Politics

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections won’t be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission announced on Sunday evening.

Mehbooba Mufti said banning Jamat-e-Islami (JeI) was 'undemocratic, unconstitutional and an attempt to hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims' all across.

In 2018-19, the revenue surplus for the state was a meager Rs 265 crore, while revenue deficit surged to Rs 9885 crore when the BJP government presented its supplementary budget in July 2018.

A decision in this regard was taken at BJP Parliamentary Board meeting on Friday, which was held for nearly three hours to discuss key poll-related issues.

Congress' Bengal unit chief Somen Mitra said his party won't compromise with its dignity and has its list of 42 candidates ready.

Lauding the Indian Air Force strike at Balakot in Pakistan, he alleged that Modi was politicising the achievement for 'petty electoral gains.'

Targeting Governor Tathagata Roy, Leader of Opposition Mukul Sangma said it is because of such ‘agents and leaders of BJP’ that the fight against terrorism has become increasingly difficult.

While Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale have refused to talk about the number of casualties in the air strike, Shah has said the figure is 250.

'Earlier, it was a government of Antyodaya schemes but now it has become a government of contractors and middlemen,' Amit Shah said.

Speaking at a conclave of News18 in Bhopal, Nath claimed that the Centre should reveal details and tell the public how the aerial strike was conducted, what damage it did and what was the result.

Slamming the ruling government over the statement, Digvijaya Singh dared the prime minister PM Modi and BJP ministers to file a lawsuit against him.

Rama Rao Chandrababu Naidu of using his political influence to transfer people’s personal data to TDP henchmen running a mobile app.

Citing an example of the US, which had given solid proof of the Osama bin Laden operation to the world, the Congress leader demanded that the Centre should give a solid proof for the air strike it conducted recently.

Congress national spokesperson Pawan Khera slammed the prime minister for allegedly doing politics and seeking votes in the name of the slain CRPF jawans.

If PM Modi does not come to power, people who shout 'Pakistan Zindabad' will destroy the centuries-old Assamese culture, said Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Modi also made a special mention of Sulabh International founder and Bihar native Bindeshwar Pathak, in recognition of his pioneering work in eradication of manual scavenging.