Politics

Chatterjee, a former minister of the Mamata Banerjee government, joined the party in the presence of its senior West Bengal leader Mukul Roy and its general secretary Arun Singh.

Devendra Fadnavis earlier started his mass contact programme from Amravati in Vidarbha region on August 1, ahead of the state Assembly polls due in September-October.

The Prime Minister said that the region of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh would develop as per the wishes of local people, their dreams and ambitions.

Laxman was referring to 12 Congress MLAs merging with TRS recently which resulted in the Congress losing the of main opposition status.

At a programme held in memory of the three-time chief minister, Gandhi said that Dikshit never shied away from shouldering responsibility no matter how challenging.

Thackeray has sought the intervention of the Election Commission to postpone the elections. He also accused the BJP, Shiv Sena of being 'ruthless' towards the plight of people and 'occupied with politics'.

His resignation was accepted on the day when Home Minister Amit Shah moved the resolution to scrap provisions of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

On Monday, Kalita resigned from the membership of the House on Monday opposing the Congress' stand on the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

In a special broadcast, Modi also urged the film industry across India and the private sector to pick Jammu and Kashmir as an investment destination, while promising benefits for state government employees and police personnel at par with the rest of Indi...

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters that Modi asked MPs to not entertain negative thoughts about those who did not vote for them and instead work and conduct themselves in such a way that they are also won over.

The Jagan government alleged there were a lot of irregularities in the multi-purpose Polavaram irrigation project and the cabinet ministers and senior leaders in the former TDP government benefitted from the hike in project estimates.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged that the Centre had resorted to "military might" and techniques like "psychological warfare" in the state.

While both Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati are now voicing support for the Unnao rape survivor and her family and accusing the BJP of shielding the MLA, a bitter fact is that both had once shared ties with him.

Piloting the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani said it aims at making offences against children gender neutral.

Fadnavis, who embarked on his two-phase month-long "Maha Janadesh Yatra" (Mega Mandate March), said the campaign is aimed at giving an account to the people of the state what the BJP-led government done in the last five years.

While Public Relations minister PC Sharma claimed that many BJP MLAs were on the fence and could join the Congress any time, Leader of Opposition Gopal Bhargav accused it of horse trading.