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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of failing to keep women safe, a day after an FIR was registered against former Union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand following the disappearance of a student who had accused him of harassment. The case Shahjahanpur Superintendent of Police S Chanappa said Chinmayanand had been booked under IPC sections 364, which covers kidnapping or abduction in order to murder, and 506, which covers criminal intimidation. The case was registered on a complaint from the student’s father. TheRead More

Signs of discontent surfaced in the Karnataka BJP within hours of cabinet portfolios being allocated, with Chikmagalur MLA and Vokkaliga leader CT Ravi posting a string of tweets late on Monday that hinted at unhappiness in the party. Seniors overlooked The BS Yediyurappa government has given three of the 17 newly inducted ministers the post of deputy chief minister, and the choices have upset some senior leaders. KS Eshwarappa and R Ashok, both deputy chief ministers in earlier BJP governments, missed out this time. Eshwarappa gets Rural Development and PanchayatiRead More

BJP leader Gopal Bhargava, the MLA from Rehli, is alleged to have threatened an attack on an electricity board office after a herd of cows died of electrocution in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. The alleged threat Bhargava reportedly warned the board of strong protests and demanded compensation for the owners of the dead cattle. According to a report by the news agency ANI, a video shows him telling officials that stones would be thrown at the board’s building. The report said the MLA blamed the board for refusing toRead More

The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday accused poll strategist Prashant Kishor and his team of interfering with the work of state government officers and examining confidential files of various departments. The ruling Trinamool Congress and Kishor’s organisation, the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), denied the allegations in Kolkata. The BJP’s allegations After its setbacks in the Lok Sabha election, the TMC engaged I-PAC to rebuild its popularity before the 2021 assembly election. BJP state general secretary Sayantan Basu alleged that Kishor and his colleagues wereRead More