Politics

The saffron party also pledged to provide financial assistance to high school students hailing from backward and poor families.

AIMIM spokesperson Asim Waqar said a mega rally would soon be organised at the Brigade Parade ground in Kolkata where Owaisi will deliver his speech and officially announce the launch of the AIMIM in Bengal.

Though there was no official word on what transpired in the meeting, the leaders are believed to have deliberated on the Maharashtra situation.

BJP national spokesperson Nalin Kohli also asserted that 'no judicial pronouncement on issues of the Constitution can be a setback to any political party'.

BJP leader Rao Saheb Danve said the party had the numbers and would successfully prove majority after the SC ordered floor test.

Sombir Sangwan has been appointed as the chairman of Haryana Livestock Development Board while Nayan Pal Rawat has been made the chairman of Haryana State Warehousing Corporation.

In his complaint, Thomas stated that he is concerned and anxious over social media reports claiming that Rahul Gandhi has gone missing.

This was the first time since the surprise oath-taking ceremony held on Saturday morning that the numbers claimed by Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were placed in public domain.

Ajit Pawar’s decision to finally break away from his uncle, NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar, to join the BJP-led government in the state, is also being seen as a byproduct of the turf war within the NCP for the inheritance of Sharad Pawar’s political legacy.

Apart from old-age-related illness, Goswami was also suffering from a lung infection for which he was admitted to the Chennai hospital where he breathed his last.

Ajit Pawar spent Saturday at his brother's home in Mumbai even as his uncle and NCP chief Sharad Pawar attended a party meeting where most of the NCP MLAs were present.

Former Lok Sabha Secretary General PDT Acharya says the only away the BJP-Ajit Pawar government can escape the anti-defection law is by posing the NCP as a whole unit.

In a dramatic turn of events, Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the chief minister for a second term with the support of senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who sworn in as deputy CM early morning.

Sharad Pawar earlier came out strongly against his nephew and said Ajit's decision to support the BJP was his personal decision and not that of the NCP.

The BJP, with two MLAs in the state Assembly, is part of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government led by National People's Party president Conrad K Sangma and supported by regional parties.

Shiv Sena MLA Abdul Sattar, who represents the Sillod assembly constituency in Aurangabad district, warned former ally BJP against poaching or purchasing the elected representatives.