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Hindenburg: Congress announces nationwide protest on August 22 for SEBI chief resignation, JPC probe

Announcing the August 22 protest at a press conference, Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal said, “the Prime Minister is fully involved and the market regulator is now found to have been severely compromised....The SEBI chairperson...should be removed. A person who has no credibility cannot continue as SEBI chairperson.”

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Elected minister should hoist tricolour on Independence Day, politics over it unfortunate: Manish Sisodia

Amid a controversy over who hoists the flag at the Delhi government's Independence Day ceremony here, senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia Tuesday assailed Lt Governor V K Saxena, saying there should be no problem with an elected minister doing it. The Delhi government's General Administration Department (GAD) has refused to comply with its minister Gopal Rai's direction to make arrangements for Education Minister Atishi to hoist the national flag as per a letter by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to the L-G.

R Ashoka among BJP leaders under radar as Karnataka Congress plans offensive

The Congress wants to send a message to the BJP on the corruption plank, which the saffron party has been using to corner Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with embezzlement of taxpayers’ money at the ST Development Corporation and a site allotment scam at Mysuru.

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Jairam Ramesh slams PM for plans to visit Ukraine, Poland but not strife-torn Manipur

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday questioned the Prime Minister on his decision to visit Ukraine and Poland but not visit Manipur, which has seen continued strife and violence in the past few months.

'Cover-up, camouflage, smokescreen', says BJP on Congress' Aug 22 protest plans over Hindenburg claims

BJP national spokesperson CR Kesavan said, "Congress protest is a cover-up, camouflage and a smokescreen. The protest venue probably reveals the real intent of Congress, which is probably to intimidate and browbeat the ED which is investigating the National Herald case...The National Herald case makes the Congress leadership anxious and worried, that is very clear."

Instead of doing the 'Beti Bachao' campaign, there is an 'Apradhi Bachao' campaign going on, says BJP on Kolkata rape-murder

BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla commenting on the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata said, "What happened in Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital is similar to Nirbhaya gang rape case. But instead of doing the 'Beti Bachao' campaign, there is an 'Apradhi Bachao' campaign going on. This is all being done because it is not rape, it is a gang rape."

RJD MP Manoj Jha says, "even after the Nirbhaya case, the country has not learnt"

RJD MP Manoj Jha said, "Justice should be delivered swiftly. I am pained that even after the Nirbhaya case, the country has not learnt."

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav: Nitish Kumar has lost his control

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said Bihar "Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has lost his control. The CM is unable to run Bihar, law and order."

BJP sweeps Panchayat polls in Tripura, wins 97% of seats

The ruling BJP swept the three-tier Panchayat polls in Tripura, winning 97 per cent of seats, an official said on Wednesday.

The BJP secured victory uncontested in 71 per cent of the seats in Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zilla Parishads. The voting for the remaining 29 per cent seats was held on August 8 and the counting ended on Tuesday. (PTI)

Delhi High Court seeks BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj's response to a plea moved by AAP leader Somnath Bharti

Delhi HC issues notice to BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj on AAP leader Somnath Bharti's plea challenging her election in Lok Sabha polls 2024.

Former JD(U) leader Ram Jatan Sinha joins Congress

Ram Jatan Sinha, who quit Congress in 2012, rejoined party in the presence of party leader Pawan Khera in Delhi. Sinha joined the JD(U) in 2019, but left the party next year after he was reportedly denied poll ticket.

"Ram Jatan Sinha went away from us due to some reasons in 2012, but could not go to anyone else... Our generation has a lesson to learn from Ram Jatan ji that a flower of Congress party can only grow in bloom in Congress bed," said Congress leader Pawan Khera.

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INDI alliance is anti-women and anti-social: BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj

"INDI alliance is such an alliance which only protects the corrupt and the rapists. This is an anti-women and anti-social alliance. Despite having a woman Chief Minister in West Bengal, TMC leaders were dishonouring mothers and sisters in Sandeshkhali inside the TMC office itself. The Kolkata incident makes one's soul tremble. In Uttar Pradesh, a SP leader raped a 15-year-old girl. The Congress party does not take even a minute to raise the slogan 'Ladki hun lad sakti hun' but when it comes to Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, it maintains silence," BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj told ANI.

Abhishek Singhvi to contest bye-election from Telangana