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Betrayal: Baalu slams Cong for severing ties with DMK

Betrayal: Baalu slams Cong for severing ties with DMK

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Hours after the Congress severed its decades-long alliance with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to join hands with the actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on Wednesday to form a government in Tamil Nadu, senior DMK leader TR Baalu accused the Congress of “betraying” the people who voted for them. Betrayal: Baalu slams Cong for severing ties with DMK “It (Congress) has betrayed the people who voted believing a DMK-led government would be formed,” Baalu, the DMK treasurer, said in a statement. Earlier in the day, Congress Tamil Nadu in-charge Girish Chodankar, along with party’s state unit chief K Selvaperunthagai, and the five newly elected legislators, called on Vijay at the TVK party office and handed over a letter of support to form the government. It came two days after the TVK won 108 seats in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly in the April 23 elections, but fell short by 10 seats from the majority mark of 118. Vijay’s party has received the support of the Congress, which has won five seats, but is yet …

Cong opposes PMPML bus purchase, threatens legal challenge

Cong opposes PMPML bus purchase, threatens legal challenge

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Congress leader and standing committee member Prashant Jagtap has opposed the proposed purchase of 1,000 buses for the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML), citing inflated costs, and warned that he would take the matter to court. The standing committee maintained that the decision had already been taken at the board level, and the committee’s role was limited to releasing the funds. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO) The proposal, which was first cleared by the PMPML board of directors on Thursday, subsequently came before the standing committee for fund approval. Jagtap questioned the rationale behind procuring buses fitted with doors on both sides — a design suited exclusively for bus rapid transit system (BRTS) routes — at a time when the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is actively dismantling existing BRTS corridors with no stated plans for expansion. “If PMC is demolishing the BRTS and has no future plans for extending it, why are PMC and PMPML pushing for the purchase of dual-door buses that are only suitable for BRTS routes?” he asked. Jagtap said the dual-door configuration not …

Cong blames Mamata govt, TMC minister points to EC| India News

Cong blames Mamata govt, TMC minister points to EC| India News

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The state-level friction between the Congress and CM Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress took a dramatic turn on Tuesday after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s scheduled visit to Kolkata for April 23 had to be cancelled. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi could not leave for the Bengal visit as permission did not come through, party sources told ANI. (Photo: AICC) His party alleged that at the behest of the TMC, the local administration, specifically the police, has not granted permission for the visit. According to the Congress, the party waited until 6pm on Tuesday, April 21; but as permission was not granted, it was no longer possible to make preparations for the event. Rahul Gandhi remains keen to undertake a visit to Bengal; therefore, a fresh request for administrative permission will be submitted for either April 25 or 26, news agency ANI reported citing Congress sources. What TMC said TMC minister Shashi Panja reacted by saying that applications for public meetings need to be sent through a Suvidha Portal “2-7 days before the public meeting”. “This rule applies …

Stalin sets delimitation bill copy on fire; Cong calls proposal ‘destructive’| India News

Stalin sets delimitation bill copy on fire; Cong calls proposal ‘destructive’| India News

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Updated on: Apr 16, 2026 9:57:42 AM IST Parliament special session LIVE; The proposed legislations include the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026, the Delimitation Bill, 2026, and the Women’s Reservation Bill. Parliament special session LIVE: The special sitting of Parliament’s Budget Session will begin on Thursday, during which three key and widely discussed bills are set to be introduced. The session will run from April 16 to 18. The proposed legislations include the The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026, The Delimitation Bill, 2026, The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026. The government has been seeking opposition support to pass the amendment bill, which aims to implement women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha from the 2029 general elections, based on the 2011 Census. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged opposition parties to back the amendment, emphasising the need for consensus. “This is the wish of every sister and daughter of this country, and we must fulfil it with unanimity,” he said at an event in Dehradun on Tuesday. Opposition parties, …

Kharat could be killed in fake encounter as more names likely to surface: Cong

Kharat could be killed in fake encounter as more names likely to surface: Cong

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Congress MP Praniti Shinde on Tuesday alleged that self-styled godman Ashok Kharat, who has been arrested in multiple rape cases, could be killed in a fake encounter as more names linked to him are expected to emerge. “I think Kharat will be eliminated in an encounter. The reason is obvious; more names linked to him are likely to be revealed. These names are also connected to people in power, including ministers,” Shinde told PTI. “More evidence may come out, but something may happen to him first,” she added. Nashil Police arrested Kharat on March 18 Kharat was arrested by Nashik police on March 18 for allegedly repeatedly raping a woman over three years. Subsequent investigations revealed additional cases of sexual exploitation, land grabbing, and cheating. Over the years, several prominent politicians had visited a temple built by him in Sinhar tehsil. Reacting to Shinde’s claim, Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule said some people were making baseless allegations instead of cooperating with the investigation. He said such statements appeared to be an attempt to …

Himanta’s wife holds 3 passports, says Cong; CM Sarma calls claims fabricated

Himanta’s wife holds 3 passports, says Cong; CM Sarma calls claims fabricated

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The Congress on Sunday alleged that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma possesses passports of three countries —  UAE, Antigua and Barbuda, and Egypt — and that he concealed information about her properties, but the BJP leader “categorically rejected” the claims as “malicious” and “fabricated” and vowed to take legal action “within 48 hours”. The three passports of UAE , Antigua and Barbuda, and Egypt, allegedly in the name of Riniki Bhuyan Sharma. PIC/X/@hai_mahmoodul Targeting Sarma as the campaign peaks for the April 9 election in Assam, Congress’ media and publicity department head Pawan Khera showed, at a press conference, purported documents to support the allegations. Congress leader Pawan Khera. FILE PIC Hitting back at Khera, Sarma said that as Assam moves decisively towards a historic mandate, such desperate and baseless attacks only expose the Congress’ sinking ground. “These are malicious, fabricated, and politically motivated lies aimed at misleading the people of Assam,” the Assam Chief Minister said. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day …

Owaisi backs AIUDF in Assam, says BJP, Cong don’t want Muslim leadership| India News

Owaisi backs AIUDF in Assam, says BJP, Cong don’t want Muslim leadership| India News

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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday asked voters, particularly Muslims, to back the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) in the upcoming Assam assembly polls, underlining that neither the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nor the Congress wanted Muslims to have their own leadership in the state. AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi in support of AIUDF president and candidate from Binnakandi constituency, Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, in Assam’s Hojai on Thursday (PTI) “The state government, led by Himanta Biswa Sarma is promoting politics of hatred, and more than 50,000 Muslim homes have been demolished in recent years, leaving families homeless,” he said. Owaisi said the Congress stood with the BJP on its treatment of the minorities. “Congress remained silent when Himanta was attacking the Miya community again and again, which shows that both parties have a similar stance when it comes to treating the Miya community,” he added while campaigning for the AIUDF. He also referred to Sarma’s earlier remarks on the Miya Muslim community, which, according to him, was politically marginalised, and said such …

BJP posts photos of accused’s councillor father with Cong leaders| India News

BJP posts photos of accused’s councillor father with Cong leaders| India News

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The Goa BJP on Monday posted on social media photographs of a councillor, whose son has been arrested for alleged involvement in a sex scandal, with Congress leaders and asked if this was the reason the opposition party was “hyper active to paint a different story”. On Monday, BJP Goa’s social media in charge Shubham Parsekar released on X two pictures of Sushant Naik with state Congress chief Amit Patkar. (X/ @Parsekar0072) Soham Naik (20), son of Sushant Naik, a member of Curchorem Municipal Council in south Goa, was arrested on March 22 in cases filed under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Goa Children’s Act, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Information Technology Act for allegedly raping minor girls, filming their obscene videos and circulating them. Since then, the ruling BJP has been maintaining that councillor Sushant Naik had no link with the party. It also attacked parties like the Congress for making such insinuations. On Monday, BJP Goa’s social media in charge Shubham Parsekar released on X two pictures of Sushant …

‘BJP diluting rural job scheme’: Chhattisgarh Cong. stages protest

‘BJP diluting rural job scheme’: Chhattisgarh Cong. stages protest

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Security personnel stop Congress workers and supporters during a protest against the BJP government over issues including rising crime and gas prices as part of the Vidhan Sabha Gherao programme, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, on March 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government of weakening the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) by replacing it with Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB G-RAM-G), the Opposition Congress staged a gherao of the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Tuesday (March. Senior party  leaders were present at  the protest over  changes in the employment guarantee scheme and local issues such as “electricity tariff hikes, betrayal of farmers, failure to fulfil promises regarding paddy procurement, rising gas cylinder prices, deteriorating law and order, and the cultivation and trade of narcotics within the State”. Addressing the gathering, AICC general secretary in-charge of Chhattisgarh Sachin Pilot alleged that the Narendra Modi government at the Centre intended to discontinue the employment guarantee schemer. “Previously, 90% of the funds for the scheme  were disbursed by the Central governmenti. Now,  they have imposed a 60:40 funding ratio upon the States. Furthermore, the authority to take decisions regarding the …

Cong alleges govt prioritising US-Israeli ties as PM silent on Khamenei killing

Cong alleges govt prioritising US-Israeli ties as PM silent on Khamenei killing

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The Congress on Friday attacked the Modi government for its “silence” on the assassination of Iran`s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and said “a compromised prime minister no doubt wants to avoid antagonising his American and Israeli friend”. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said India has rightly condemned Iran`s attacks on Gulf states but is completely quiet on the US-Israeli assault on Iran in the first place. “Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the constitutional head of state in Iran, was assassinated on February 28 2026 by the US and Israel. The PM is silent. The EAM is silent. Parliament is yet to have an obituary reference,” Ramesh said on X. “India has rightly condemned Iran`s attacks on Gulf states but is completely quiet on the US-Israeli assault on Iran in the first place. It should be remembered that Iran is a part of the BRICS+ forum for which India holds the Presidency for this year,” he said. Noting that in May 2024, the President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a mysterious helicopter crash, …