Category: POLITICS

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke to Keir Starmer over the phone and congratulated him on taking over as the Prime Minister of Britain and the victory of the Labor Party. The two leaders discussed further deepening the historic India-UK relations and strategic partnership. PM Modi and his British counterpart agreed to work towards the early completion of the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Prime Minister Modi also invited him to visit India soon. Appreciating the positive contribution of the Indian community to the social, economic and political…

Kulwant Singh, who is lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam under NSA, will contest the assembly by-election in Punjab. Kulwant has decided to contest the by-election from Barnala assembly seat. His cousin Maha Singh has given this information. Aam Aadmi Party’s Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer was the MLA from Barnala assembly seat. After being elected MP from Sangrur Lok Sabha seat in the recent Lok Sabha elections, he resigned from the membership of the assembly. After this, by-election is to be held on Barnala assembly seat. Kulwant Singh’s cousin Maha…

New Delhi:  Sam Pitroda has been reappointed as the President of the Indian Overseas Congress. On Wednesday evening, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge approved Pitroda’s appointment with immediate effect. This information was given by Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal. He issued a letter stating that the Congress President has reappointed Sam Pitroda as the President of the Indian Overseas Congress with immediate effect. Recently, Sam Pitroda resigned from the post of President of Indian Overseas Congress after his controversial statements. Pitroda often remains in the headlines for his statements. During the…

The Indian Overseas Congress, USA jumped into celebration at the designation of Sri Rahul Gandhi ji as the Leader of the Lok Sabha Opposition on June 24 2024. Secretary-General of IOC.USA Harbachan Singh remarked that Sri Rahul ji who is extremely well au courant with the needs of the people and the country has been widely regarded as the most suitable leader to be so designated. No doubt he will play a very significant role to save-guard democracy and the various ethnicities in Indian politics. He will fight fiercely or…

New Delhi: Union Health Minister and senior BJP leader JP Nadda has been appointed the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha today. Nadda also holds the Chemicals and Fertilizers portfolio in the Cabinet. The Union minister will replace Piyush Goyal as the Leader of the House. During Prime Minister Modi’s second term, Goyal was the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha. After the swearing-in, there was speculation that Nadda would resign from the post of BJP national president, which he took over from current Union Home…

Srinagar: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the beginning of preparations for elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday ordered a special summary revision of the state’s voter list. Along with Jammu and Kashmir, the Commission has also ordered special summary revision in three other states – Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand – where elections will be held later this year. Last year, the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission to conduct assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir by…

Paris:  Muslim voters are increasingly worried about the prospect of a far-right victory less than two weeks before France’s snap parliamentary elections, fearing the possible restrictions that could follow. For Sarah, there’s a “real risk” of seeing the National Rally (RN) win the ballot, called by President Emmanuel Macron after the far-right party trounced his centrists in early June’s EU elections. The 23-year-old member of a Muslim women’s collective told AFP that would give the party of Marine Le Pen free rein to pass laws restricting her freedoms in matters of dress and worship. The RN…

Mumbai: A banner outside the Shiv Sena office in Kankavali of Sindhudurg district reads, “Let the time come, we will give answers and take account.” The banner has pictures of Shiv Sena minister Uday Samant and his brother Kiran Samant in the Shinde government. Both of them are residents of this district. Uday Samant is a four-time MLA from Ratnagiri. It is not clear who will he answer to and who will he take account from, but reports of tension in the ruling coalition in Maharashtra are definitely coming. First, there…

New Delhi:  The Congress is excited by the prospect of Priyanka Gandhi contesting from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, but the decline in Rahul Gandhi’s victory margin in recent elections reflects many shortcomings in the party organization and its campaigning in the constituency. Rahul’s victory margin fell from 4.31 lakh in 2019 to 3.64 lakh in 2024, while some UDF candidates doubled their margin. Rahul’s vote share has dropped from 64.64% in 2019 to 59.69% this time. By fielding Priyanka Gandhi from Wayanad, the Congress wants to strengthen itself…

New Delhi:  After the results of the Lok Sabha elections, political parties across the country are preparing their strategy by holding internal meetings. In this connection, on Monday, top Congress leaders held a meeting at the residence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge and decided on Rahul Gandhi’s parliamentary seat. After the meeting, Kharge said that Rahul Gandhi will leave the Wayanad seat and keep Rae Bareli with himself. After this, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be the Congress candidate from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. Along with Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka…