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Delhi Confidential: Birthday Plans

August 26, 2020 01:30 IST

BJP on Tuesday decided to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 70th birthday on September 17 with special programmes — blood donation camps, meetings, food distribution — at 70 different places.

Pranav Champion seen brandishing guns in a viral video. (ANI)

Delhi Confidential: Uttarakhan BJP MLA’s re-entry row

August 25, 2020 10:55 IST

The Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Monday put out a picture that Shringla had indeed met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during the visit, accompanied by High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Das Ganguly.

Delhi Confidential: Fact VS Fake

August 24, 2020 01:59 IST

On the lines of the Press Information Bureau at the Centre, the Public Relations Department of the Kerala government has started a fact-check section to identify “fake news and fake information on Covid pandemic”.

Delhi Confidential: Options Open

August 22, 2020 02:26 IST

Congress leaders believe Chief Minister Nitish Kumar could offer Manjhi an MLC seat from the Governor quota, and possibly send him to Rajya Sabha later. Nitish, the Congress feels, could even field five or six HAM-S candidates on JD(U) ticket.

Delhi Confidential: Airport Politics

August 21, 2020 01:57 IST

While the state Congress has opposed leasing out the Thiruvananthapuram international airport to Adani group, the Thiruvananthapuram MP has said the city needs a first-class airport worthy of its history.

Delhi Confidential: Unmasked Dig

August 20, 2020 02:33 IST

BJP leaders said more MLAs will leave the Congress soon in Manipur.

Delhi Confidential: Sudden Return

August 19, 2020 01:44 IST

Divya Spandana, former head of the Congress’s social media department, who had vanished from the political scene as well as from Twitter, made a surprise reappearance on Tuesday.

Chirag’s long play: Cut JD(U), help BJP get more — and be its future ally

Delhi Confidential: Age Bar

August 18, 2020 01:43 IST

LJP leaders say party president Chirag Paswan and Chief Minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar have spoken rarely in the past year, most recently only for the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

Delhi Confidential: Boosting Bonding

August 17, 2020 01:06 IST

Earlier, every MP used to get a message from the Speaker on his or her birthday, but now Birla has asked the Lok Sabha channel to air a programme on their birthdays, including greetings and a short documentary on them.

Delhi Confidential: Your Lordship, Please

August 14, 2020 00:48 IST

Incidentally, in 2014 Justice Bobde was part of a bench, along with then CJI H L Dattu, which said lawyers were free to use any honorific.

Delhi Confidential: Lockdown Lessons

August 13, 2020 02:05 IST

Om Birla seems to have utilised the lockdown period to improve the efficiency of officials in the secretariat. One aspect of this is training officials in foreign languages.

Delhi confidential: Raising The Pitch

August 12, 2020 01:24 IST

On Monday, Rahul Gandhi also tweeted about the EIA draft, calling it dangerous and saying it was a ploy by the BJP to benefit a handful of their “suited and booted” friends.

Delhi Confidential: Minister’s Pen Pal

August 11, 2020 02:33 IST

In a ministry event to mark the Elephant Day on Monday, Javadekar took a dig at Ramesh, naming him and saying that he is always ready to begin an andolan with little else to do.

A Positive Move

August 10, 2020 01:38 IST

The Lok Sabha secretariat recently informed that three automatic sanitary pad dispensing machines have been installed in the Parliament House Complex.

Delhi Confidential: Capital Buzz

August 8, 2020 06:19 IST

While some in the BJP said Vasundhara Raje’s discussions were linked with the party exploring possibilities, others said they were about the party’s strategies for the Assembly session.

Delhi Confidential: Helping Hand

August 7, 2020 01:58 IST

Venkaiah Naidu family members have donated Rs 5 lakh for the construction of the Ram Temple.

Delhi Confidential: Media Boost

August 6, 2020 02:23 IST

Thomas suggested that royalty or tax be charged from social media for using news and photos from the media. The suggestion mirrors the Australian government’s move to make Google and Facebook pay media outlets for news content.

Delhi Confidential: Pradhan Tests Positive

August 5, 2020 02:10 IST

Pradhan is the second cabinet minister to test positive; he and Home Minister Amit Shah are getting treatment at the same hospital.

Delhi Confidential: Taking Precautions

August 4, 2020 01:44 IST

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad chose to be home quarantined for at least a week as he had a meeting with Shah on Saturday.

Delhi Confidential: Paying Last Respect

August 3, 2020 05:02 IST

The mortal remains of Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh were brought to Delhi from Singapore on Sunday and many leaders reached his residence to pay their respects.

Delhi confidential: Under Pressure

August 1, 2020 05:51 IST

Congress leaders say the decision to shift its MLAs from Jaipur to Jaisalmer was not taken without reason. The leaders alleged that pressure on the MLAs increased after it was decided that the Assembly session would be held from August 14.

Delhi Confidential: Strong Message

July 31, 2020 01:45 IST

PIB Director General K S Dhatwalia was apprehensive about sharing a dais for a cabinet briefing as he had recovered from coronavirus infection. But Javadekar insisted that Dhatwalia be seated with him to send the message that once recovered, one is perfectly fine.