written to all his colleagues in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha across state and party lines, urging them to lend their voice to the demand for a discussion on the crisis in Manipur.
9:23 PM
NCP workers spray black paint on photos MLAs who joined the Eknath Shinde-led cabinet along with Ajit Pawar
9:18 PM
Don't demolish religious structures in Delhi: Atishi urges LG Saxena
Delhi minister Atishi on Sunday urged Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena to "withdraw his orders" to demolish religious structures in the national capital. The fresh request by the PWD minister came after a temple and a mazar were removed amid heavy police deployment in northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura Chowk Sunday morning to pave the way for the construction of a flyover. Police said the decision to remove the two structures was taken at a "religious committee" meeting a few days ago and a proper dialogue was held with the residents and local leaders.
9:02 PM
NCP to hold meeting on July 5 to discuss developments post-induction of 9 party MLAs in Shinde govt
In the wake of nine NCP leaders, including Ajit Pawar, joining the Eknath Shinde government, party chief Sharad Pawar has convened a meeting on July 5 in Mumbai to discuss the developments and the future course of action, its state unit chief Jayant Patil said on Sunday.
9:01 PM
KCR's remote control with Modi, Cong won't join bloc with BRS: Rahul Gandhi
Launching a scathing attack on Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said his remote control was with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and described the state's ruling party as "BJP's B-Team" and its new nomenclature, BRS, as 'BJP Rishtedar Samithi'. Gandhi alleged that the corruption charges against Rao and his party's leaders have made them subservient to the BJP, and asserted that he told all other opposition leaders that the Congress would not join any bloc where the BRS (Bharat Rashtra Samithi) was involved.
8:23 PM
JD(S) won't participate in BJP's opposition parties' meeting: H D Kumaraswamy
Former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday said his party will not take part in the BJP's opposition parties' meeting in Bengaluru as the JD(S) was not invited to attend it.
Speaking to reporters here, the JD(S) leader also alleged that there was YST' tax collection going on in Karnataka just as GST is collected across the country. When asked to elaborate, he merely told the reporters to ask the same question to those who are holding midnight meetings' with officials.
7:42 PM
We have sent Jitendra Awhad's name as chief whip, and have sent a letter on behalf of NCP: Jayant Patil
7:19 PM
Clearly BJP's 'washing machine' has resumed operations: Cong's dig over Ajit Pawar move in Maharashtra
With NCP leader Ajit Pawar and eight other party leaders joining the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, the Congress on Sunday said that the BJP's "washing machine" has resumed its operations as a number of these leaders had been facing serious corruption charges and have now got a "clean chit". Ajit Pawar, who split the NCP and took oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, on Sunday said his party decided to become part of the Eknath Shinde-led government for the development of the country and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.
6:59 PM
Russia launches first drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days
After a relative lull, Russia launched a drone attack early Sunday on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, officials said. It was the first such attack of the war in 12 days. All of the Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones were detected and shot down, according to Serhii Popko, the head of the Kyiv city administration. In addition to the city itself, the surrounding Kyiv region was targeted. Kyiv regional Gov. Ruslan Kravchenko reported that one person was wounded by falling debris from a destroyed drone.
6:50 PM
Joined Shinde govt in interest of state; no split in NCP, will fight future polls on party symbol: Ajit Pawar
NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who took oath as Maharashtra's deputy chief minister on Sunday, said his party decided to join the Eknath Shinde-led government in the interest of the state and the country, and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership. Maintaining that there was no split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Pawar said all the elected representatives (of the party) have supported the decision to join the government, and that they would contest all the future elections on the NCP's name and symbol.
6:12 PM
People feel safe under PM Modi as terrorists would often launch attacks during UPA govt, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said during the previous UPA government at the Centre, Pakistan-based terrorists would often cross over to Indian territory and launch attacks, while asserting that the people of the country now feel safe under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Shah said this while addressing a function here to mark the 74th birth anniversary of late Kurmi (a backward caste) leader Sonelal Patel, the father of Union minister Anupriya Patel, which was celebrated as "Jan Swabhiman Divas".
5:38 PM
Received calls from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, WB CM Mamata Banerjee: Sharad Pawar
5:12 PM
Will never say that my home has split, issue is not regarding my home, this is issue of people: Sharad Pawar
4:44 PM
Cong claims govt machinery creating hurdles for Rahul's rally at Khammam; T'gana police deny charge
The Congress in Telangana on Sunday alleged that the police and the government machinery were creating hurdles for the people attending top party leader Rahul Gandhi's public meeting at Khammam at the behest of ruling BRS leaders, a charge denied by the police. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president and MP A Revanth Reddy spoke to state DGP Anjani Kumar about the issue, party sources said here, even as former union minister Renuka Chowdhury slammed the police and claimed that the ruling BRS is jittery over the public meeting.
This is not 'googly', it is a robbery. It is not a small thing, says NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Ajit Pawar joining the NDA government in Maharashtra. Nationalist Congress Party's Ajit Pawar, along with 9 party leaders, joined the Maharashtra government today. Mr Pawar will share the Deputy Chief Minister post with BJP's Devendra Fadnavis. According to party sources, Ajit Pawar has the support of 43 out of the 53 NCP MLAs. The move comes just days after Mr Pawar publicly expressed his desire to step down as Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly. Earlier today, a group of NCP legislators met at Ajit Pawar's Mumbai residence, where the party's working president Supriya Sule and senior leader Chhagan Bhujbal were also in attendance. State party president Jayant Patil was not present in the meeting.
The launch of a new healthcare programme in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday played host to a fresh attack by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the opposition over promises of so-called "freebies" like water and electricity that have sponsored a string of state election defeats for his party BJP, most recently in Karnataka.
Hundreds of mourners from France’s Islamic community formed a solemn procession from a mosque to a hillside cemetery on Saturday to bury a 17-year-old whose killing by police has triggered days of rioting across the nation. At a hilltop cemetery in Nanterre, the Paris suburb where the teen identified only as Nahel was killed, hundreds stood along the road to pay tribute as mourners carried his white casket from a mosque to the burial site. Nahel's family has roots in Algeria. Nahel’s mother, dressed in white, walked inside to applause and headed toward the grave. Many of the men were young and Arab or Black, coming to mourn a boy who could have been them. Inside the cemetery gate, the casket was lifted above the crowd and carried toward the grave.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said on Saturday that the microblogging platform has applied ‘temporary limits’ amid users complaining of an outage. Users said they saw ‘cannot retrieve tweets’ and ‘rate limit exceeded’ error messages on their timelines.
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