Politics

DK Shivakumar's office claimed that the proposed statue, set atop a 13-foot pedestal, would be the tallest monolith of Jesus Christ in the world.

Officials aware of the deliberations said the Delhi Police top brass was of the view that law and order situation in the national capital was well under control and that the force was prepared for the elections.

The Trinamool Congress chief, who led a protest march from Rajabazar to Mullick Bazar in central Kolkata, alleged that students speaking against the CAA are being threatened by the BJP.

Former Congress leader Harshvardhan Patil, who switched loyalty to the BJP ahead of the Assembly elections in October, also shared dais with Pawar.

The BJP leader was reportedly made to sit in the media enclosure while other Delhi unit leaders were given the pass to go on stage from where PM Narendra Modi addressed a gathering at Ramlila Maidan on Sunday.

The Congress noted that the BJP in its Jharkhand assembly election manifesto claimed it will implement the NRC and Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said it will be implemented across the country, but the prime minister is now claiming just the opposite.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was stuck for around 30 minutes amid the protests by CPI(M)-backed SFI, Arts Faculty Students Union (AFSU), AISA and FETSU. He was escorted to the venue of the meeting at Aurobindo Bhavan after the VC intervened.

TMC supremo and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee extended good wishes to the "brothers and sisters" of the neighbouring state for voting in favour of the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that discussions about the NRC are going on and suggestions have been sought but confusion is being created. The NRC will also be implemented but after detailed discussions, he added.

The Chhattisgarh Chief Minister said many people do not possess any document to prove their citizenship as their ancestors were illiterates who migrated to different villages or states.

Addressing an election rally in Pakur constituency on Wednesday, former chief minister Hemant Soren further alleged that 'a rapist in Uttar Pradesh is resting in hospital while his victim is in jail'.

Quoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, the Chief Minister told reporters here the two leaders have amply clarified that the CAA will not affect any Indian citizen.

One bullet hit the driver's window of the SUV, another pierced through the passenger window behind the driver's seat and the third hit the rear windshield of the car, police said, but Sandip Joshi escaped unhurt.

BJP MLAs held banners of a story in Saamana newspaper. Most of the banners were the enlarged copies of Saamana page 1 of November 4, which carried a lead article about Uddhav Thackeray's promise to farmers.

Sitharaman said she was “not aware” of the events that transpired at the university over the weekend.

The party workers will have to stay overnight in the allotted villages for anywhere between five to eight times and tell people about the 'brave steps' taken by the government, including the abrogation of Article 370 and the implementation of the Citizens...