Kolkata, Oct 31: In a bid to counter BJP chief Amit Shah’s ‘rath yatras’ in Bengal ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha polls, opposition Congress and the CPM have decided to take up mass contact programmes and ‘padayatras’ (foot marches) in the state. The ruling TMC, however, refused to attach any importance to either Shah’s […]
New Delhi, Oct 31: India is known for its diversity and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had ensured that the country remains united with its uniqueness, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Wednesday. Flagging off the ‘Run For Unity’, organised here on the occasion of 143rd birth anniversary of Patel, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been […]
Hyderabad, Oct 31: The YSR Congress and Jana Sena Party (JSP) are unlikely to contest assembly elections in Telangana scheduled to be held on December 7. “We are yet to decide whether or not to contest the assembly elections. We know our limitations. Anyway, we shall take a call by November 12, when the nomination […]
Raipur, Oct 31: A day after the Maoist attack in Dantewada district which claimed four lives, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Wednesday convened an emergency meeting of officials and asked them to intensify operations against the ultras. Singh held the meeting with senior bureaucrats and police officials at his official residence, where he reviewed the […]
New Delhi, Oct 31: The Bihar government said in the Supreme Court on Wednesday its former cabinet minister Manju Verma, who resigned in the wake of the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual abuse scandal, could not be traced by police in a case related to the recovery of ammunition from her house. Verma who has been […]
New Delhi, Oct 30: The Congress has begun the search for new chiefs of its party units in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Mumbai, said a party functionary familiar with the developments. The changes are aimed at ending in-fighting in some of the states and giving a fresh start to the party in others. […]
Raipur, Oct 30: A cameraman of Doordarshan and two security personnel were killed on Tuesday in a deadly Naxalite ambush in Nilavaya area near Aaranpur in Dantewada district in tribal Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. Police sources said that a three-member team of Doordarshan was shooting ‘development works’ in the Naxalite area while security forces were […]
New Delhi, Oct 30: The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday announced the names of five candidates in Punjab who will be contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on party ticket. Sitting MPs Bhagwant Mann and Sadhu Singh will contest from their respective constituencies, Sangrur and Faridkot. Ravjot Singh, who had contested 2017 Assembly polls from […]
Jaipur, Oct 30: The ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) in Rajasthan and the Opposition Congress are making maximum use of social media to reach out to voters in the state ahead of the assembly elections to be held on December 7. The BJP has deployed around 150,000 volunteers and the Congress nearly 100,000 at booth […]
New Delhi, Oct 30: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Bihar police why former state minister Manju Verma, who had stepped down in the wake of the Muzaffurpur shelter home scandal, has not been arrested in a case related to recovery of ammunition from her residence. The former minister’s husband Chandrashekhar Verma surrendered before a […]