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- Bangalore
BJP MLC resigns from legislative council in Karnataka, joins Congress
Bengaluru: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party legislative council member Puttanna on Thursday joined the Congress alleging large scale corruption in the government. Puttanna said he has tendered his resignation from the council…
- India
Mamata writes to Centre seeking permission for poppy cultivation in Bengal
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has written to the Centre seeking permission for poppy cultivation in the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday told the state Assembly during the special and…
- India
‘Politics of education’ will defeat BJP’s ‘Politics of jail’ : Sisodia in open letter
New Delhi: Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday penned an open letter on ‘Politics of Education’ vs ‘Politics of Jail’ while in custody alleging that BJP’s problem with politics…
- India
Shinde faction minister needles NCP for backing NDPP-BJP govt in Nagaland
Mumbai: A Maharashtra minister belonging to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena on Thursday taunted the Nationalist Congress Party for extending support to the newly-formed government in Nagaland, and…
- India
Tripura: CPI-M legislator’s mother assaulted; MLA blames BJP
Agartala: The 79-year-old mother of a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator in Tripura has been allegedly assaulted by some miscreants who also vandalised his home at Pratapgarh in West Tripura district.…
- India
Video: ‘Wear Bindi!’, Karnataka BJP MP scolds saleswoman
A video of an MP from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Karnataka scolding a married woman for not wearing a Bindi has gone viral with many slamming the politician for his regressive…
- Kashmir
BJP’s Muslim outreach program in Kashmir receives mixed response
Srinagar: BJP’s Muslim outreach programme, which will kick off on Friday, has received a mixed response from the people in Muslim-majority Kashmir, but there is a consensus that there is a need…
- Telangana
‘Modi summons’, says KTR on ED probe on Kavitha
Hyderabad: Top BRS leader K T Rama Rao on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led Centre, accusing it of crony capitalism and “misusing” agencies such…
- India
Nagaland: NCP declares support to CM Rio, makes no reference to his ally BJP
Mumbai: Bowing to the wishes of its elected legislators, Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday announced support to Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphu Rio, but stopped short of saying whether it…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: BJP sees red over viral video of Congressman showering money on dancing girl
Bengaluru: A viral video of a Congressman showering a dancing woman with currency notes at a wedding function has put the party on the backfoot ahead of the Assembly polls in Karnataka.…
- India
TN tussle: BJP’s top leadership to reach out to AIADMK
Chennai: With BJP’s Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai slamming the AIADMK for inducting former leaders of his party and the AIADMK leadership hitting back, the relationship between the two alliance partners is…
- Chennai
TN: BJP in soup as it loses 13 of its leaders to alliance partner AIADMK
Chennai: A total of 13 functionaries from Tamil Nadu’s BJP on Wednesday quit the party to join its alliance partner the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The 13 belonged to…
- Telangana
Kavitha’s protest on women’s Bill attempt to divert attention: BJP MP
Hyderabad: BJP MP Arvind Dharampuri has alleged that BRS leader K. Kavitha’s proposed ‘dharna’ on women’s reservation Bill is an attempt to divert people’s attention from her involvement in Delhi liquor policy…
- India
Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura CM for second consecutive time
Agartala: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manik Saha was on Wednesday, sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tripura for the second consecutive term. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Vivekananda…
- India
Gujarat BJP MLA to move resolution in Assembly seeking action against BBC documentary
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vipul Patel will on Friday move a resolution in the Assembly seeking “strong action” against the “concocted” findings shown in a BBC documentary, which he…