Politics

This aggressive posturing of BJP comes a day after chief minister Nitish Kumar said that his government was committed to maintaining communal harmony and those trying to disturb it would go behind bars.

The Madhya Pradesh government had, on Tuesday, accorded Minister of State (MoS) status to five Hindu religious leaders -- Narmadanand Maharaj, Hariharanand Maharaj, Computer Baba, Bhayyu Maharaj and Pandit Yogendra Mahant.

The home department, headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Wednesday allotted Rs 2, 13,700 for repairing Gudri mosque and Jiaul-Ulum Madrassa which, as the order reads, were damaged in the recent communal violence.

The rally would see participation of all friendly party leaders, Stalin said, adding that it will begin from the Cauvery Delta region.

The NSUI alleged that a district convenor of the ABVP in Jharkhand whose name is Sathish Pandey has been booked in the CBSE question paper leak case.

According to the list released by the party, senior Ministers Dindigul C Sreenivasan, KA Sengottaiyan, P Thangamani, D Jayakumar and SP Velumani among others will head the fast organised at different locations across the state.

Despite Kumaraswamy, JDS state chief and Gowda's other son, also reiterating the stand on the number of family members contesting on the party's ticket, mixed signals are being sent out from within the family.

Under the "Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra Yojana", 77,000 people were proposed to be taken on free pilgrimage every year, but it needed Delhi L-G Anil Baijal's approval.

Former home minister and Congress MLA Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan had mentioned six incidents of alleged police brutality while dealing with the public in the last few weeks.

Will Rahul Gandhi's temple run across Karnataka pay rich dividends? Only the election results will confirm that.

Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of telling "lies", Congress president Rahul Gandhi said Modi was talking about corruption while sharing stage with party members who were jailed on graft charges.

Balbir Singh has also been given the responsibility of forming the organisational structure in Punjab.

Ram Madhav will now be handling BJP affairs in Andhra Pradesh where the party is hoping to expand its footprint with the TDP walking out of the NDA and embarrassing the Centre with a no-confidence motion.

The Congress also noted that the rising levels of income inequality is a direct result of the "anti-poor policies" of the Narendra Modi government.

Actor-politician Pawan Kalyan said both the parties were playing gimmicks over the issue as they were still unclear about the dates on which they plan to move the motion.

In a statement, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) announced their decision and said that TDP has decided to quit NDA and the decision was unanimously by party politburo.