Politics

In an apparent rebuff to the chief minister's detractors in BJP, Amit Shah in a recent interview made it clear that the NDA will approach the hustings in 2020 under the leadership of Kumar and termed the JD(U)-BJP alliance as unshakeable.

Pawar also took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for attacking him during the poll campaigning.

The posters put up at the Regal Square area of the city were removed after the intervention of senior administrative officers and deployment of police in the area.

The Congress leader Sanmoy Bandyopadhyay was arrested late Thursday night near his residence in Sodepur of North 24-Parganas.

Serial blasts ripped through the city in March 1993 killing over 250 persons, after the Mumbai riots.

The veteran leader, however, categorically said that the NCP has no complaint about the abrogation of Article 370 and is also not opposed to it.

Pawar, whom Vajpayee as PM had made the vice-chairman of the Disaster Management Authority, said the BJP stalwart commanded more respect among people.

In a conversation about how he sees BJP faring in the upcoming polls in Mahrashtra, Amit Shah said the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance will get two-thirds majority.

Kumari Selja said contrary to the M L Khattar-led Bharatiya Janata Party government's claim of giving a clean and transparent administration, 'the truth is that this regime has been hit by a number of scams'.

During his visit, Karnataka CM Yediyurappa is scheduled to attend public meetings in Sangli, Solapur and Latur districts of Maharashtra.

Narayan Rane also merged his outfit Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha (MSP) with the ruling party.

CM Yogi Adityanath said that a police inspector was shot first by the alleged miscreant Pushpendra Yadav, who later fled with the cop's car. Yadav again shot at another police party that was chasing him before being killed.

As China builds a road to Kathmandu and India gets started on a rail link between Raxaul in Bihar to the Nepalese capital, Nepal has begun to see its role as a future link between India and China.

BJP's Rudrapur MLA Rajkumar Thukral said that he would never visit a Muslim home for a roza-iftar as Muslim women spit into the water served to Hindu visitors to desecrate their religion.

Mangat Ram Singhal, Kiran Walia and Delhi Congress spokespersons Ramakant Goswami and Jitender Kochar had also accused Chacko of 'leaking' a personal letter written by Sandeep Dikshit, son of former chief minister Sheila Dikshit.

Congress general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia has been reportedly sulking after losing to Kamal Nath in the race for chief minister's post after the last year's Assembly polls.