Politics

Party spokesperson Mangal Debbarma said the decision was taken BJP president Amit Shah did not respond to the IPFT's request to field a candidate in East Tripura constituency, reserved for Scheduled Tribe.

Former CPI(M) MLA Narsaiyya Adam in January praised and thanked PM Narendra Modi and Fadnavis for speedy clearance to a housing project in Solapur district.

Hitting out at the opposition parties for seeking proof of the Indian Air Force's action on Jaish-e-Mohammed's terror camp last week, Modi said the air strike happened in Pakistan, but 'some of those sitting in India were hit by it'.

The grand old party, which has allied with the Janata Dal (Secular) in Karnataka for the upcoming general elections, says it has conceded the Mandya Lok Sabha seat to the JDS and hence, would not be fielding Sumalatha as a candidate.

Delhi chief minster's reaction came hours after Congress’s Delhi unit chief Sheila Dikshit said the party will not enter into an alliance with AAP in Delhi.

The Prime Minister said the IAF’s attack on the Balakot terror camp, carried out in response to the Pulwama suicide bombing, should not be linked with the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Earlier, it was Giriraj Singh himself who had laid down the yardstick that those not attending the rally would be deemed anti-national.

HD Kumaraswamy's statement comes a day after Sumalatha, wife of late actor-politician Ambareesh, made public her aspiration to contest from Mandya on a Congress ticket.

Modi, while sounding the poll bugle for the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar, also paid tribute to the CRPF men killed in Pulwama and said the nation stands with its jawans.

State BJP general secretary Govind Narain Shukla, who is the convenor of the prime minister's public meeting, said, 'It will be a historic meeting in Kauhar with over 1.25 lakh people likely to attend it.'

The constituency is being given a saffron hue ahead of the visit, during which the prime minister will launch several projects in the constituency which has remained loyal to the Gandhi family for long.

The Pune Police last year arrested several left-wing activists including Sudha Bharadwaj and Telugu poet Warawara Rao in connection with the Elgar conclave held here on December 31, 2017.

Siddaramaiah also ruled out his contesting the parliamentary polls and said, he would like to continue in state politics.

Dutt, a 1986-batch IPS officer, passed away on February 19 and blamed CM Mamata Banerjee for his extreme step in a suicide note that went viral on social media.

The Maratha Kranti Morcha (MKM) will support independent candidates or nominees of smaller parties in the polls, its convener Sanjeev Bhor-Patil said on Saturday.

Shah said the people of Andhra Pradesh would seek an answer from Naidu on his remarks on Pakistan, in the coming elections.