Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau The Congress on Saturday reacted to Janata Dal (United) leader KC Tyagi’s statement claiming that Nitish Kumar was offered the prime minister’s post by the INDIA bloc. “We don’t have any such information,” Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said at the press briefing after the Congress Working Committee meeting. Tyagi had…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau Rahul Gandhi, who won both the Wayanad and Rae Bareli constituencies in the recently-held Lok Sabha elections, will decide in “three to four days” which of the two seats he will represent in the upcoming 18th Lok Sabha, the Congress said on Saturday. The decision, in any case, has to be…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau Pro-Khalistan slogans were raised by several members of the Sikh community inside the Golden Temple premises on the 40th anniversary of Operation Blue Star on Thursday The protestors also displayed posters of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who led the pro-Khalistan movement in Punjab in the 1980s, and was killed in the…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau A section of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders has blamed the party’s state leadership for the reverses it suffered in the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, where its tally of seats dropped from 18 out of 42 to 12. Saumitra Khan, who won the Bishnupur Lok Sabha seat, accused some…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau Rahul Gandhi has addressed a press conference after the INDIA bloc sprung a surprise by maintaining a lead on 232 Lok Sabha seats. Attacking PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi said this election was not only fought against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), it was also fought against the…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau Delhi Court on Saturday reserved the order on the interim bail plea moved by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on medical grounds Kejriwal is seeking interim bail for a week on health grounds. His interim bail granted by the Supreme Court ends on June 1. The ape court has asked him to…
Himalaya Harbinger, National Bureau Swati Maliwal-Arvind Kejriwal Row Updates: Seniors leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were seen arriving at Arvind Kejriwal’s house on Thursday, May 23, amid reports that Delhi police will record statements to Delhi CM’s parents in Swati Maliwal ‘assault’ case. Gopal Rai, Atishi, Sanjay Singh and Saurabh Bharadwaj were among…
Himalaya Harbinger, National Bureau Anti-women” Opposition versus BJP welfare schemes — this was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pitch to women in Varanasi today. And his special request to them was to ensure maximum possible voting. “Collect 25-30 women and go to the polling stations beating drums, clanging thalis, singing songs. If we can hold 20-25…
Himalaya Harbinger BJP leader Sambit Patra found himself in the eye of a political storm following an unfortunate slip of the tongue. During an interaction with media after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in Odisha’s Puri yesterday, Mr Patra suggested that Lord Jagannath, the revered deity of the ancient town, is a devotee of PM…
Replying to a media query on the chances of BJP not crossing the half-way mark in the Lok Sabha, union home minister Amit Shah said on Friday that he didn’t see the possibility of that happening. He said the BJP didn’t need a Plan B Asked what would be the BJP’s course of action if…
