Politics

Both Kharge and Gowda were defeated in the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Gulbarga and Tumkur parliamentary constituencies respectively.

The Prime Minister also said that people-centric, people-driven and planet-friendly development has become part of the BJP-led Central government's governance.

However, now shopkeepers across the state are demanding subsidy or waiver for their due rent on the pretext of no business for the last two months.

Dutta, the secretary of the state BJP unit, had switched over to the saffron camp from the TMC in October last year.

With the reduced strength of 65, the Congress may find it difficult to win two Rajya Sabha seats for which it has fielded Bharatsinh Solanki and Shaktisinh Gohil.

The Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly also accused the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government of meting out 'step-motherly' treatment to migrant labourers and asserted that this would be a major issue in the assembly polls slated for later this year.

It further said that any person who holds the 'Admin' position of any social media group, shall be held personally liable for dissemination of any false or incorrect messages circulated in the group.

Amit Shah said the BJP cannot break the trust of the three coalition partners in the state government – Shiv Sena, NCP and the Congress – from outside and hinted at internal discord.

Judge PK Rai said UP Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu was not entitled for bail at this stage as the offence was serious in nature and a probe is going on.

While the number of communal and political violence cases stood at 46 in West Bengal, it was 191 in Bihar, 159 in Jharkhand, 135 in Maharashtra, 129 in Madhya Pradesh and 70 in Gujarat, MP Abhishek Banerjee said.

JP Nadda blamed the Congress for politicising the issue, and claimed that the BJP worked towards serving people during the crisis.

The Congress said a call on finalising the name of the bridge was taken by the BBMP despite opposition, and questioned Savarkar's contribution to Karnataka and Bengaluru.

The question may not be unusual but the address could be seen by some as an addition to Congress's attempt to reach out to the Purvanchalis.

The Opposition leader said Thackeray needed support of other constituents (read the NCP and Congress) of the Shiv Sena-led government whose only focus should be fighting against the COVID-19 "without any vested interests".

The Vasai Road-Gorakhpur Sharmik Special train to Uttar Pradesh, which left from Palghar on May 21, was diverted to a different route via Odisha due to heavy congestion.

In a tweet in hindi, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said: "If infection spreads through mobile phones, then they should be banned across the country. Mobile phones provide mental support and help cope with loneliness."