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Parkash Singh Badal will listen to grievances of party workers on Aug 1, 2'

Shiromani Akali Dal patron and former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will be available at the party head office on August 1 and 2 to listen to the grievances of party leaders and workers. According to party Secretary and Spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema, on one hand party president Sukhbir Singh Badal is visiting the various assembly constituencies of the state under the 'Jabar Virodhi Lehar' an

'Don't force me to start a political party' : Kamal '

The ongoing sparring between actor Kamal Haasan and the ruling AIADMK virtually intensified with the actor saying ''don't force me to start a political party'', even as Finance Minister D Jayakumar hurled a direct imprecation at him. Speaking to a Tamil news channel, the Viswaroopam actor said ''I want to see a doctor heading Health department, an engineer at the top of PWD and so on'''.

''To

Demand for Tejashwi Yadav's resignation "unjustified", says Congress leader'

Flaying Mr Nitish Kumar for deserting the opposition camp when unity against the Narendra Modi regime was being built up, Congress leader P C Chacko has said that the demand for Mr Tejashwi Yadav's resignation just on the basis of an allegation or an FIR was "unjustified". "I am not defending anyone...But allegations are part of politics. How can a young man be made to resign just on the basis of

BJP office attacked in Kerala capital'

Clashes erupted between the BJP and the CPI(M) in the capital as a state committee office of the BJP, residence of CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and several houses of party workers came under attack in the wee hours of today. At least six cars, including that of BJP state president Kummanam Rajasekharan, were damaged by a group of people, allegedly CPI(M) workers, who barged into t

Two more Gujarat Congress MLAs resign'

Two more Gujarat Congress MLAs quit the party on Friday, a day after three legislators resigned from the party and joined the BJP.

Chhanabhai Chaudhary, a legislator from the tribal Vansda constituency and Mansinh Chauhan from Balasinor, submitted their resignations to Speaker Ramanlal Vora.

Chaudhary and Chauhan are believed to be close to rebel leader and former Chief Minister Shankersinh

Nitish confident of proving majority'

A day after Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister at the head of a JD-U-BJP government after dumping the Grand Alliance, he is confident of proving his majority in the assembly on Friday, party leaders said here.

The Janata Dal-United leaders said Nitish Kumar was "calm and cool" and spent the early morning at his official residence as usual, not worried about the trust vote in the 24

Former minister Mukesh Goud’s son injured in firing '

Mr Vikram Goud, son of former Minister and Congress leader Mukesh Goud, sustained bullet injuries when an unidentified person allegedly opened fire at him at Film Nagar in the wee hours.

The incident took place at around 0300 hrs when Vikram was in the living room at his residence at Film Nagar, police said here. Vikram, who received bullet injuries, was shifted to Apollo hospital in Jubilee

Sonia, Rahul pay tribute Kargil martyrs'

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid tributes to the soldiers who died in the Kargil war and said the nation is extremely proud of them and recognises the pain of their family members.

Saluting the courage and valour of the martyrs on Kargil Vijay Diwas, Sonia Gandhi said: "The Nation is extremely proud of the brave soldiers who made the supreme sac

Tejaswi will not resign: Lalu'

The ruling grand alliance plunged into deep crisis today when RJD Chief Lalu Prasad affirmed that his son and deputy chief minister Tejaswi Yadav would not resign from his post and asked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to decide his future course of action if he considered grand alliance a burden. After chairing a meeting of RJD legislature party at his official residence at 10, Circular Road here, M

Government can't take suo motu action over racial abuse: Minister'

The government cannot take suo motu action in cases of racial abuse until a formal complaint is filed by the victim, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday.

"We cannot take suo motu action until the victim lodges a formal complaint," Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha in the context of a Khasi woman who was asked to leave the elite Delhi Golf Club in June for wearing her tr

Pratibha Patil, Meira attend Kovind's swearing in, Naidu-KCR exchange pleasantries '

The Who's Who of Indian politics including former President Pratibha Patil, former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and former Chief Ministers and incumbent Governors attended the grand ceremony of oath taking by new President Ram Nath Kovind. The function was graced among others by former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and incumbent Governors Najma Heptulla, Vidyasagar Rao, S C Jamir, O

Chhatrapati Shivaji descendent NCP MP held for extortion'

Nationalist Congress Party MP Udayan Raje Bhosale was arrested here on Tuesday in connection with an allegation of assault and extortion levelled by a businessman.

Bhosale, a direct descendent of the warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji, appeared before the police after his anticipatory bail plea was dismissed by the Bombay High Court last week and by a Sessions Court in April.

Bhosale is among

Rahul leads opposition protest against cow-vigilante violence in Parliament premises'

The Opposition Congress Members of Parliament led by party vice president Rahul Gandhi and leaders from other parties, including the Left, Trinamool Congress and RJD, today staged a demonstration in Parliament House premises protesting against "cow-vigilante and anti-Dalit violence". Among others, members like Saugata Roy, Kalyan Banerjee (both Trinamool), Jaiprakash Narain Yadav (RJD), Jyotiradi

Odisha CM directs implementation of anti-graft policy'

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday directed the administration to implement "Zero Tolerance Policy" in true letter and spirit against corruption in different social welfare schemes of the state.

Presiding over a meeting here, the Chief Minister directed implementation of preventive measures to check corruption in social welfare schemes.

He ordered the officials to maintain a str

Congress attacks Venkaiah Naidu on probity'

The Congress on Monday attacked NDA's Vice Presidential candidate M. Venkaiah Naidu over issues of transparency and probity, alleging that the Telangana government had placed a direct order for purchase of vehicles with a company belonging to his son and had granted exemption from Rs 2-crore charges to a trust in which his daughter was a managing trustee.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh posed fo

Two armed men detained outside Mamata's residence'

Two persons have been detained outside West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's house here on Monday for allegedly carrying arms, the police state said.

"Sundari Singh Sardar and Sujat Singura, both residents of Purulia district's Baghmundi, have been detained from outside the Chief Minister's house here in Kalighat area," a police officer said.

According to police sources, illegal arms

Lok Sabha witnesses din as Opposition demands debate on lynchings'

The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed noisy scenes as the Opposition members led by Congress created pandemonium, demanding a discussion on the issue of atrocities against Dalits and Muslims by the cow vigilantes.

Congress members staged a sit-in near Speaker Sumitra Mahajan's podium throughout the Question Hour as she refused to permit discussion on the issue.

While Opposition Leader Mallikarj

Is India really prepared for war, asks Thackeray'

Expressing serious concern over the continuing tensions on India's borders with Pakistan and China, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Monday wondered whether the country is really prepared for war.

"Jammu and Kashmir, which was peaceful for the past 10 years, is up in flames since the killing of Burhan Wani. China is outright issuing threats to us. Are we really prepared in case a war br

UP to undertake major police recruitment soon'

Short-staffed for very long, the Uttar Pradesh Police will soon be rolling out a major recruitment drive, an official said on Monday.

Applications for eligible candidates would be invited some time next week, and the drive would cover vacancies of over 30,000 police constables and 3,200 sub-inspectors, the official said.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's government proposes to recruit more

Sasikala got VIP treatment, given five rooms in Central Jail'

The jail authorities at Parappana Agrahara here, who are facing serious corruption charges, had allotted as many as five rooms in the new building of the Central jail to AIADMK leader V K Sasikala and she was accorded special treatment. Sources said that this was revealed by new ADGP S Megharik and DIG Revanna before the Public Affairs Committee headed by former Deputy Chief Minister R Ashok, whi

President not in favour of two executives: Ansari '

Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday said outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee had told Governors and Lt. Governors that their role was "mainly confined to giving advice to the Chief Minister as there cannot be two functional executive authorities in a state".

He said Mukherjee had also noted that the Governor had no discretion but to accept the verdict of floor test in certain situations.

BJP ex-MLA meets Kejriwal over colony's condition'

Former BJP legislator Vijay Jolly on Sunday met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and raised the issue of poor living conditions in the city's largest unauthorised colony Sangam Vihar.

He said he met the Chief Minister at his Civil Lines residence here and submitted a memorandum on severe shortage of potable water and lack of sewerage in the colony, apart from a list of demands to improve l

Dubious funding allegations against BJD malicious: Odisha CM'

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said the allegations about his Biju Janata Dal (BJD) receiving funds from dubious sources during the 2014 general and assembly elections were "malicious, fabricated and false".

"All the allegations are malicious, fabricated and false. If needed, we will take legal action," Patnaik told reporters here on his return after a five-day visit to Delhi.

LS Speaker, Advani, Ananth Kr & Prakash Javadekar pay tributes to Bal Gangadhar Tilak on his birth anny '

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, veteran BJP leader LK Advani and Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar, Thavar Chand Gehlot and Ananth Kumar today paid tributes to the great Freedom Fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak on his birth anniversary. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha and other dignitaries paid floral tributes to Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak on the occasion , an official release said.

BJP chief lunches at Dalit worker's house in Rajasthan'

BJP President Amit Shah visited a Dalit party worker's house here on Sunday afternoon and was served home-cooked food in a traditional style.

During his visit to Ramesh Pachariya's house in Sushil Pura colony, Shah was accompanied by Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, state BJP President Ashok Parnami, and local Bharatiya Janata Party legislator and Cabinet Minister Arun Chaturvedi, am

Those with evil designs will be taught befitting lessons by our soldiers if they cross the line: Naidu '

Issuing a warning to Pakistan for aiding and abetting terror, NDA nominee for Vice Presidential poll Venkaiah Naidu today said that if those with evil designs and ulterior motives cross the line, they would be taught "befitting lessons" by our brave soldiers. 'We are the world’s largest Democracy and one of the world’s oldest civilisations.

We believe in civil ways of resolving all disputes.

Charge sheet against Gayatri Prajapati for lodging fake cases against UP IPS officer, wife'

Lucknow police is likely to submit charge sheet against former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati in the case registered by activist Dr Nutan Thakur at Gomtinagar police station in connection with her along with her husband IPS officer Amitabh Thakur's implication in various criminal cases. Official said here today that the period of 90 days after Prajapati’s arrest would be over tom

One million students in UP to be tested on knowledge on RSS, Modi, Yogi on Aug 26 '

Come August 26, around one million students of Uttar Pradesh would sit for an unique competition to test their knowledge on the philosophy of RSS and the achievements of Narenda Modi and Yogi Adityanath governments. The completion would be held in Lucknow and other parts of the state on August 26 for the birth centenary year celebrations of Deendayal Upadhyaya by BJP. The questions will come from

Senior Congress leader Shivajirao G. Patil dead at 92'

Senior Congress leader, freedom fighter and former Minister Shivajirao Girdhar Patil, popular in political circles as 'Dadasaheb' died at a private hospital here on Saturday, an official said. He was 92.

A widower, Patil's wife had died in 2015 after 77 years of marriage. He is survived by two daughters Anita Deshmukh and Manya Seth.

Patil was better known as the father of late National Awa

EC failed to curb use of ‘invisible money’ in political funding: Jaitley '

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, while calling for a greater degree of transparency in political funding, said India was being funded by invisible money for 70 years and Election Commission failed to curb the use of ‘invisible money’ in it. Delivering the inaugural address at the Delhi Economics Conclave 2017 here today, Finance Minister also criticised the political parties along with the Election

AAP govt hikes salary of anganwadi staff '

The Aam Aadmi Party government today increased the salary of anganwadi workers and helpers, days after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal assured them to look into their matter. Mr Kejriwal informed about the salary hike through a tweet. "Cabinet increases honorarium, anganwadi workers to Rs 9,678 and helpers to Rs 4,839. Also mobile/net charges will be Rs 500 and Rs 250 per month respectively," the

Nitish Kumar to meet Rahul Gandhi on Saturday evening'

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to meet Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday evening as well as attend a farewell dinner for outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee, JD-U sources said.

According to a party source, the Janata Dal-United President is set to meet Rahul Gandhi at 4 p.m. to discuss the present political situation in Bihar.

The JD-U, Congress and Rashtriya Ja

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