Ranchi: The BJP will contest the upcoming assembly polls in Jharkhand in alliance with NDA partners AJSU Party and Janata Dal (United), Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Saturday. Sarma, who is the BJP’s Jharkhand election co in-charge, said that the seat-sharing agreement with the allies is in the final stage. “The BJP…
Jammu: People in Jammu and Kashmir are looking forward to a government free of “corruption, terrorism and separatism” for peace and a better future for their children, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Addressing an election rally in support of BJP candidates at M A M Stadium here, he said this assembly election has…
Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said that Bangladesh’s situation cannot improve without India. Speaking at a government function on World Tourism Day on Friday, he said the people of Bangladesh should remember India’s contribution to their independence. “There is no point in talking about Bangladesh. We thought that flight services to Bangladesh would start…
Jammu: In a first, the Home Department of Jammu and Kashmir Government has accorded sanction to the appointment of Army Officer Colonel Vikrant Prashar from Para High Altitude Warfare School Gulmarg, as the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Training and Special Operations, Jammu and Kashmir Police. This move comes amid ongoing efforts to enhance counter-insurgency…
Bengaluru: JD(S) leader and Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday appeared before the Lokayukta police for questioning in connection with a land denotification case. “He was questioned in the Gangenahalli denotification case,” a Lokayukta official said. The ruling Congress in Karnataka last week asked the Lokayukta to expedite its probe against former Chief Ministers…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has written to the Election Commission seeking immediate removal of Director General of Police Rashmi Shukla, saying such a step is necessary to ensure the ensuing assembly polls are conducted in a fair and free manner. In a letter to the EC dated September 24, he alleged the 1988-batch…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday while politics is actually synonymous with social service, nation-building and development, in the present times, it only means power politics. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was speaking at the felicitation of Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagade. “Politics does not face the problem of differences of…
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday recounted an incident from the past where an inspector asked him to “get out” of a police station. Majhi made the remark after inaugurating the two-day collectors’ conference here at Lok Seva Bhawan. Reflecting on his experience that took place barely a month before he became…
Rewari: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday trained his guns on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, asking if he knew the full form of MSP as he underlined that the BJP government in Haryana was procuring 24 crops at the minimum support price. Addressing a poll rally here, Shah also attacked the Congress on the…
Mysuru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday claimed he was being targeted in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment case as the opposition is “scared” of him and said it’s the first such “political case” against him. The Chief Minister reiterated that he won’t resign following the court ordering a probe against him in…
