Politics

An alarmed AAP, which has to face a very crucial election in Delhi in another six months, has openly supported the BJP’s abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A.

Adityanath took over the reins of the state in March 2017, and this will be the first expansion of his ministry.

Assembly polls in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand are slated for later this year. The BJP had fought the 2014 assembly polls in the three states without projecting a chief ministerial face and announced its picks only after the results were declared.

The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress was prevented from addressing a press conference on Friday as police detained its chief spokesperson and former MLC Ravinder Sharma at the party headquarters in Jammu.

After saying that the decision to scrap Article 370 was taken in the interest of the country, Sithraman clarified that the decision had nothing to do with BJP's ideology.

An Alwar court on Wednesday acquitted all the six accused in the lynching case of Pehlu Khan.

In a tweet, firebrand leader Owaisi said though majority of India’s population is young and productive, the advantage will last only for two more decades.

The 91-year-old former deputy prime minister is down with viral fever and will not be able to unfurl the national flag on Thursday.

The senior Congress leader, who has criticised the Centre’s action on J&K revoking its special status, claimed that both Modi and Shah have burnt their hands with their Kashmir policy.

Gandhi said the party was extremely concerned about the reports coming in from the erstwhile state and that the government needs to tell the country what is happening there.

DMK president M K Stalin convened a meeting of his party allies, including Congress, Left and the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

The petition has been filed by Mohammad AKbar Lone and Justice (rtd) Hasnain Masoodi, both Lok Sabha members belonging to the National Conference party.

Chief Minister Jagan Reddy accepted the request from Tamil Nadu and ordered the state government officials to take necessary actions with immediate effect.

The opposition Congress on Friday slammed the government for two back-to-back orders on the criteria for assistance to flood affected people, calling it a "cruel joke".

The Bharatiya Janata Party also appointed its senior leaders OP Mathur and Bhupinder Yadav as poll incharges for Jharkhand and Maharashtra respectively.

The decision comes nearly a week after Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel disqualified rebel AAP MLA and former Delhi minister Kapil Mishra for campaigning for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party.