POLITICS

Whether order of house allotment was issued or not?

Mystery shrouds over an order. A govt house was allotted to ex-VP Jagdeep Dhankhar in August this year but according to sources he did not receive the said order and it is still staying in a farmhouse in Delhi ?

Ahead of crucial elections, Kerala Congress unit gets a stern warning from AICC?

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi held closed-door one-on-one meetings with Kerala state leaders. The party’s leadership, worried over the deepening factional feud within the Congress in Kerala, has bluntly told the leaders to mend their ways and project a united front before the crucial local body and assembly elections. The leaders warned, ‘the open fights between top leaders are impacting the prospects of the party in the upcoming elections.’ Those who attended the meeting included state party Chief Sunny Joseph, Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan, senior leader Ramesh Chennithala, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor, Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Kannur MP K Sudhakaran. However, another issue, which was informally discussed among the party cadre was the absence of AICC General Secretary (Organization) KC Venugopal and General Secretary in-charge of Kerala Deepa Dasmunshi from the meeting.

RJD’s manifesto vows to scrap Waqf Amendment Act

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), in its manifesto, promised to scrap the Waqf Amendment Act and properties of Waqf will be utilised for people's welfare. Besides, the manifesto also claimed to hand over the management of Bodh Gaya temple to the Buddhist community presently in the possession of Hindu community.