Politics

Nitish Kumar lashed out at his detractors, claiming that people 'lacking political acumen' were trying to gain publicity by launching personal attacks on him.

The Uttar Pradesh chief minister further said there has been no incident of lynching or riot in the state as trouble-makers have been dealt with.

The allegations of political vendetta have been made after a major crackdown on opposition leaders, including Congress party’s P Chidambaram and DK Shivkumar.

As AAP members raised the issue, waving a copy of the poster, members of Opposition Congress joined the protesting colleagues from the AAP, and they both demanded that an apology be tendered.

Police said the conversation Kodela had during his last phone calls could throw light on the reasons for him taking the extreme step.

Congress leaders Ghulam Nabu Azad and Ahmed Patel met P Chidambaram in Tihar jail along with his son Karti.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb said there were many countries that had developed without the help of English and those who cannot speak the language should not be belittled.

Addressing a convention of seers ‘Sant Samagam’ in Bhopal on Tuesday, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said these days, people adorning ‘bhagwa’ (saffron)-coloured attire were raping women, even inside temples.

The tweet came after much uproar over Shah's tweet on Saturday which said that if one language can do the work of tying the country to the door of unity, then Hindi is the most spoken language.

BJP MLA from Ballia Surendra Singh said the government would not tolerate foreigners staying in India as refugees and influencing the country's politics.

K C Narayana Gowda on Saturday lashed out at the first family of the JDS led by H D Deve Gowda and his two sons former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and former minister H D Revanna.

Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma also said no indication should be given of a rethink on the "three-language formula" as it will create strife and unrest in the country.

Jaiswal replaces Nityanand Rai, a minister of state in the Union government. Punia has been appointed chief of the Rajasthan BJP after the death of state party chief Madan Lal Saini.

The central agency in September last year had registered a money-laundering case against Shivakumar and Haumanthaiah, an employee at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, and others.

Addressing the workers, Ashok Arora said he was leaving the party with a heavy heart as INLD patriarch Om Prakash Chautala had given him love and affection equal to his own sons.

Criticising CM Mamata Banerjee for her opposition to the NRC, Union Minister Smriti Irani said, it proves the dichotomy on her stand on illegal immigrants.