Politics

The government is acting out of political pragmatism, cognizant of the “Opposition’s designs to trigger people into an agitation” over caste issues, and does not want to derail the country’s growth story, sources in the BJP told News18

Under the scheme, women with an annual family income of less than Rs 2.5 lakh are given Rs 1,500 as monthly financial aid.

Dr Kunal Sarkar and Dr Subarna Goswami were issued summonses to appear before officers of the Kolkata Police Headquarters in Lalbazar at 3 pm on Sunday.

Champai Soren likely to join BJP, he is in continuous touch with senior BJP leaders, 5-6 JMM MLAs will also join BJP with Champai soren.

BJP president JP Nadda told allies that he was not able to give them enough time before calling for an informal meet like this, but it was important since no NDA meeting was possible during the last session of Parliament

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said despite the talk of "one nation, one election", the ECI cited "constraint on security forces" as one of the reasons for not holding polls in Maharashtra simultaneously with J&K and Haryana

Sources said the ECI was insistent on following the SC-mandated deadline of September 30, 2024, and ultimately has gone just one day over the same to conclude the polling in the state on October 1

The party plans to protect traditional strongholds and insist on seats where their candidates are stronger than those of their alliance partners

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Anurag Thakur's speech "perfect mix of facts and humour, exposing the dirty politics of the INDI alliance"

Sitharaman stated that the ceremony is an "emotional and sentimental event" for the Finance Ministry staff, who spend four days and five nights in quarantine to ensure the secrecy of the Budget proposals

Thousands of years ago in Haryana’s Kurukshetra, six people killed a youth, Abhimanyu, in a 'chakravyuh’, he said, adding that a 'chakravyuh’ has violence and fear

Opposition parties slammed the deteriorating law and order situation in the state even as DMK cited NCRB data to show that crimes had reduced in the chief minister’s regime

The reluctance of the Congress top brass to attack AAP puts not just its Delhi leaders in a spot but also helps the BJP attack Rahul Gandhi and the Grand Old Party for preferring to save the alliance

Veteran SP leader Mata Prasad Pandey is a seven-time MLA, who has previously served as the assembly speaker for two terms. He represents the Itwa constituency in Siddharthnagar district of UP

The cause for Kumar’s absence from the crucial meeting could not be known immediately

The poster was put up at the main post office square, the City Kotwali police station official said