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   The Hindenburg-Adani row has turned into a major political controversy with the Congress and other opposition parties making allegations of favouritism. "Nothing For BJP To Hide, Nothing To Be Afraid Of": Amit Shah On Adani Row  New Delhi:  With the opposition targeting the BJP-led government over the Hindenburg-Adani row, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that it will not be appropriate for him to comment as the Supreme Court has taken cognizance of the matter but there is nothing "for the BJP to hide or be afraid of". "The Supreme Court has taken cognizance of the matter. As a minister, if the Supreme Court is seized of the matter it is not right for me to comment. But in this, there is nothing for the BJP to hide and nothing to be afraid of," Mr Shah said in an exclusive interview with ANI. The Hindenburg-Adani row has turned into a major political controversy with the Congress and other opposition parties making allegations of favo...

Amid clamour within the BJP and Congress to field fresh faces in the upcoming Assembly election, political youngsters in both parties are vying for tickets, which includes some sitting MLAs trying to promote their daughters and sons. Columbia University alumnus Bhavya Narasimhamurthy (L) and BJP Yuva Morcha state president Dr Sandeep Kumar (R). The BJP Yuva Morcha, for example, is pushing the saffron party for tickets to their crop of leaders. For example, BJP Yuva Morcha state president Dr Sandeep Kumar is tipped to be the party’s candidate at Anekal, an SC reserve that Congress’ B Shivanna won in 2018. According to sources, Kumar has decided to shift to Sarjapur so that he can concentrat on Anekal in a full-fledged manner from January. Apparently, an internal survey has given Kumar an edge over former IAS officer K Shivaram, who is also in the Anekal ticket race. Another Yuva Morcha leader H C Thammesh Gowda is in contention for the BJP’s Byatarayanapura ticket. However, BJP nationa...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Friday that China is preparing for war and the Indian government is sleeping over it and trying to ignore the threat. He also alleged that China has taken away 2,000 square kilometres of Indian territory, killed 20 Indian soldiers and is “thrashing our jawans in Arunachal Pradesh”. Rahul Gandhi on Tawang Clash: 'China preparing for war, GOI is sleeping…' “I can see the threat of China very clearly. I have been clear on this for the last two-three years, but the government is trying to hide it and ignore it. This threat can neither be hidden or ignored. Going by their full offensive preparation that is on in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, the Indian government is asleep,” Gandhi told a press conference in Jaipur. “The government does not want to hear this but their (China’s) preparation is on. The preparation is for war. It is not for incursion, but for war. If you look at their weapon pattern, what they are doing — they are preparing for ...