New Delhi: Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was sworn in as the 15th Vice President of India on Friday at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Radhakrishnan, who took the oath in English, dressed in a red kurta. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit...
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi intensified his attack on the BJP and the Election Commission during his two-day visit to Rae Bareli, alleging massive electoral fraud in recent elections. Addressing reporters after a Disha committee meeting, Gandhi claimed that his party would soon release “black and white” evidence of what he called widespread vote theft. “When...
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Chandrapuram Ponnusamy (CP) Radhakrishnan has been elected as the 15th Vice President of India after winning the vice-presidential election held on Tuesday. He defeated the joint Opposition candidate, former Supreme Court judge B. Sudershan Reddy, in a high-stakes contest. According to Rajya Sabha General Secretary PC Modi, the NDA nominee...
A heart-warming video featuring Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has gone viral after he gifted a stray puppy to party president Mallikarjun Kharge’s granddaughter on her birthday. The clip, shared by the Congress party on September 8, shows Gandhi arriving at Kharge’s residence with a large gift box. Inside was a smaller crate containing the puppy,...
Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has announced its support for the Opposition’s Vice Presidential candidate, Justice B. Sudershan Reddy. Party president Asaduddin Owaisi confirmed the decision on Saturday, stating that Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy had personally requested AIMIM’s backing. Taking to X, Owaisi wrote, “@TelanganaCMO spoke to me today and requested that...
Kerala: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) social media chief VT Balaram resigned on Saturday following widespread criticism over a controversial social media post linking Bihar with bidis. The post, which stated “B for beedi, B for Bihar,” drew sharp criticism from political leaders in Bihar and beyond, prompting the Congress party to delete it and...
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, known for his straightforward remarks, sparked fresh debate with his comments on politics and leadership at an event in Nagpur. Gadkari said, “One who can best fool the people is the best leader,” explaining that while talking is easy, doing is difficult, and in his field,...
Former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who stepped down from his post over a month ago, is currently staying at Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Abhay Singh Chautala’s farmhouse in Delhi’s Chhatarpur Enclave. The reason behind this arrangement lies in a decades-old relationship between the Dhankhar and Chautala families that dates back to 1989. Their bond...
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...
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...