Mumbai Congress chief offers to quit
<p>Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday said he was ready to resign from his post following the party’s poor showing in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election.</p>
<p>Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday said he was ready to resign from his post following the party’s poor showing in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election.</p>
<p>Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Thursday said he has become a “political football” between two major political parties in India. Mallya, now in the UK, faces money laundering and loan default charges in India. Mallya told business news channel BTVi: “It all started with the failure of Kingfisher Airlines, a public company. The government-owned […]</p>
<p>The AAP government on Wednesday approved a loan of Rs 200 crore to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation for payment of salaries of employees. “A Rs 200-crore loan to the North MCD was approved today (Wednesday) for payment of salaries to its employees. The Finance Department has been ordered to release the funds,” a government […]</p>
<p>The son of a Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate was shot and seriously injured in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba district on Thursday morning, police said. The attack was made on SP candidate Siddha Gopal Sahu’s son. He has been rushed to Kanpur for treatment. The victim’s family has accused Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Aridarman Singh’s son […]</p>
<p>Voting in 53 assembly constituencies in the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections began at 7 a.m on Thursday amid tight security, officials said. In all, 1.84 crore voters will use their franchise in the tight contest between the Samajwadi Party (SP)-Congress alliance, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Of these, […]</p>
<p>Delhi Congress on Wednesday extended its support to Ola-Uber drivers’ union “Sarvodaya Drivers”, saying “the party is with them in their fight for justice”. Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President Ajay Maken held a detailed discussion with the union’s representatives about “exploitation” of the drivers by companies like Ola and Uber and assured them of his […]</p>
<p>Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi after fake 2,000 rupee notes were allegedly dispensed by an ATM here. “A Prime Minister who can’t even print notes properly; how can he run the country? He has reduced the whole nation into a laughing stock,” the Aam Aadmi Party leader tweeted. […]</p>
<p>Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) convenor M. Kodandaram was here on Wednesday detained ahead of its rally of unemployed youth, police said. Kodandaram was arrested from his residence in Secunderabad and shifted to police station as a precautionary measure. Some other leaders and activists of the TJAC were also detained. Scores of TJAC activists on […]</p>
<p>The stage is set for the second phase of elections to civic bodies in Maharashtra on Tuesday in what has been dubbed a ‘mini assembly’ poll and a referendum on Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. A total of 10 major civic bodies, including the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation and of Thane, Pune and Nashik, plus 11 Zilla […]</p>