Politics

The RSS had reportedly conveyed its displeasure over non-performing MLAs to BJP party chief Amit Shah when he visited the RSS Karyalaya Samidha on Monday.

In the 40-member Goa Assembly, the Parrikar government enjoys the support of 23 MLAs, including 14 of the BJP

Parsekar, who served as the chief minister of the state from November 2014 to March 2017, was defeated by Sopte from Mandrem seat in the assembly elections held last year.

The minister attacked the Congress chief over the issue of Non Performing Assets (NPA)s, saying the loans were handed out during the UPA rule.

Former chief minister Digvijaya Singh had virtually ruled out CM ambitions earlier this year during his Narmada Parikrama and was later on assigned the chairmanship of Congress Co-ordination Committee.

Kishor, who is credited with delivering election victories for Kumar as well as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had taken the political plunge last month.

Days after Union minister Arun Jaitley announced Rs 2 crore from his MP Local Area Development for Raebareli, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has announced the same for Amethi.

The Karnataka chief minister said he did not take the decision to nominate his wife from the Ramanagara assembly constituency .

Najeeb Ahmed's mother speaking at a protest march organised from Mandi House under the aegis of the 'United Against Hate' campaign, during which politicians and activists urged people to oust the BJP government in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Migrants, especially those hailing from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, were targeted in several parts of Gujarat following the arrest of a Bihar native for allegedly raping a 14-month-old girl earlier this month.

On Friday, Parrikar met Goa BJP's core committee members and ministers from coalition partners at AIIMS to discuss ways to ensure his government functions normally during his absence from office due to ill health.

Ramdayal Uike was given the saffron party's membership in the presence of chief minister Raman Singh and BJP chief Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to poll-bound Chhattisgarh.

Kerala Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran's statement came amid mounting protests in Kerala against the government's alleged hasty move to implement the apex court order, allowing the entry of women of all age-groups into Sabarimala.

In his the 200-page book, Sushil Modi described Lalu's ascension from a student leader to the chief minister of Bihar as a journey of amassing wealth through improper means.

Sitharaman said huge loans were provided by banks at the drop of a hat 'when a phone call was made' and since such loans were not paid back till date, the banks faced a crunch.

The political slugfest began in Gujarat after hundreds of migrants from UP and Bihar started fleeing the state following the rape of a 14-month-old girl, allegedly by a migrant in Sabarkantha, north Gujarat.