Politics

Nagar and Seth said they were inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and joined the saffron party for the government's decision to scrap provisions of Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

Madhya Pradesh forest minister Umang Singhar’s outburst came after Digvijaya Singh shot off letter to all 28 ministers, seeking report on action taken on his recommendations.

Amit Shah was in the south Maharashtra city to attend the conclusion of the second leg of the 'Mahajanadesh Yatra' launched on August 1 by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Banerjee also expressed concern over a large number of Bengalis being 'excluded' from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) list, which was released earlier in the day.

While making his first appearance on Friday, after he arrived by air from Bengaluru, the Kanakapura MLA had said he will cooperate with the ED probe. On Saturday also, he appeared before the agency for the second straight day.

The police issued an order saying that all protests which take place without the prior permission of administration would be dealt with legally and expenses incurred in dealing with such demonstrations would be recovered from the organisers.

The Ministry of Railways has envisaged corporatisation of its seven production units and associated workshops under one entity called the Indian Railway Rolling Stock Company.

The comments came after the Congress president said that her husband got a massive poll mandate in 1984, but did not use it to create an atmosphere of fear, threaten and scare people or destroy institutions.

Though the Karnataka cabinet expansion brought an end to the nearly month-long wait, it led to some heartburn in a section of the party as several MLAs continued to make no secret of their displeasure after missing the bus.

The team of about 30 CBI sleuths accompanied by Delhi Police officers reached the Jor Bagh residence of Chidambaram and knocked at the doors for a few minutes before scaling the boundary wall to enter the premises.

Soon after the swearing-in, the expanded cabinet met for the first time under the leadership of Yediyurappa on Tuesday and decided to send all newly appointed Ministers to various flood ravaged districts.

RJD leader Shivanand Tiwari argued that since there was no credible opposition at the Centre these days, Kumar should come to national politics and unite all opposition parties as he had all along maintained his secular image.

Sovan Chatterjee, who was once a trusted lieutenant of the Trinamool Congress supremo, mocked her and the party's leadership for appointing poll strategist Prashant Kishor to revive its prospects in the next assembly polls.

Former chief minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav criticised the government's latest move and said it was aimed at diverting people's attention from its failures.

BJP leader Sayantan Basu has claimed Prashant Kishor and his team members are visiting government offices and, in the name of seeking feedback of the people, ordering officers and are looking into confidential files of various departments.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said Mohan Bhagwat’s remark was uncalled for and urged him to shun his anti-quota ideology, while Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said only the RSS president could not see the discrimination.