Q&A: U.S. lawmakers say TikTok owners are essentially ‘affiliates’ of the Chinese Communist Party

Washington — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on March 13 that, if it becomes law, would give ByteDance, the Chinese owner of the TikTok social media app, 180 days to divest its U.S. assets or face a ban over concerns National security, including Beijing’s ability to access Americans’ private information through the … Read more

The BJP will contest 17 seats in Bihar, JDU 16 and Chirag Paswan’s party 5

New Delhi: The NDA tonight officially announced the seat allocation plan for Bihar, which puts the BJP firmly in the “big brother” position in the state with 17 seats up for grabs. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United, which had been leading the alliance in Bihar, will contest 16 seats. Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti … Read more

Rishi Sunak ‘not interested in Westminster politics’ and insists party is ‘united’

Rishi Sunak said he had “no interest in Westminster politics” and insisted his party was “united” as he dismissed rumors of a plot to overthrow him. Asked during a visit to the West Midlands why he did not have the “poisonous grail” of having a “disloyal colleague” as Prime Minister, Mr Sunak said: “I have … Read more

‘Citizenship law CAA will not be implemented in Bihar’: Nitish Kumar, party leader

He claimed that Nitish Kumar has ruled out the possibility of implementing CAA in Bihar. Motihari (Bihar): Janata Dal leader Khalid Anwar on Sunday said the bill would guarantee permanent residency to members of persecuted religious minorities in Pakistan, in line with the BJP-led national democratic Alliance’s (NDA) official line on the Citizenship Amendment Act … Read more

‘Rs 10 crore poll bonds sent to office in 2019’: Nitish Kumar’s party

New Delhi: Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal told the Election Commission that an envelope containing electoral bonds worth Rs 10 crore was handed to its office as early as 2019. It was cashed within days, but no information about the donor was obtained. The Election Commission on Sunday released hundreds of sealed disclosures submitted to it … Read more

Mayawati’s party, the CPI(M), was one of the parties that did not receive electoral bonds

Mayawati’s party tells pollster it has not received any funds through electoral bonds New Delhi: While some parties received donations worth crores of rupees through electoral bonds, the vast majority did not receive any funds through the now-defunct political funding scheme. More than 500 recognized and unrecognized political parties have shared details of electoral bonds … Read more

Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress face off ahead of polls

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi calls Rahul Gandhi the responsibility of the Indian group. (document) New Delhi: Former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday pointed to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as the responsibility of the Indian Bloc, which he said lacked coherent leadership and policies. Speaking to PTI, he also said that internal conflicts and ambitions … Read more

After 2019 experiment fails, Samajwadi Party pins hopes on Uttar Pradesh Congress

The SP-BSP alliance could only win four seats each in 2019. (document) Lucknow: The upcoming general elections may bring some surprising results in Uttar Pradesh, with the SP-BSP alliance now replaced by the SP-Congress pact under the India Bloc. In 2019, the Samajwadi Party-Samajwadi Party alliance put up some resistance to the BJP in minority … Read more

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Hema Malini’s Lok Sabha poll date notified

Hema Malini said: “Modi will do a lot of things in the future” (file photo) New Delhi: Hema Malini, the BJP MP from Mathura Lok Sabha constituency, said on Saturday that the people of the state are “Brajwasi” enthusiastic about the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and good things will happen in the future. Talking about … Read more

Samajwadi Party announces candidates for 6 new Lok Sabha seats in UP

Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday appealed to party workers to prepare for Lok Sabha elections Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Saturday announced the names of six more Lok Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh. This is the party’s fifth list of nominees in the seven-phase parliamentary elections. The state has sent 80 MPs to the lower house … Read more