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March 28, 2023 10:59 PM IST "Some parties have launched 'bhrashtachari bachao abhiyan' (save corrupt campaign)," he said in a blistering attack on opposition parties protesting against the alleged misuse of probe agencies such as the ED.
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March 28, 2023 02:16 PM IST "The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will display posters in states across the country on March 30. All state units of the party have been asked to paste posters in their respective states. The posters have been printed in 11 languages," Rai, the Delhi AAP chief and environment minister, told PTI.
- March 28, 2023 12:45 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi was on Monday served a notice to vacate the government bungalow allotted to him by April 22 following his disqualification as a member of the Lok Sabha after his conviction in a defamation case last week, official sources said.
- March 28, 2023 12:22 PM IST
Modi took the swipe at opposition parties, who are up in arms against the government over a host of issues, at the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting in which he asked MPs to dedicate the period between the party's foundation day on April 6 and B R Ambedkar's birth anniversary on April 14 to the cause of social justice.
- March 28, 2023 11:40 AM IST
The former chief minister thanked his supporters for his elevation. Many jubilant leaders of the main opposition party said his elevation would enable him steer the AIADMK towards better days.
- March 28, 2023 11:36 AM IST
BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani alleged that Gandhi was trying to "rip" apart the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But the Congress leader will not succeed as the people of the country are with the prime minister, she asserted at a press conference.
- March 28, 2023 10:44 AM IST
Humza Yousaf also happens to be the first ethnic minority candidate to win a constituency seat in the Scottish Parliament.
- March 28, 2023 10:26 AM IST
Netanyahu revived his political career through an alliance with far-right groups. His acceding to their drastic demands like the overhaul of the country’s judiciary has ended up exposing the deep fault lines behind Israel’s chronic political instability
- March 28, 2023 06:23 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi was on March 23 sentenced to two years in jail by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his "why all thieves have Modi surname" remark. A day later, he was disqualified from the Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction in the case.
- March 27, 2023 06:37 PM IST
Reddy, who is an accused in an illegal mining case, had recently formed "Kalyana Rajya Pragati Paksha" (KRPP), snapping his two-decade-old association with the BJP.
- March 27, 2023 07:51 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on March 24, a day after he was convicted by a magisterial court in Gujarat in a defamation case.
- March 27, 2023 06:05 PM IST
The coming together of opposition parties to support Rahul Gandhi may not be enough for them to stay united for the 2024 general elections, according to an analyst.
- March 27, 2023 05:28 PM IST
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on March 27 hit out at the Centre over the Adani issue and Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as Lok Sabha MP and said that the opposition leaders are wearing the black attire to show that democracy is being trampled in the country.
- March 27, 2023 09:11 PM IST
A proposed Netanyahu government law will allow a simple majority in Parliament to override supreme court rulings and enable politicians to appoint justices to the bench. Ordinary Israelis have erupted in fury at the move. The dismissal of Defence minister Yoav Gallant, who asked Netanyahu to halt the contentious legislation, fuelled the protests.
- March 27, 2023 03:16 PM IST
Addressing a press conference after his disqualification from the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said that he will 'not apologise' because he is 'not Savarkar'.
The remark prompted top BJP leaders to take a dig at Gandhi and criticise his comments on the Hindutva ideologue
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- March 27, 2023 02:50 PM IST
Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi said, "LIC's capital, to Adani! SBI's capital, to Adani! EPFO's capital too, to Adani! Why is public's retirement money being invested in Adani's companies even after 'Modani' exposed?".
- March 27, 2023 02:52 PM IST
Those parts of Kerala which once benefited from the boom in rubber prices are now in economic decline. Global factors like the supply glut in rubber have contributed to the situation and it is unlikely the central government will reciprocate fearing similar demands from farmers elsewhere
- March 27, 2023 02:10 PM IST
Amitabh Kant, G 20 Sherpa, in his book Made in India, makes a case for minimum government. He explains India’s economic history and says that the next phase of growth will come from private enterprise and start-ups. He also talks about how the war in Ukraine has made negotiations tricky at G20.
- March 27, 2023 01:32 PM IST
If anybody thought the Kremlin might be ready to talk peace, the Russian president has just proven the opposite. Even Xi Jinping may not be a happy man with this move, coming so soon after attempts to talk peace with Putin in Moscow
- March 27, 2023 12:08 PM IST
Some of the Members of Parliament were seen wearing black clothes to protest the Congress leader's disqualification from the Lower House of Parliament after a Surat court convicted and sentenced him in a 2019 criminal defamation case.
- March 27, 2023 11:07 AM IST
Do we really want to be seen in the same camp as Belarus, Russia, Turkey, Pakistan and others of that ilk?
- March 27, 2023 12:40 PM IST
The recent change of government in Kathmandu has resulted in a weakening of Chinese influence over Nepal. But the question is whether the new government will last long enough for India to rebuild its lost influence
- March 27, 2023 09:47 AM IST
Way back in 2019, when his name was announced as candidate for Wayanad ticket by the Congress, she was thrust under the limelight for a while her wish to see Rahul Gandhi was fulfilled by Congress's PR team under the media glare then.
- March 27, 2023 08:18 AM IST
The combative TN BJP chief K Annamalai wants the BJP to contest the Lok Sabha elections on its own. Will the party high command give the go-ahead in a high-stakes election? There’s also the difficulty of convincing party seniors used to the comforts of an alliance with AIADMK, a party now in great disarray
- March 27, 2023 10:57 PM IST
Business and Political News Highlights: The Supreme Court disposed of the petition filed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) challenging orders issued last year by the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), quashing cases pertaining to over-invoicing allegations leveled by the DRI against three Adani group subsidiaries. The US short-seller Hindenburg Research had mentioned the DRI investigation in its report, which came out in January this year, accusing the Adani Group of stock manipulation and improper use of offshore tax havens.
