Politics

In a missive to Amarinder Singh, the Partap Singh Bajwa said Atul Nanda's appointment as the state's Advocate General was due to his proximity to the chief minister.

The ruling AAP has been trying to put the BJP on the backfoot over its failure to declare its chief ministerial candidate, taking a leaf out from the opposition BJP's book.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in its list released earlier this week, has fielded four Muslim candidates.

Amit Shah also sought to dispel 'rumours' of discord within the NDA in the state, asserting that assembly polls in Bihar will be contested under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Rajya Sabha member Jose Mani and son of KC (M) founder K M Mani, said that he had indeed made the request to the EC to freeze the symbol 'for the time being' to prevent the other faction from misusing it in the ensuing polls.

In an attempt to reach out to people over the Citizenship Amendment Act, the BJP will be holding six rallies across Uttar Pradesh in the coming days. The highlight of these events will be Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s rally in Lucknow on January 21.

Objecting over the saffron-clad image of the legendary poet tweeted by the Vice President earlier, the DMK said that Thiruvalluvar stood for equality.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala questioned the government's intent in favouring the private entity in violation of the defence procurement procedure, 2016.

The GFP was part of the BJP-led Goa government till July 2019 when its ministers were dropped from the Pramod Sawant-led cabinet.

Manoj Tiwari said that the party has not declared the Chief Minister candidate and this will be decided after the party wins the Assembly elections.

Duraimurugan's statement came a day after another senior party functionary, TR Baalu, said only time will tell if the DMK-Congress alliance would continue or not.

Once a close aide of Kejriwal and a minister in Delhi Cabinet, Mishra parted ways with the Aam Aadmi Party in 2018, following which he addressed multiple press conferences accusing Arvind Kejriwal and AAP of corruption.

Former minister Sunil Sharma said the people of the Valley were "satisfied" with the decisions taken by the Centre on the national interest as there were no protests against CAA in Kashmir.

The police inaction on January 5, when masked people armed with sticks and rods attacked students and faculty members on JNU campus and injured 35, has been criticised by many.

The poster had "Boycott CAA/NCR/NPR" written on it in the MLA's blood. As he had shown it to the media before the session started, the Speaker said he had seen it (on TV) and the MLA need not wave it in the House.

The Punjab electricity board raised power prices by 36 paise a unit from January 1 for domestic consumers.