Politics

Harsimrat on Monday had accused the state government of playing politics over the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev.

Amarjeet Bhagat said that our scientists did hard work for Chandrayaan-2 mission and every citizen of the country prayed for its success... and that he had full respect for the scientists of ISRO.

Addressing the workers, Ashok Arora said he was leaving the party with a heavy heart as INLD patriarch Om Prakash Chautala had given him love and affection equal to his own sons.

In his Column, Jwala Narasimha Rao said it is desirable that a leader from a ruling party should not be appointed as a Governor to a state ruled by another party.

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President and Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy said the membership drive was being launched on the instructions of the high command.

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated developmental projects worth Rs 2,000 crore and thanked the people of the state for making the BJP win all 10 parliamentary seats in the general elections.

Led by MP Kanimozhi, party leaders, including R S Bharathy and MP Kalanidhi Veerasamy staged the protest and raised slogans in front of the Southern Railway office in Chennai.

The newly appointed state coordinators will report directly to the BSP chief and also participate in the monthly review meeting to present a ground report to Mayawati.

The cancelled deal was signed with M/s Navayuga Engineering Company at Rs 3,216.11 crore. The Jagan Mohan Reddy government has also approved the recovery of Rs.780 crore given as advance to the contractor.

Selja replaces Ashok Tanwar as the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee chief.

Hitting out at Congress, BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said that it has become fashionable for the party's leaders to claim vendetta even when specific allegations or specific charges of financial misdemeanor come to the fore.

The former Karnataka Chief Minister is on a trip to Mysore and Kodagu to survey the post-flood situation. His visits come even as the party finds itself in the midst of another controversy with the arrest of troubleshooter DK Shivakumar

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told that Indian economy is doing 'quite well' despite a global slowdown, adding that the government in its 6 years has laid a 'formal foundation with measures like the GST and tax reforms.

The meeting held at Raj Bhavan here assumes significance as reports suggest that Narasimhan is likely to be shifted to Centre with a top post.

Arif Mohammed Khan, who quit the Rajiv Gandhi government in protest against the enactment of a law to nullify the Supreme Court verdict in the Shah Bano case, was on Sunday appointed as Kerala governor.

The Assam Public Works, the original petitioner in the Supreme Court which led to the process of NRC updation in the state, also described it as a 'flawed document' and observed a sit-in here.