BALLARI: Enforcement Directorate officials searched eight locations, including the houses of Ballari MP E Tukaram and four MLAs, in the alleged Valmiki scam-linked money laundering case, sources said. The MLAs whose houses were raided were Nara Bharath Reddy (Ballari city), J N Ganesh (Kampli), N T Srinivas (Kudligi) and B Nagendra (Ballari rural).Sources said ED…
Charred remains of a bus, which was set on fire by a mob, a day after protests erupted over the arrest of a leader of Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol, in Imphal East district, Manipur. (PTI) NEW DELHI: Protests continued across Manipur on Sunday following the arrest of leaders from the Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol. Demonstrators…
TMC MLA Narendranath Chakraborty NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Narendranath Chakraborty has courted controversy by allegedly calling Operation Sindoor “a staged drama,” and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “playing with the emotions of patriotic people.” In a purported video clip which went viral on social media on Friday, Chakraborty is seen saying to…
All seven Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs in Nagaland joined the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), giving the Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio-led party an absolute majority in the 60-member assembly.With this merger, the NDPP’s tally increased from 25 to 32. NCP emerged as the third-largest party in the 2023 assembly elections, after the NDPP…
NEW DELHI: Congress MLA Vijay Wadettiwar from Maharashtra has stirred controversy by questioning whether terrorists involved in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack actually verified victims’ religious identities before the killings.Wadettiwar called on the central government to take responsibility for the attack and ensure that the perpetrators are punished.“The government should take responsibility for the…
KOLKATA: Caught off guard by the violence during anti-waqf Act protests in Murshidabad – a TMC stronghold – and facing criticism on social media, party MPs and MLAs from the area blamed ‘outsiders’ and’police’ for the bloodshed.Jangipur MP Khalilur Rahaman alleged that the attackers were mainly outsiders. “They might have come from neighbouring Malda and…
NEW DELHI: Noting that the application to disqualify three BRS MLAs who allegedly defected to Congress is pending for almost a year before the Telangana assembly speaker, Supreme Court on Tuesday asked why there no decision has been taken one way or the other. The court wondered if the decision would be taken after the…
NEW DELHI: A huge uproar in the Karnataka assembly led to the suspension of 18 BJP MLAs, who were demanding a judicial probe into the alleged “honey-trap” attempt involving a minister and other politicians. The opposition BJP and JD(S) created a ruckus in the assembly on Friday, prompting speaker UT Khader to suspend them for…
Suvendu Adhikari’s ‘Muslim MLAs to be thrown out’ claim: Why the Left-Congress may be the real loser (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: “We will follow what Kejriwal did in Delhi.” No, Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, wasn’t referring to model schools or mohalla clinics. Instead, the former TMC…
Madhuri Dixit (AP file photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Tikaram Jully on Thursday sparked outrage by referring to veteran Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit as a “second-grade star” who is “past her prime.”Jully made the remark during a discussion in Rajasthan assembly where the Congress leader questioned the benefit of recently-held IIFA event to the state….