Politics

Maharashtra leader Ashish Shelar called Padukone's visit insensitive and inappropriate as she met just one section of students at JNU.

Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said that he was seeking re-election so that he could continue the work of transforming schools in Delhi.

For the BJP, the rally didn’t turn out to be the way it would have wanted with two of its key allies, namely the ruling AIADMK and PMK, staying away from the event.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala also accused the JNU administration of being complicit in the violent attack on Sunday night.

Amit Shah visited homes in Lajpat Nagar and talked to people about the benefits of the amended citizenship law. He also distributed literature on the subject and urged them to go through it.

The portfolio allocation in the state has been the source of much discomfort and difference among the allies since the new government was sworn in.

The counter to Modi’s statement comes amid a chill in the ties between allies BJP and JDU, which are trying to reach a consensus on seat sharing ahead of next year’s elections amid political posturing.

The final dates will be notified by the government after the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs recommends the dates for the session.

The results declared so far and trends for the rest of seats have come as a surprise for the ruling AIADMK, which was confident of repeating its success in the recent bypolls to two Assembly constituencies in the state.

The Hindi booklet, distributed at a camp of Congress-affiliated Seva Dal in Madhya Pradesh, had also claimed that Savarkar and Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse were in a physical relationship.

Ahir lost to his Congress rival Suresh Dhanorkar from Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency, which is also the home turf of BJP leader and former state minister Sudhir Mungantiwar.

The objective of the meeting was to know each other better for better communication and smooth functioning, a senior Shiv Sena leader said.

Iltija, a Special Security Group protectee, said she had sought permission to visit her grandfather's grave in the Bijbehara area of Anantnag district.

The Defence Ministry had on Wednesday rejected West Bengal's tableau proposal after an Expert Committee examined it in two rounds of meeting, a statement by the ministry said.

Sanjay Raut added that his family had contributed to the government formation in the state and they would always be loyal to the Thackerays.

With Digvijaya Singh unlikely to give up his claim on the seat in the upper House of Parliament, Jyotiradiya Scindia might not have a smooth journey ahead.