In a massacre following a dispute over a 90-bigha piece of land, at least 10 Gond tribals were killed and over 26 injured by the village head Yagya Dutt and hundreds of his accomplices in Umbha village on July 17. Lucknow: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi reached Umbha village of Sonbhadra Monday to meet the families of the victims, who lost their lives in the recent firing incident over a land dispute, roughly a month after she was stopped by authorities from doing so in a turn of events thatRead More

The seat got vacant after the death of BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Madan Lal Saini in June. The ruling Congress in the state also enjoys the support of 12 out of the 13 independents and the BSP legislators. Jaipur: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh will file his nomination papers for the bypoll to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. “The party has decided to nominate former PM Manmohan Singh from the state and he will be filing four sets of nominations here on Tuesday,” Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress presidentRead More

The BJP has also posted pictures of Siddaramaiah purportedly having food along with KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and veteran congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge among others. Bengaluru: The BJP’s Karnataka unit on Monday hit out at Congress Legislature party leader Siddaramaiah for not visiting his flood-hit Badami assembly constituency and instead attending a “biryani party.” The BJP has also posted pictures of Siddaramaiah purportedly having food along with KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao, veteran congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, party legislators BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan, MB Patil, KJ George, Krishna Byre Gowda,Read More

The governor also said Rahul Gandhi should feel ashamed about the behaviour of one of his leaders, who was talking like an ‘idiot’ in the Parliament. Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that there have been reports of violence in Kashmir, saying he will send him an aircraft to visit the valley and observe the ground situation. The governor said Gandhi should feel ashamed about the behaviour of one of his leaders, who was talking like anRead More

“What he has said is an attempt to give communal colour to the issue even though the decision is in national interest,” Mmukhtar Abbas Naqvi said. Chennai/New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has alleged that the BJP scrapped the special status of Jammu and Kashmir as the region is “dominated” by Muslims, a remark condemned by the ruling party on Monday as “provocative and irresponsible”. The former union home and finance minister also alleged that the BJP-led NDA government would not have taken the bold decision had Jammu and KashmirRead More