Politics

Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday demanded that the Centre take a 'courageous decision' to bring in a law to build a Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

The Congress has upped the ante against the Narendra Modi government after the economy hit a six-year low growth rate.

As per the anti-defection law, a group of two-third or more MLAs of any party can switch over to another party without incurring any disqualification.

TRS working president and state minister KT Rama Rao unfurled the national flag at the TRS Bhavan here and paid floral tribute to martyrs.

Vijayvargiya claimed that the TMC supremo was aware that 'Kumar's arrest would ensure that half of her state cabinet end up in jail' in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chitfund scam.

Former Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam told that Ramesh has extended his support to citizens opposing axing of a large number of trees in the sprawling green belt for the metro car shed project.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that they will implement NRC in the state and have sought retired Justice HS Bhalla's support and suggestion.

Sena leader Sanjay Raut also observed that democracy will fall apart if anyone tries to simplify the art of politics by breaking parliamentary etiquettes, and added absence of opposition makes politics arbitrary and unilateral.

The announcement came against the backdrop of exodus of key leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena.

The Congress leader in a tweet said that it is important to remain focused on the 'ball' or one will end up 'blaming maths and Ola-Uber'.

In the recent years, clashes between two groups, one supporting the YSRCP and the other supporting the TDP, have kept the village on edge.

A video uploaded on Twitter showed Khattar, standing on a vehicle, receiving gifts from supporters. While one of them offered him an axe, another attempted to place the crown on his head after which the chief minister admonished him.

Gujarat MLA and activist Jignesh Mevani described the Speaker's comments as "a celebration of caste system" and demanded his apology.

Nityanand Rai, who is considered to have played a key role in BJP's victory in Bihar in the Lok Sabha polls, said India was witnessing a strong financial growth that would help achieve a $5-trillion economy over the next few years.

Describing Jaitley as a 'very close friend', Modi said he was a 'stalwart blessed with so much talent'.

While dynastic politics is not new to Maharashtra, neither is political rivalry within such families, including that of the Thackerays (Raj Thackeray broke out of the family to form the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena).