Politics
Congress May Bank on Known Faces for Delhi Polls, Delhi Unit Chief Says Party Will Field 'Strongest & Best'
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi in a meeting with senior leaders of the Delhi unit on Monday asked those active in electoral politics to contest the assembly elections, said a Delhi Congress leader present in the meeting.
Ahead of Cabinet Expansion, Rebel MLAs who ‘Sacrificed' For Yediyurappa Return to Remind Him of His Promise
All the rebels now want ministerial berths in the Cabinet and several have even specified their preferred portfolios. But while Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has indicated that not all leaders will be accommodated.
BJP Distances Itself from Book Comparing Modi with Shivaji, Author Says Willing to Revise It
BJP media co-incharge Sanjay Mayukh told reporters that the book's author Jay Bhagwan Goyal, who is a saffron party member, has also expressed his willingness to withdraw those parts of the book which a section of society has found objectionable.
In a First, Delhi Assembly Elections to Have AI-equipped Polling Stations
Delhi’s chief electoral officer Ranbir Singh had said that the Vidhan Sabha elections 2020 will see a QR code on the digital photo voter slip. which will be scanned at the polling booth having the facility.
Modi Govt Not Game Changer, But Name Changer: CPI(M), TMC Hit out for Renaming Kolkata Port
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while speaking at the 150th anniversary programme of the Kolkata Port Trust, announced that it will be renamed after the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
Delhi Police Probe Will Nail Culprits of JNU Violence, Says Smriti Irani
Stating that no Opposition party was talking about apolitical students who want to pursue their studies, Smriti Irani hoped that 'justice will prevail' after investigation.
In Wake of Modi's CAA Attack from Belur Math, Mamata Skips Kolkata Port Trust's Anniversary Event
Banerjee's decision to skip the event also comes in the wake of Saturday’s protests against her one-on-one meeting with the PM, which she described as a 'courtesy visit'.
History Written After Independence Overlooked Many Major Aspects, Says PM Modi in Kolkata
Modi dedicated to the nation four refurbished heritage buildings of the city - the Old Currency Building, the Belvedere House, the Metcalfe House and the Victoria Memorial Hall.
Each Vote Cast for BJP is a Vote Against Free Electricity, Education and Healthcare: Manish Sisodia
Claiming that the BJP is insulting the people of Delhi who are the beneficiaries of the AAP government's 'pro-people policies' by calling them 'freeloaders', Manish Sisodia said BJP should apologise to the people of Delhi.
'Traitors': Posters Blaming 4 Academicians for JNU Violence Spring Up on Walls of 2 Varsity Hostels
The four professors who have been accused in the posters of being behind the violence are Tapan Kumar Bihari and Prakash Chandra Sahoo of JNU besides its chief proctor Dhananjay Singh. The fourth professor is DU's Abhinav Prakash, a former JNU student.
'If Any Criminals in AAP, Put Them Behind Bars': Dy CM Manish Sisodia to BJP over Induction of Shoaib Iqbal
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said the Delhi Police has been under the Centre for the past six years and if Shoaib Iqbal has committed any crime then he should be arrested and put in jail.
TMC Tight-lipped on Prospect of Mamata Sharing Dais with PM Modi at Kolkata Function Amid CAA Protests
Prime Minister Modi will be on a two-day visit to Kolkata from January 11 and is scheduled to attend 150th anniversary function of Kolkata Port Trust (KOPT) on January 12, among many other scheduled programmes.
Digvijaya Singh Backs Deepika Padukone’s Visit to JNU During Protest, Calls RSS Anti-constitutional
Speaking at the national training camp of Congress Sevadal in Bhopal on Wednesday, Digvijaya Singh hit out at the RSS and BJP for allegedly trying to smother people's right to freedom of speech.
In Maharashtra, BJP Wins Most Seats amid Poor Show at Nagpur Zilla Parishad Polls; Congress 2nd
The BJP won just 15 of the 58 seats in Nagpur Zilla Parishad (ZP), where the Congress bagged a handsome tally of 30.
Siddaramaiah Accuses BJP of Running 'Fake News Factory' over Flood Relief
Reacting to his attack, the State BJP unit, without clarifying on the actual the amount being released, said it believed in speaking the truth and not spreading lies.
Campuses Must not Become Safe Havens for Politics of Hate, Says VP Venkaiah Naidu
Venkaiah Naidu also said academic endeavors and co-curricular initiatives must attain primacy in universities and not factionalism and divisive tendencies.