Politics

Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress spokesperson RPN Singh on Friday said the PM does Lord Kedarnath's darshan wearing an Italian brand Bulgari glasses and promises to develop a 'New India' through those Italian glasses.

Tejashwi has been summoned on October 24 while Rabri has been called on October 27 for questioning in money laundering probe into the railway hotels allotment case dating back to the UPA-I rule, sources in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said.

In a tweet on Friday morning, the former finance minister said the poll panel will be recalled from its “extended holiday” after the Gujarat government has announced all concessions and freebies ahead of the election.

The politically and economically influential Patidar community enjoys a position to affect the election results in several urban and rural seats of Central Gujarat and South Gujarat.

Neither the amazing grace of victorious Congressman Sunil Jakhar, nor the BJP’s overlooking Vinod Khanna’s widow, nor Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh’s extended honeymoon with the electorate, can explain the punishing blow dealt to the ruling party...

The Aam Aadmi Party, which finished a distant third, too, made similar allegations against the Congress party.

While Shatrughan said he got the invitation too late, Lalu's son Tej Pratap Yadav said the invitation sent to his father was not with the right intent.

Varun Gandhi's remarks come even as the BJP is under opposition attack for "pressuring" the Election Commission to not declare elections to the Gujarat Assembly with those for Himachal Pradesh legislature.

The Congress won 73 of the 81 seats in the Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation polls in Nanded, the home turf of state party chief Ashok Chavan, denting the BJP's bid to wrest power and limiting its tally to six.

The Election Commission on Thursday said that Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh will be held on 9 November and counting of votes will take place on 18 December.

The Samajwadi Party on Wednesday alleged that the Yogi Adityanath-led government was removing the foundation stones of projects inaugurated by former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Gurdaspur seat, which fell vacant following the death of actor-turned-politician Vinod Khanna of the BJP in April, is witnessing a three-cornered race among Congress, BJP and AAP contestants.

In a remarkably low key affair, in which not a single senior central party leader from any of the contesting parties has campaigned, both Congress and BJP have received flak.

In the clip, the two leaders purportedly discussed that they too had given money to the BJP leadership, but never kept a diary. The conversation was picked up by an open mic at a BJP event.

Mounting a scathing attack on the national parties, Patnaik accused them of destroying the federal structure of the country and working for fostering their party interests.

Samajwadi patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav may have missed the annual party convention in Agra, but congratulated his son over the phone. Akhilesh's uncle Shivpal extended his blessings on Twitter.