NEW DELHI: Kolkata and the adjacent Howrah witnessed large-scale violence on Tuesday as protests over the alleged rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College turned into pitched battles between demonstrators and the police.The unrest began when protestors, aiming to march to the West Bengal state secretariat, Nabanna, were intercepted by…
In a series of Rajya Sabha by-elections across several states, key political figures have been elected unopposed, securing seats in the Upper House without contest. The elections, which took place following the resignation of previous incumbents who were elected to the Lok Sabha, saw candidates from the BJP and NDA emerge victorious across Rajasthan, Madhya…
NEW DELHI: Tejasvi Surya, a member of Parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National President of the party’s youth wing, BJP Yuva Morcha, took the wheel of a tractor in Jhajjar, Haryana, today. During the event, Surya emphasised the significance of youth participation in politics, referencing Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Independence Day…
NEW DELHI/JAMMU: BJP‘s campaign for J&K elections got off to an awkward start with the party having to prune the list of its candidates after protests over selections and omissions.The party had released a list of 44 candidates for the three-phase election to 90 assembly seats in J&K, but withdrew it after a few minutes…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday released the first list of 44 candidates for the upcoming J&K assembly elections, a day after the party’s top brass led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting over the names. However, in a rare turn of events, the party was forced to withdraw the original list and…
NEW DELHI: Five Aam Aadmi Party councillors in the MCD switched their allegiance to the BJP on Sunday. BJP leaders believe this development will enhance their prospects in the forthcoming standing committee elections.The councillors who joined BJP are Ram Chander from Shahbad Dairy (ward 28), Pawan Sehrawat from Bawana (ward 30), Mamata Pawan from Harkesh…
BJP on Sunday said that implementing UPS was a commendable and meaningful decision as PM Narendra Modi has always taken keen interest in issues concerning central govt employees and had set up the Somanathan Committee to address them.“Modi govt makes decisions with thoughtful consideration, avoiding temporary measures. Every decision made by it is in public…
GURGAON/CHANDIGARH: BJP and INLD have urged the Election Commission in separate letters to consider deferring the Oct 1 assembly polls in Haryana for a better turnout.State BJP president Mohanlal Badoli wrote to the poll panel on Thursday and INLD’s Abhay Chautala on Saturday, pointing out that many voters might give the election a miss because…
SRINAGAR: BJP has positioned itself to defend the “rights granted to marginalised communities in J&K”, as a joint manifesto by the Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance for the assembly polls promised revisions and rollback of the reservation policy for ST/SC and other backward classes (OBC) instituted after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the…
NEW DELHI: Former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren, who is on his way out of the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) after alleging “insult and humiliation” by the party, on Wednesday said he will not retire from politics and is ready to chart a new path, either by forming an organisation or by joining hands…
