Politics

The comments by the state's Parliamentary Affairs Minister were an apparent reference to Modi gifting a shawl to his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif's mother on the latter's visit to India during Modi's swearing-in-ceremony in 2014.

The Art of Living has challenged these findings of the committee as it plans to contest these claims in the courts.

I tweeted on Bolt and his beef diet because there are allegations that athletes don't have enough facilities in India. It's not the facilities which matter. What matters is dedication.

But does the core group mechanism as a collective forum for discussion exist in the current Delhi dispensation under Modi-Shah?

A Kerala minister is in the eye of a storm over his remarks that lighting of lamps and singing of religious hymns at government programmes should be avoided.

Replying to Lalu's remark on water released by BJP-ruled states, the BJP leader said the flood was caused by the release of 11 lakh cusecs of water from Indrapuri barrage and Lalu should know that the barrage was in Bihar and not in any BJP-ruled state.

The Congress leader and film actress Kushboo has attacked the BJP for the egg attack. Speaking to News18 she said “there was nothing wrong in what Ramya has said. She did not praise Pakistan government”.

Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi will accompany the minister during the two-day visit, official sources said.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Saturday said those who consider India as their country should treat cow as their mother.

"The British Home Department file from 1942 has all the circulars from RSS. The Bombay Home Secretary said the Sangh has scrupulously kept within the law and refrained from taking any part in the disturbances of 1942," he said.

The footsoldiers of AAP, who are uneasy with the idea of an aggressive, fast-talking former cricketer convicted in a road rage killing being projected as the CM face, know they don't have much choice in the matter.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of creating differences in society in the name of cow protection.

"If you don't reach agreement on the standard rate, they cannot fix the band rates. So there is a lot of work to be done," Chidambaram said.

Quizzed about the process of choosing Rupani, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said it was a unanimous decision.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday night hailed the passage of the GST Bill. "Our government has satisfied all the concerns of the Opposition. Arun Jaitley and Narendra Modi should be congratulated for this achievement," Prasad said.

The government is leaving no stone unturned to seek a consensus and says it will address all concerns of states on GST. A 5-hour discussion has been slotted on the long-stalled GST bill in the upper house.