Politics

Hari Narayan Rajbhar, the MP from Ghosi, has written to the Ayodhya district magistrate seeking a house for the deity under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.

According to sources, Parameshwara was very reluctant to give up the Home department and only did so after a nudge from Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

The journalist, who was forced to publicly apologise, later filed a complaint with the police against the Lok Sabha lawmaker.

CM Yogi Adityanath announced during the celebration held at 94th birthday of Atal Bihari Vajpayee that Atalji's statue measuring 25-feat will be installed in UP secretariat.

When the resolution was passed, neither Kejriwal nor Sisodia were present in the House. The copy that was with Speaker Ram Niwas Goel also did not have the contentious line.

The BJP had challenged last Friday's order of the division bench of the high court which had set aside the order of a single judge allowing the yatra.

US-based BJP supporters said they back Modi because they believe he is ushering in policies that will turn India, already the world's fastest-growing large economy, into a powerhouse.

Former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked the Congress minister to stop leveling baseless allegation against and instead run the government effectively.

The UP chief minister also criticised Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, saying people were flaunting the ‘janeu’ (sacred thread) for votes.

Taking a dig at LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan, Kushwaha said the Union minister realised that the NDA would not be getting any Lok Sabha seat so he secured a Rajya Sabha seat.

The by-poll became a battle of prestige between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress in the wake of the latter winning the just held assembly elections in MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

Chandni Chowk MLA Alka Lamba had said that she was opposed to party’s demand to withdraw Rajiv Gandhi’s Bharat Ratna and had even staged a walk out when the resolution was moved.

Swaraj India chief Yogenrdra Yadav was also critical of the Congress, saying it has not yet woken up from its slumber and it continued to be complacent.

Laxmi Narayan's remarks follow those of his party colleague and MLC Bukkal Nawab, who on Thursday said Lord Hanuman was "actually a Muslim". Last month, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had claimed that the monkey god was a Dalit.

Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had reigned in an era of politics of victimhood.

Vasantrao Naik Sheti Swavalamban Mission Chairman Kishore Tiwari said the BJP’s defeat in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh was the direct outcome of 'arrogant leaders' who implemented devastating decisions such as demonetisation, GST and fuel pr...