Politics

The announcement on the seat-sharing pact is likely to be made at a joint press conference of Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and Fadnavis in Mumbai on September 29.

The Election Commission told the Supreme Court it would defer the upcoming bypolls on these 15 seats till the apex court finally decides the pleas filed by 17 MLAs who have challenged their disqualification.

Surjewala made the sarcastic tweet amid onion selling at Rs 60-70 a kg in retail with prices of petrol and pulses too hovering above or around this number.

The Congress had stormed to power in Punjab, under Singh's leadership, by winning 77 of the 117 seats and wrested power from the SAD-BJP combine in the 2017 polls.

Speaking at an event at the Talkatora Stadium in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal said in 2015 the revenues to the government from taxes stood at "Rs 30,000 crore which has jumped to nearly Rs 60,000 crore this year".

Chidambaram, a former Union finance minister, was arrested by the CBI for alleged corruption in the grant of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance in the INX Media case.

SAD's Balwinder Singh Bhunder made the remark after holding a party meeting on Monday in Kurukshetra in Haryana, where the aspirants of party tickets from over 30 seats in the state turned up.

The Vijayakanth-led DMDK said fate had played its role in 23-year-old Subashree’s death and Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu were blowing the incident out of proportion.

The elections to 90 assembly seats in the state will be held on October 21 and the results will be declared on October 24.

Bypolls to 64 assembly seats and one Lok Sabha constituency spread across 17 states will be held on October 21 and the counting of votes will be on October 24.

Haasan said the powers that be have kept people 'slaves' by calling them 'ordinary' folks, but asserted such 'ordinary' citizens create 'extraordinary' leaders.

The Aam Aadmi Party government had recently announced making metro and bus rides free for women in Delhi. It had also announced free electricity to Delhi residents up to 200 units of power.

Speculations have been rife that Vijay may eventually enter politics. The actor, however, has remained silent so far, but continues to make indirect political references during his film’s audio launches.

Diwakar Raote, senior Shiv Sena leader and minister in Maharashtra government had recently said the alliance will break if the Sena doesn't get to contest 50 per cent of the seats.

The 72-year-old former Jammu and Kashmir MLA, who was in house arrest for 35 days before being taken to New Delhi on September 9 on the order of the apex court, received treatment for chest pain.

Chief Minister Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath said a big community, including Mahadalits, was not getting the benefits of government plans.