Air chief: ‘IAF still flying MiG-21s when no one drives cars that old’

Amid the several questions raised about the four-decade-old MiG-21 fighter planes that remain the core of Indian Air Force’s warplane fleet, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said, “The Indian Air force is still flying 44-year-old MiG-21 fighter jets when no one even drives cars that old.” Read More
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RJD takes jibe at Amit Shah’s tweet, says ‘strike on encephalitis, please’

Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal took a swipe at Union home minister Amit Shah over his “strike” tweet on India’s win on Pakistan at the ICC World Cup and urged him to carry out a “strike” against the raging encephalitis epidemic in Bihar. Read More
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Mayawati: Modi’s Varanasi defeat will be ‘more historic than win’

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of development of eastern Uttar Pradesh and claimed that it would be “more historic than a win” if Modi loses from Varanasi – his parliamentary constituency. Read More
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TN minister says ‘Kamal Haasan’s tongue should be cut off’

Tamil Nadu minister KT Rajendra Bhalaji said Hassan’s tongue should be cut off for his remark against Hindus. Read More
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Kharge: Will Modi hang himself if his prediction goes wrong?

Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge kicked a controversy when he said if the Prime Minister Narendra Modi would hang himself at New Delhi’s Vijay Chowk if his prediction of the Congress getting less than 40 seats in Lok Sabha polls is proven wrong. Read More
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Mayawati to Supreme Court: ‘My statues represent people’s will’

Mayawati justified her life-size statues built in the state with public money when she was the UP CM and told the Supreme Court that they represent the “will of the people”. The court had said that Mayawati has to reimburse the taxpayer all the money used in the statues. Read More
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In Manipur, Rahul says ‘Congress won’t allow Citizenship Bill’

The president of the Congress, Rahul Gandhi, while launching his party’s campaign in Manipur for the Lok Sabha election, on Wednesday, said his party won’t allow the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to be passed. Read More
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Mamata Banerjee challenges Modi to mantra-chanting contest

The Trinamool Congress leader and chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, challenged the prime minister, Narendra Modi, and the Bhartiya Janata Party president, Amit Shah, to a mantra-chanting contest. Read More
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Challenge accepted! Digvijaya to contest from MP’s ‘toughest seat’

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, on Monday, accepted Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath’s challenge of contesting from the “toughest seat in the state” – Raghogarh, which the party has lost in 2004 and again in 2014, in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Read More
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Rahul attacks Modi over Rafale again, says ‘truth will put PM in jail’

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday, slammed the prime minister, Narendra Modi, over the Rafale issue yet again and said he “will go to jail” if truth in Rafale deal comes out in the open. Read More
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