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MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday accused that the BJP of undermining Mumbai's significance and facilitating the relocation of businesses and industries to Gujarat. While addressing a gathering of senior Shiv Sainiks, Thackeray emphasized that only Shiv Sena has the potential to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party's influence in Maharashtra.Thackeray identified an opportunity...

MUMBAI: A four-year-old video shared by BJP on social media of deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis saying he will return to helm the state has rocked the political and bureaucratic circles."I will return for building a new Maharashtra," the state BJP posted on Friday on X, along with the video. The post was deleted a few hours later after BJP leadership took objection over the content on the grounds...

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a vitriolic attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government over Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids against opposition leaders and multiple issues, saying the party is "playing a dirty game".A spirited Banerjee, recovering from a knee injury that has kept her sidelined for almost a month, passionately claimed that...

NEW DELHI: A meeting of New Delhi Municipal Council was adjourned on Wednesday without many proposals being approved as chief minister Arvind Kejriwal left abruptly.Kejriwal was questioned by BJP members about what they claimed was no effective action being taken to control air pollution in the national capital and increasing stubble burning in Punjab.No comment was received from Delhi government on...

NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday took a fresh dig at TMC's Mahua Moitra and said that the question is no more about his degree but about the dignity of Parliament and the security of the country. Dubey, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), said it is for Mahua to answer whether NIC mails were accessed in Dubai or not and if questions were asked in exchange for money. "The question is about...

RAIPUR: A tribal BJP worker was shot by three bike-borne men in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist-infested Bastar region on Friday. Birju Taram, 53, was the sixth BJP member to be killed this year in the Congress-governed state. Hours before he was shot, Taram had attended a rally of former CM Raman Singh. Amid suspicions of a Maoist hand in the murder, locals and relatives blamed a strongman who had clashed with...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday said it was "appalled" to learn that Mahua Moitra's counsel contacted lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai and tried to persuade him to withdraw his complaint against the TMC MP."I am really appalled. You are a person who is expected to maintain the highest professional standard. You have been in contact with defendant No.2 (advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai)," Justice Sachin...

THANE: The BJP will reach out to over three lakh households in the city and ensure the Thane Lok Sabha seat is won and it contributes towards anointing Narendra Modi as the prime minister for the third time, party state chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said.Bawankule was interacting with the media following a mega voter-approach initiative in Thane ciry- considered as the fiefdom of chief minister Eknath...

BHOPAL: Congress released its first list of 144 candidates for the MP polls Sunday with a nod to numerology - at 9.09 am on the first day of Navratri, fielding 69 of its 96 sitting MLAs in a mix skewed towards youth. PCC chief Kamal Nath was among the nominees, 65 of them below 50. Rahul Gandhi calls ‘unemployment’ single biggest issue in IndiaBesides 19 women, there are six Muslim, 39 OBC, 30 ST...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Thursday said the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the state would essentially be a fight between the DMK and the saffron party. Annamalai refrained from mentioning former ally AIADMK, which recently snapped ties with the BJP and is considered the main opposition party in the state.Recovering from an infection, Annamalai, sporting a mask, participated in the...