The Telangana Assembly on Sunday passed two significant amendment bills — the Telangana Municipalities (Third Amendment) Bill, 2025 and the Telangana Panchayat Raj (Third Amendment) Bill, 2025 — to provide 42% reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in local bodies. The bills were approved by voice vote following a heated debate between the ruling Congress and...
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday expressed full support for the Maratha quota agitation led by activist Manoj Jarange. Speaking to Jarange over the phone through Legislative Council Opposition Leader Ambadas Danve, Thackeray assured that his party stands firmly behind the movement. Following the conversation, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut took to...
Jaipur: Former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has applied for a pension from the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Secretariat as a former MLA. Dhankhar served as a Congress MLA representing the Kishangarh constituency from 1993 to 1998. He had been receiving the pension until 2019, which was suspended after his appointment as the Governor of West Bengal...
Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday faced protests from BJP’s youth wing workers during his Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar’s Arrah. Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha (BJYM), dressed in black shirts, waved black flags and confronted Gandhi over alleged derogatory remarks against Prime Minister...
The Maratha quota agitation entered its second day on Saturday as activist Manoj Jarange Patil continued his indefinite hunger strike at Mumbai’s historic Azad Maidan, vowing not to relent until the Maharashtra government meets the community’s demand for reservations. Jarange began his fast on Friday morning, drawing tens of thousands of supporters from across the...
Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra has sparked a major political row with her recent remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public event in West Bengal’s Nadia district. Addressing the issue of illegal infiltration along the Indo-Bangladesh border, Moitra accused the Home Minister of failing in his constitutional duty to...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his allies over abusive slogans targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Mahagathbandhan’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar’s Darbhanga. Speaking at an event in Assam, Shah condemned what he described as “politics of hatred” and called the incident...
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday dismissed the perception that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh dictates the Bharatiya Janata Party’s decisions, asserting that the BJP functions independently in governance and internal affairs. Speaking at the ‘RSS Centenary Lecture Series – 100 Years of Sangh’s Journey: New Horizons’ at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi, Bhagwat said the...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led central government on Thursday, alleging a conspiracy to strip citizens of their voting rights. Speaking at the foundation day celebration of Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) on Mayo Road in Kolkata, she claimed that the Centre is planning to implement the National Register...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M.K. Stalin joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Voter Adhikar Yatra in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, on Wednesday, sparking a political storm. Stalin, accompanied by his sister and DMK MP Kanimozhi, shared the stage with Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, and CPI (ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya....