Politics

MGP president Dipak Dhavalikar said the MGP central committee would meet on Wednesday to chalk out its future course of action, which, he claimed, can decide the fate of the state government.

The former football star urged people from across India to donate to his new political party (Hamro Sikkim Party) for a clean and corruption-free Sikkim. To start with, he would gift his two jerserys signed by Zico and Luís Figo to the top donor.

Akhilesh, while addressing the new scheme, also took the opportunity to highlight the SP's government pro-poor schemes like Lohia Awas, Samajwadi Pension etc.

The AAP has been seeking an alliance with the Congress in Delhi but the grand old party has not made its stand clear on the possible tie-up.

The finance minister said the Congress has a history of betraying the people and it has been promising to remove poverty since the days of Indira Gandhi.

The PDP chief termed the upcoming elections crucial for determining the future of the state.

Union minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari says Advani’s name being dropped from the list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls should not be seen as the wrapping up of his decades-old association with the saffron party.

While the battle in Varanasi will be watched globally, other seats like Amethi and Raebareli of Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi respectively will be of equal interest to the people.

The Central University of Kerela, apparently, is the only institution in the country to implement the MHRD's order of creating a set of projects at the PhD level out of which students will are supposed to choose.

Paswan, who was speaking shortly after NDA candidates for 39 out of 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar were announced, replied in the negative when asked whether his decision not to contest from Hajipur indicated that he wanted to retire from active politics.

Last week, Gowda had said that he is yet to decide if he would be fighting the elections and had been thinking about his 'usefulness' in the national capital.

Abhay Singh Chautala's resignation comes two days after INLD MLA Ranbir Singh Gangwa switched over to the BJP.

Taking a dig at Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Shah said the "the few loose sheets" his party is citing to attack Yeddyurappa is as "credible and reliable as Gandhi's leadership skills".

Pawan Bansal was recently appointed the chairman of the Congress Lok Sabha campaign committee for Chandigarh. He had started campaigning even though there was no official word on his candidature.

BJP's decision to gamble on new faces from Nainital and Pauri parliamentary constituencies came after the sitting MPs — Koshiyari and Khanduri — decided not to contest this time.

The list also included Sujay Vikhe Patil, the son of Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Radhakrihna Vikhe Patil.