Politics

A BJP release said Charan Waghmare (Bhandara), Geeta Jain (Thane), Balasaheb Ohwal (Pimpri-Chinchwad) and Dilip Deshmukh (Latur) have been expelled from the party.

Fadnavis said the Congress and NCP will not get the numbers required to get the LoP post. A political party has to bag 10 percent of the total number of seats to get the LoP post.

A delegation of the BJP leaders also presented a memorandum to Governor Ganeshi Lal, requesting him to direct the government to stop the “fraudulent act of changing the nomenclature” of the central housing scheme being implemented in the state.

The remark comes amid reports of Rahul's close aides in the party being allegedly targeted and senior leader Salman Khursid's statement about a leadership 'vacuum' that caused a flutter in the Congress.

He also dared India to ask China about Aksai Chin which has been 'illegally ceded' by Pakistan to the country, when it keeps raising the issue of PoK and talks about taking it back.

Earlier, Salman Khurshid had said that the Congress was taking too long to come to terms with its defeat in general elections.

Telangana Transport Minister P Ajay Kumar also warned of stringent action against private bus operators who overcharge passengers.

He also thanked Sonia and Rahul Gandhi for having given him the opportunity to work as member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).

In the petition, Ojha had named film makers like Shyam Benegal, Anurag Kashyap, Mani Ratnam and Adoor Gopalakrishnan among others.

Rajnath Singh formally took delivery of the first of the 36 long-awaited French-made aircraft acquired by the Indian Air Force at a ceremony in Merignac (France) on Tuesday.

Shah and other party BJP leaders present at the dais welcomed Singh into the party fold. The veteran leader's decision to quit the Congress came just two weeks ahead of the election.

The voting for 11 assembly states is due on October 21 and the counting for all the seats will be held three days later.

The Jhansi Police in a tweet have released a list of crimes attributed to Pushpendra Yadav, mostly related to personal disputes.

Out of 316 BDCs, election will be held on 310. Of them, 172 have been reserved — 78 for women, 48 for ST, 21 for ST women, 18 for SC and seven for SC women. The BDC polls in the state are scheduled for October 24.

Zoramthanga told Amit Shah that the people of the state are against the proposed amendment, which is aimed at making minority communities such as Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan eligible to...

Faction-ridden Congress has decided to field five-time parliamentarian Kantilal Bhuria, considered close to ex-MP Digvijaya Singh, for the bypoll slated to be held on October 21.