Politics

At a campaign rally at Barshi in Solapur district, Pawar reminded that in the 1990s, the first Shiv Sena-BJP alliance government had started centres to sell zunka-bhakar, a rural staple, at subsidized price.

Addressing a poll rally in Buldhana district of Maharashtra, Amit Shah lambasted the opposition for opposing scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution.

HDK said that there had been a proposal from the state Home ministry during his time in office. He had, however, refused the proposal.

The Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar said that when a lemon-chilli is hung on a Rafale aircraft with the idea of protecting it from curse just like it's hung on a newly-purchased truck.

Rahul Gandhi, who appeared before a magisterial court here and pleaded not guilty in a criminal defamation case filed against him for his 'why do all thieves share the Modi surname' remarks, made the charge in a tweet.

Speaking to reporters here, Maharashtra Congress president Balasaheb Thorat said the issue of merger of two parties was never discussed, either within the state Congress, or with NCP leaders.

The Congress on Wednesday decided to boycott the J&K local body elections, the first after the Narendra Modi government scrapped the state’s special status, in protest against the detention of its leaders.

She was addressing a gathering in poll-bound Haryana's Balsamand village when she asked the people in the crowd to repeat the “Bharat Mata ki Jai” slogan after her.

The Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Mohan Bhagwat, had said lynching does not have its origin in India and sought to dissociate Indian tradition.

Thackeray said that for the alliance to stay intact, both the BJP and Shiv Sena need to exercise caution to avoid accidents, in an apparent reference to the breaking of the Sena-BJP alliance ahead of the 2014 state polls.

Speaking in favour the TMC MP, Union minister Debasree Chaudhuri who said personal choices should be respected and an Indian woman is known by her husband's faith.

Though he is yet to announce the outfit he will be joining, speculation are ride that Sampat Singh, who had a meeting with BJP leader and CM Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday, may join the saffron party.

The Supreme Court has set October 17 deadline for finishing arguments in the Ayodhya land title dispute case. However, no date is set for a verdict.

MLA from Raipur constituency in Dehradun, Umesh Sharma Kau was among the nine Congress MLAs who rebelled against former chief minister Harish Rawat in 2016 and joined the BJP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the star campaigner of the BJP, will address the first rally in Ballabhgarh in Faridabad district on October 14.

Rahul Gandhi's trip to Bangkok comes at a time when the Congress is facing revolt from two key members in Maharashtra and Haryana where elections are scheduled for October 21.