Politics

Dhankhar had previously said that as the constitutional head of the state, he had given his suggestions and hoped it would be incorporated in his speech. Soon after, the government said whatever has been sent is the final text.

Countering Dhankhar, state Agriculture Minister Ashish Banerjee said it was 'unfortunate' that the Governor was making the remarks without being fully aware of the issue.

Congress’ media cell in-charge Shobha Oza said lynching, as a tradition, has been introduced by the BJP and the latest incident in Dhar is an example of the same.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has 'panicked' as he feels that this time the BJP may not win more that the three seats it had won in the 2015 Delhi assembly polls, the Congress leader said.

BSP candidate Narayan Dutt Sharma was returning to his home in Badarpur after a party meeting. Three men stopped his car and beat him up, a senior police official said.

Modi said a year after signing the Nehru-Liaqat pact, Nehru had said, on the floor of the Lok Sabha, those who have come to India after facing persecution need to be given space here and if any law obstructed that process, it needed to be changed.

Responding to a specific question on the movement of data protection legislation that was taking time, Ravi Shankar Prasad said time must be given for parliamentary deliberations and added that 'what comes out, will be good'.

Addressing a Delhi election rally, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ongoing job crisis.

The EC has filed an affidavit in the apex court in pursuance to the top court's April 12 last year direction asking the political parties to furnish all details of funds received through electoral bonds to the the poll panel in a sealed cover.

Congress MLA Shakil Ahmad Khan, who has been accompanying the CPI leader since the commencement of the tour, blamed 'negligence on part of the police and the administration' for the incident.

At a press conference, Delhi Congress chief Subhash Chopra cited the voter identity card number of the accused and sought a probe into the matter by a government agency.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in the Lok Sabha the formation of a trust to construct a Ram temple in Ayodhya, as directed by the Supreme Court in its landmark verdict.

The Delhi chief minister's statement came a day after Baisala's family refuted the police's claims, with the shooter's uncle questioning the veracity of the released photographs.

In a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Banerjee said unlike the PM, who "calls himself a 'chowkidaar' (watchman) only during polls", she takes care of people and attends to their problems round the year.

The Assembly accepted the decision of its Business Advisory Committee not to discuss the notice for the resolution moved by Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala, seeking removal of the governor over his stand on the CAA.

A former student from Bangladesh, who created the poster, said Vice Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty's brand of "muscular politics" is creating instability on campus.