Politics

After releasing the 20th volume of the Marathi Vishwakosh (encyclopedia), the senior Maharashtra state BJP Minister said, "If Marathi speakers insist, then any shopkeeper will make his staff use Marathi."

"From the first day, BJP has been very confident of winning Assembly polls. From January 14, our candidates will start filing nominations," Delhi BJP in-charge Praveen Kapoor said.

Polls were necessitated in the national capital as the term of President's Rule was due to expire in February.

Uddhav, an avid photographer, is holding as exhibition after a gap of 11 years.

The court, which turned down the plea for stay of the notification till January 13, agreed to issue notice to the CEO's office seeking its reply on the interim application of petitioner Naresh Kumar.

Centre on Friday recommended Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir after the major parties failed to form government in in the state.

The saffron party plans to press into service 28 raths (chariots) and by the month end they want to increase the figure to 70.

This road show will be undertaken by party candidates on Januray 3 and 4 and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal will not participate in these rallies.

Governor has set January 19 deadline for formation of government in the state and BJP will not take any step in haste.

Kejriwal defeated three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit in 2013 in the constituency by over 26,000 votes.

National Conference's Davinder Singh Rana won the Nagrota Assembly seat of Jammu district by a margin of 4048 votes.

Even though the Bharatiya Janata Party was riding high on the Narendra Modi wave, it failed to attain its 'Mission 44+'.

However, PDP spokesperson Naeem Akhtar also added that PDP will need the support of all to run the government.

When asked whether the winter session of Parliament could be extended, Naidu said the government's priority is that the Bills should be passed.

Bhagwat's comments came after BJP said it did not support forced religious conversions and called for an anti-conversion law.

While addressing a public rally at Sonale in Bhiwandi on March 6, Rahul had alleged it was "RSS people" who had killed Mahatma Gandhi.