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Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription Updated - July 15, 2026 04:23 am IST - Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai. File | Photo Credit: ANI Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai on Tuesday (July 14) said the Ram Temple embezzlement episode is the biggest proof of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s failure, and added that when it comes to taking credit for the temple, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are always at the forefront; hence they will be blamed for this heinous crime and theft at the temple. “I have sent a detailed letter to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, demanding an independent forensic and financial investigation on this issue, but no effective action has been seen so far. Conversely, many government representatives and political spokespersons appear more active in media accusations and diversionary tactics against the opposition than in answering core questions. “The fact is, the Ram Temple embezzlement episode is the biggest proof of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s failure, and when it comes to taking credit for the temple, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are always at the forefront; hence they will be blamed for this heinous crime and theft at the temple,” Mr. Rai told The Hindu. Mr.
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‘When it comes to taking credit for the temple, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are always at the forefront; hence they will be blamed for this heinous crime and theft at the temple,’ said Mr. Rai
President Trump mentioned a plan to crack down on truck drivers in the United States without legal status and to replace them with veterans during a panel at a military investment summit in Carlisle, Pa., on Wednesday.
Todd Blanche repeatedly told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” he helped launch as acting attorney general was now, in fact, “dead.” But one Republican on the panel isn’t sold. At his confirmation hearing to lead the Justice Department permanently, Todd Blanche had to convince Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Cornyn of Texas — two GOP senators the president undermined in their election bids — that they no longer had to worry about the fund. Tillis and Cornyn, who are both leaving Congress at the end of the year, have left the door open to defecting. Tillis, who retired after Trump attacked him over policy disagreements, wouldn’t promise he would vote for Blanche. But he walked away Wednesday saying Blanche did “a good job” and expressed confidence he might be able to persuade his colleagues to approve a measure declaring the fund “legally moot.” Cornyn is a different matter. A former state supreme court judge and attorney general, Cornyn added that no one has been pressing him to support Blanche at this time: “I feel no pressure,” he insisted. Senate GOP leaders want to confirm Blanche on the floor the first week of August before they leave for the month-long recess — and as one of the two swing votes on the panel, Cornyn is now without question the biggest question mark. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was confident that committee chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) had the situation under control. “I gotta believe that Grassley and team whipped the vote beforehand and thought, ‘we're in good shape on this.’ They can't lose a single Republican vote,” Hawley said. Grassley expressed confidence Blanche will be confirmed before the Senate leaves town in August. “I expect that … what it takes to satisfy a couple members [in] the Republican Party will be satisfied, and he'll be confirmed probably the last week before we go on August recess,” Grassley said.
State MP abandons supreme court challenge, saying her party ‘can now decide whether to pursue mediation or reconvene to disendorse me’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has dropped legal action against her own party as she seeks to make a last-ditch appeal to avoid being disendorsed before the state election. Deeming launched an 11th-hour supreme court challenge against the Victorian Liberal party president, Brian Loughnane, on 3 July after she made an assault allegation against former leader Matthew Guy and subsequently rejected calls to apologise after Victoria police determined “there was no offence detected”. Deeming announced late on Wednesday that she had withdrawn the case. “The injunction has achieved exactly what it intended to achieve,” she wrote in a statement posted to social media. The MP, who sits in the upper house for the Western Metropolitan Region, is facing being disendorsed as a candidate before November’s state election. On Wednesday, Deeming sent a 12-page statement to the party’s state executive, providing a mediation proposal that allowed her to end the supreme court action. “The state executive, having all the evidence before them, can now decide whether to pursue mediation or reconvene to disendorse me,” she said. “From beginning to end, I progressed the issue in good faith, respected the confidentiality of all involved, submitted myself to the instructions and policies of the party and obeyed the law rather than run it through the media. “For my part, I will continue doing my work serving Victorians and fighting Labor.” CCTV footage from a function in May showed Guy placing his hand on Deeming’s upper back as they lean in to talk to one another. Police reviewed the CCTV and concluded no offence was committed. Deeming had accused her colleague of grabbing her “violently” in a headlock but since claimed she misunderstood the meaning of headlock . “Having been overseas and unwell when the story broke and jetlagged and unwell when the disendorsement meeting was called, the injunction gave me time to recover, review all the facts, learn the difference between a headlock and a collar-tie grip, and gather my thoughts,” she later clarified. Guy told reporters in June that Deeming had owed him a public apology, adding he vehemently denied that anything untoward took place. “Moira Deeming owes me a public apology. I’m owed an apology by the premier and the attorney general,” he said in a statement outside parliament. “They can come to me the honourable and easy way, or a harder way.” The Liberal leader, Jess Wilson, would not comment on the future of Deeming on Wednesday as the matter was “before the courts”.
