Politics

BJP denied that Amit Shah had made any such remarks on the Ram temple issue. Taking on Owaisi, BJP's media incharge Anil Baluni said the AIMIM chief is obsessed with Shah.

The minister’s reaction followed Gandhi’s support for an online petition that sought the withdrawal of Sinha’s Harvard alumni status in the wake of the controversy.

Speaking to News18 KDA chairman Prof S G Siddaramaiah said that any attempt to introduce English as a medium in the government schools would be opposed by the Authority and the academics.

The rally, which will be held to mark the "unprecedented" increase in the Minimum Support Price of Kharif crops, is being organized jointly by the BHP and the Shiromani Akali Dal and is will be held at Malout in Muktsar.

After becoming the national president of BSP in 2003, Mayawati had decided not to contest the direct polls and has been taking the upper house route to legislature both at the centre and the state.

In an exclusive chat with News18, the senior Congress leader said that the Congress was not fighting the image of Shivraj Singh Chouhan but the BJP as a whole.

The party's relations with some alliance partners, including its oldest ally the Shiv Sena, Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and Akali Dal, have been tense.

BJP leader Ram Madhav rejected reports cited by National Conference leader Omar Abdullah that BJP was working to form a government in Jammu and Kashmir with rebel PDP MLAs.

Thousands of people are expected to join the rally from various districts to mark their protest against the "injustice" meted out to the state and also demand implementation of all promises made in the AP Reorganisation Act.

The city witnessed heavy rains from Thursday night, which resulted in water logging at several places. Since the switching centre which supplies power to Vidhan Bhavan was flooded, the power supply had to be shut down for safety purposes.

The party leaders fail to explain why, despite the alleged violence, the BJP has cemented its position as the principal rival to the TMC in Bengal, shunting out both the Congress and the Left in recent times.

The Constitution Bench verdict, interestingly, has shifted the burden on the L-G when the latter chooses to interdict the will of the elected government.

Expressing resentment over Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh’s reluctance to take action against SAD leader Bikramjit Singh Majithia, Bhagwant Mann said, “Since Congress is in power, we have been continuously telling Congress to arrest him.

In 2014, the party won 15 assembly seats and one Lok sabha seat, despite the issue of bifurcation. Be it the Congress or the ruling TRS, allying with the TDP will give the parties an edge.

Polling will be held on July 16, while counting of votes and results will be declared in the evening on the same day.

Tiwary said it is "high time" that Modi gave up his "penchant for inventing historical events".