Politics

Last August, the commission had asked the government to give it statutory backing to collect Aadhaar numbers of new applicants and existing voters to check multiple entries in electoral rolls.

Gaurav Gogoi and six other Congress MPs were suspended from the House for the remainder of the Budget Session.

On Telangana government's decision to pass a resolution in the assembly against CAA, Patra said, "we will make him (Chandrasekhar Rao) understand by showing him all the relevant documents".

The Telangana Chief Minister called up his Andhra counterpart and informed him about his proposal.

In his letter to Speaker OP Birla, the Congress leader said despite his car having a label issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Delhi police officials committed a breach of privilege by stopping his car at Vijay Chowk.

Deshmukh gave this information in a written reply in response to a question by Sharad Ranpise of Congress.

While reiterating their support to the Kamal Nath government, BSP MLAs Rambai Singh and Sanjeev Singh Kushwaha and SP's Rajesh Shukla denied that any BJP leader offered a deal.

This was particularly felt during the Lok Sabha polls when many Congress leaders wouldn’t even bother to push or promote the party’s campaigns.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said he wished PM Narendra Modi would give the same advice to "the concerted army of trolls who abuse, intimidate, badger and threaten others every second in your name".

Stating that he did not like to talk politics while speaking on the Governor's address, but will have to reply to opposition's criticism against his government, Yediyurappa said "in democracy numbers matter, and in this number game our party has won."

Reddy also said while issues can be resolved by means of discussion, rumours allegedly spread by a section of political parties and sections in social media added fuel to the fire.

With the twin resolutions, Bihar became the first NDA-ruled state to categorically say no to the NRC and reject the present format of the NPR, which the opposition perceives as the first step towards NRC.

In an interview to News18, Tharoor also virtually ruled out the possibility of a non-Gandhi becoming the party president, saying the family holds a “special place” in the hearts of Congress workers.

The Congress, which is part of the ruling coalition in the state, said RSS ideologue MS Golwalkar had "defamed" Chhatrapati Sambhaji, and demanding that the BJP first condemn Golwalkar's writing.

Given that electricity and water are the two key issues in the hill state, Rawat’s promise may turn into a game-changer for the grand old party, desperate to make its presence felt in the region.

Trinamool Congress sources say the election strategist roped in by chief minister Mamata Banerjee has not only crafted a new political blueprint for the party and her, but also implemented system-driven assessment to identify ‘non-performing assets’.