Politics Today

In a fresh exposé by the Hindu newspaper on the Rafale deal, veteran journalist N Ram has revealed that parallel negotiations with the French team were conducted by the PMO at the crucial time of the negotiations. Read More

Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand was hit by a hooch tragedy, on Saturday, which has claimed nearly 100 lives. According to the latest figures, on Sunday, at least 97 people have died after consuming spurious liquor. Read More

Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader from West Bengal and former Trinamool Congress secretary Mukul Roy has been booked in connection with the murder of TMC member of legislative assembly Satyajit Biswas in Nadia district of West Bengal. Read More

The parliamentary committee for information technology, headed by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Anurag Thakur, had asked Twitter CEO and senior officials to appear before the committee on February 11. Read More

Following the “Mamata Banerjee vs Centre” row and the subsequent Supreme Court ruling, Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar arrived in Shillong to present himself for questioning before the CBI in connection with the Saradha chit-fund scam. Read More

Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla had started a dharna with his supporters demanding reservation for five communities including gujjars along railway tracks in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district, on Friday. Read More

Kolkata Police reportedly conducted raids at two different offices of Angela Mercantile Private Limited – a non-banking finance company, allegedly linked to the CBI’s former interim director Nageswara Rao’s wife, Mannem Sandhya. Read More

The Supreme Court, on Friday, said former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati should return the public funds spent on erecting statues of herself and elephants – her party’s symbol, in Uttar Pradesh. Read More

Tehseen Poonawala, a political activist, filed the plea contending that backwardness for the purpose of reservation cannot be defined by “economic status alone”, further challenging the Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, 2019. Read More

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy released a purported audio recording of state BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa negotiating with JD(S) MLA Naganagouda Patil’s son, Sharanagouda Patil. Read More