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…
NEW DELHI: In a clear sign of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) greater engagement with BJP affairs, its prominent functionary Ram Madhav on Tuesday returned to active politics as the saffron party appointed him poll in-charge for Jammu and Kashmir.Union minister and party’s Telangana president G Kishan Reddy has also been appointed as poll in-charge for…
NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) move to cancel advertisement for 45 lateral entry jobs in mid-level government posts on Tuesday is the first indication that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third straight term in office is more of NDA 3.0 – a coalition government in which allies play a crucial role rather than…
NEW DELHI: In the run up to assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress on Tuesday said that it was ready to form alliance with anyone who opposed the Bhartiya Janta Party’s policies, accusing the saffron party of destroying the “communal fabric” of the Union territory.“The stand of Congress (on pre-poll alliance) is crystal clear….
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Monday rubbished claims of opposition parties that DMK would tie up with BJP. Stalin, however, was all praise for Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, who released a commemorative coin to mark late DMK leader M Karunanidhi’s centenary birth anniversary in Chennai on Sunday.“We did not insist Rajnath…
Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin with defence minister Rajnath Singh CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Monday rubbished claims of opposition parties that DMK would tie up with BJP. Stalin, however, was all praise for Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, who released a commemorative coin to mark late DMK leader M Karunanidhi’s…
NEW DELHI: Accusing West Bengal government of being complicit in destroying evidence and shielding culprits in Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital rape-murder, BJP on Monday alleged that it was being done at the behest of state chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who should resign from her post immediately.“Mamata Banerjee has become Mamata, the destroyer. We demand her…
NEW DELHI: A day after the AIADMK insinuated that the ruling DMK is covertly working with BJP under a “secret pact”, the DMK supremo MK Stalin on Monday cleared the air. The Tamil Nadu chief minister outright rejected the rumors of any secret tie up with the saffron party, saying he would never compromise on…
