Politics

Lauding the prime minister's visit, Home Minister Amit Shah said it will boost the morale of our valorous soldiers.

Without naming anyone, Scindia had accused his adversaries of maligning his image in the last two months and said, “Tiger Abhi Zindaa Hai,”

The Congress high command had on March 11 appointed Shivakumar, a six-time MLA, known to be the Congress's chief troubleshooter in crisis situations, replacing Dinesh Gundu Rao as the KPCC chief.

Those inducted include 20 cabinet ministers and eight ministers of state. Prominent among the new ministers are BJP MLAs Yashodhara Raje Scindia and Gopal Bhargava.

Dilip Ghosh, also the Medinipur MP, said the incident took place in the afternoon while he was out for a "Cha-Chakra" (chat over a cup of tea) mass outreach programme of the saffron party.

DK Shivakumar, the controversial, yet charismatic leader of the Congress has been tasked with bringing the party back to power in the next Assembly elections.

The BJP general secretary said leaders whose grandparents were responsible for imposing Emergency are trying to "misguide" people by saying a "mini emergency like situation" exists in the country today.

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate alleged that China has not only intruded into India's territory but also the economy as under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's watch, the trade deficit with China has gone up to $53 billion.

Meanwhile, the Congress sought to strike a truce with the group ousted yesterday over the tussle on the Kottayam district panchayat chief post.

Expressing concern over rise in number of COVID-19 cases, West Bengal Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha wrote to ministry secretary PS Kharola on Tuesday and requested him to consider the concern raised by the state government.

In a video message, Gandhi said: "Coronavirus has caused irreversible damage to the poor, middle, and salaried classes; we have demanded the government to implement Nyay scheme even if it is for six months."

Adityanath reached the Ram Janmbhoomi site where he offered prayers to Ram Lalla and inspected the ground-levelling work, which has been undertaken as a precursor to building a grand temple of Lord Ram.

The Union minister is a permanent resident of Kalhota village in Malhori tehsil of Doda.

'Kerala Dialogue', a new online platform to discuss and debate global development amid the pandemic is one such endeavour that was launched on Thursday by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

DMK chief MK Stalin has questioned the government’s move to give money to the victims’ family, asking what was the need for compensation if they were natural deaths.

P Jayaraj and his son Fennix, arrested for violating lockdown norms over business hours of their mobile phone shop, died at a hospital in Kovilpatti, with the relatives alleging that they were severely thrashed at a police station by police personnel.