Kolkata: BJP president Amit Shah asked West Bengal's party workers on Tuesday to begin raising awareness about the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to dampen the Trinamool Congress campaign that the NRC's saffron stand creates panic in the state. Leaders of the Trinamool Congress have alleged that the BJP is creating panic over NRC and the situation in
New Delhi: Leader of Congress and Member of Parliament from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, Rahul Gandhi, met with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and discussed flood relief and rehabilitation attempts. Gandhi also addressed night ban on theNH-766 forest stretch among Kerala-related problems.
New Delhi: On Tuesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced its first list of applicants for 125 constituencies, Devendra Fadnavis will contest from Nagpur South West assembly constituency. The Maharashtra assembly has 288 seats, and the BJP in alliance with the Shiv Sena will fight this month's election. BJP chief of Maharashtra, Chandrakant Patil, will be contesting from Kothrud. There
Aurangabad: BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav has said that during the abrogation of Article 370, around 2000-2500 people were under preventive arrest in Jammu and Kashmir but at prest around 200 are under preventive arrest ."Today in Jammu and Kashmir, in perspective of the law and order, only 200-250 people are being held in preventive detention, some in 5-star guest houses, some in 5-star hotels," said Madhav during an event.
Mumbai: A Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transportation (BEST) Electric Bus caught fire outside the Mulund bus depot. "A minor fire broke out in the BEST electric bus ' front tire. In a couple of minutes, the fire was doused. No casualties have been recorded," an official of the fire brigade said.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished President Ram Nath Kovind on his 74th birthday on Tuesday. Modi tweeted: India has gained significantly from his insights and understanding of policy matters. One can always see his passion towards empowering the poor and downtrodden. May Almighty bless him with a long and healthy life.
New Delhi: On Tuesday Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "Abki Baar Trump Sarkar" remark at the "Howdy, Modi!" event. He said it reflected his "incompetence". He thanked External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for "covering up" Modi's "incompetence" and asked him to teach prime minister "a little bit about diplomacy".
Kolkata: In the Saradha chit fund scam, former Kolkata chief of police Rajeev Kumar was provided protection from arrest by the Calcutta High Court. The IPS officer is accused when he headed the probe of destroying proof linked to the Ponzi scheme. The high court said that if he is arrested by the CBI, he
New Delhi: On Monday evening, former Union minister Chinmayanand, who was admitted to a Lucknow hospital after being arrested in a rape case, was discharged. The bail plea of the 73-year-old on Monday was rejected earlier. The former minister was admitted in hospital three days after his arrest on September 20, with complaints of high blood
Bengaluru: Disqualified Congress and Janata Dal Secular MLAs will be given BJP tickets for by-poll if they wish, said Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday, in the midst of increasing resistance within the party to any such move. Yediyurappa said party chief Amit Shah said that giving tickets to the former MLAs was "our duty."