Politics

In derogatory remarks against Mayawati on Wednesday, Singh had said, "Mayawati is breaking the dream of Kanshi Ram into pieces. Mayawati is selling tickets like a prostitute."

The BJP removed Singh from all party posts and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley joined political leaders across party lines in Parliament in condemning the statement.

Telangana State BJP launched a signature campaign on Wednesday demanding arrest of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MP Asaduddin Owaisi.

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court rapped up the Gandhi scion for his remarks asking him to either apologise or face trial in the case.

Congress has been on the war path ever since the Supreme Court struck down the President's Rule imposed in Arunachal Pradesh.

AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Monday confirmed to CNN News 18 that former cricketer turned MP Navjyot Singh Sidhu will join the Aam Aadmi Party.

All elected leaders of the state would be made a part of the development process cutting across political lines.

Nabam Tuki too had confirmed that Khandu's entry is a move to keep the Congress party united and also that all the charges against him are "baseless".

Addressing Chief Ministers at a day-long meeting of the Inter-State Council, he asked the states to focus on intelligence sharing which will help the country stay "alert" and "updated" in countering internal security challenges.

There are hundreds of such families in Kashmir today who have lost their near and dear ones to the violence, one way or the other, and have been left at the mercy of the God, she said.

In an appeal to people of the Valley, she asked them to allow political parties find "durable and enduring ways of fulfilling their aspirations meaningfully in a peaceful and democratic manner".

Singh said "If Karnataka takes an initiative in any work with the spirit of making (building) the country, I think people sitting in Sikkim and North-East will feel happy - politicians will feel happy."

"Smriti Irani innocent mahila hai (Smriti Irani is an innocent woman) who did some good work in her earlier ministry of HRD," Prasad said while reacting to her shifting from HRD to Textile ministry in the latest cabinet reshuffle.

That's his personal choice, he has to decide the timing: Digvijaya on Rahul Gandhi.

Targeting the Prime Minister and his government on the issue, he said that the people who opposed the GST Bill bitterly when the UPA was in power were the "the present Prime Minister, Finance Minister and External Minister and also the entire BJP".

He was responding to media reports that said that Payal had approached Supreme Court against the eviction notice issued by the Jammu and Kashmir government for vacating 7-Akbar Road, which is the official residence of the state chief minister.