Aditi Singh, the Congress MLA from Raebareli Sadar, accused the administration of inaction at a media briefing in Lucknow on Monday, over an alleged attack in May on her and several Zila Panchayat members at a Harchandpur toll plaza close to Raebareli. The alleged attack She said she was travelling from Lucknow to Raebareli on 14 May for a no-confidence vote against Awadhesh Singh, the Zila Panchayat chief, when men allegedly linked to BJP MLC Dinesh Singh fired at her car near Modi School in Harchandpur. Her complaint names DineshRead More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told BJP MPs to give attention to animal welfare and humanitarian causes as he set out the government’s agenda up to 2025 at the party’s parliamentary party meeting. What the Prime Minister said Modi urged MPs to concentrate on their constituencies and come up with innovative ideas, reminding them that first impressions are lasting ones. He said MPs should work as a team with officials, and should pay attention to animal welfare at a time of year when animals often fall ill. He alsoRead More

The Samajwadi Party is considering fielding Dimple Yadav, the former Kannauj MP and wife of Akhilesh Yadav, in the coming by-election to the Rampur assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh, which became vacant after its SP MLA, Azam Khan, won a Lok Sabha seat in May. The SP’s calculation Party sources said discussions were under way and a decision would be announced soon. A senior SP leader said that although the SP and BSP had parted company, the party hoped the BSP would not put up a candidate if Dimple contested,Read More

The BJP on Sunday evening appointed BL Santhosh, an RSS man credited with building the party’s base in Karnataka, as its national general secretary (Organisation). Some party insiders in the state say the low-profile organiser could in time be projected as a successor to BS Yeddyurappa. The appointment The announcement came in a brief three-line note from party headquarters while public attention was on the World Cup and Wimbledon finals and the countdown to India’s second moon mission. Bommarabettu Laxmijanardhana Santhosh takes over from Ramlal, who held the organisational generalRead More

Two rebel legislators in Karnataka, Ramalinga Reddy of the Congress and Gopalaiah of the JD(S), did not appear before Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Monday for a personal hearing on their resignations, according to official sources. Why they stayed away The Speaker had asked the two MLAs last week to come to his office. Assembly secretariat sources said both telephoned the Assembly Secretary’s office to say they could not attend on Monday and asked for a fresh date, which the Speaker had yet to set. Gopalaiah was in MumbaiRead More