Bengaluru, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the Congress wished for talks with the government on issues like land and goods and services tax bills but it was not engaging in a dialogue. “The main role of the opposition is to have a conversation in parliament. The problem is that the BJP (government) […]
Hyderabad, The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Tuesday retained the Warangal Lok Sabha seat by a record margin of over 4.59 lakh votes. In a one-sided contest, Pasunuri Dayakar of the TRS polled 6,15,403 votes as against 1,56,315 votes of nearest rival Sarve Satyanarayana of the Congress. P. Devaiah of the Bharatiya Janata Party […]
Rajkot, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Monday declared there will be no reservations for the Patels in jobs and educational institutions. She made the announcement a day after polling in the first of the two tiered-local self government elections concluded on Sunday to pick six new municipal corporations. Patel was speaking at an election […]
Bhubaneswar, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday handed out a 3-C success mantra to students in the state saying courage, conviction and commitment can lead to success in life. Addressing a state-level students’ convention here, the chief minister said: “Three words are important in life to get success. These are courage, conviction and commitment. […]
Bhopal, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday met Ramzan, a 14-year-old Pakistani national staying at an orphanage here in the Madhya Pradesh capital, and urged the neighbouring country to help the boy meet his mother. “India wants Ramzan to go to his mother in Karachi. Pakistan will have to accept that Ramzan is Pakistan’s […]
Ahmedabad, Polling began in Gujarat on Sunday morning for the first phase of the two-phase local body elections to pick four candidates each in 572 municipal wards. Nearly a crore of the population is eligible to exercise their vote in the first phase that will see polling in city municipal corporation areas out of eight […]
New Delhi, The BJP has appointed Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Sarbananda Sonowal as its state president in Assam, which goes to the polls next year, a minister said on Saturday. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the decision was taken by Bharatiya Janata Party’s national president Amit Shah. “BJP president Amit Shah […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday “looming threat of terror” and pressing security issues will be discussed at the 10th East Asia Summit to be held in Malaysia on Sunday. Modi, who will take part in the summit, said it was being held at a critical juncture. In a series of Facebook […]
New Delhi, Hitting out at allegations over his nationality, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to arrest him if he has done any wrong, and accused him of using cronies to throw “muck” at him and his family. Addressing a convention of the Indian Youth Congress here to mark […]
New Delhi, Two days after the BJP was routed in Bihar, the party’s old guard including L.K. Advani on Tuesday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, demanding “a thorough review” of the debacle but said it can’t be done by those who were responsible. The BJP, in a statement, later […]