Politics

BJP's Sambit Patra asked the Congress general secretary when she would visit Kota in Rajasthan, which is ruled by her party, where several children have died in a hospital.

The demand by two opposition parties for a resolution against the CAA was turned down by TMC in an 'arbitrary manner', Congress leader Abdul Mannan said after the one-day session of West Bengal Assembly.

Congress launched a broadside against the government hours after envoys from 15 countries including United States Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster arrived in Srinagar on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the scheme, which was a key poll promise of his party YSRCP. Amma Vodi translates to ‘mother’s lap’ in Telugu.

Even now some people come and ask why I'm sitting silent when 15-20 people are ready to come out of BJP and why don't I make an attempt (to poach them), Kumaraswamy said.

The clarification from the Chief Minister came even as JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who represents the district in the assembly, threatening agitation if the government went ahead with the move.

Amit Shah attacked Pakistan for 'terrorising' Sikhs as he referred to a recent attack on Gurdwara Nankana Sahib and asked opposition leaders to open their eyes to atrocities against minorities in the neighbouring country.

He reiterated his promise to make bus rides free for others if he is re-elected. He had said this earlier in his second town-hall meeting. The meetings are part of AAP's election campaign.

Soren met his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal in the national capital on Friday and discussed the Aam Aadmi Party government's initiatives.

The greeting cards, bearing the signature of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, are being sent to intellectuals, writers, poets, journalists and social workers as well as the leaders and office-bearers of her own party.

CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said that the introduction of the National Population Register and the proposed countrywide NRC along with the Citizenship Act was being brought in to create a rift between Hindus and Muslims.

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister had on Thursday targeted the Congress over infant deaths in Rajasthan, saying party leader Priyanka Gandhi should have gone there to console the children's mothers instead of 'playing politics' in UP.

The body of the woman PEO of Haridaspur was found at a private guest house owned by a local BJD leader. The police registered a case of suicide while BJP leaders have alleged that she was killed after being gang raped.

Firebrand BJP leader Giriraj Singh said that children who attend missionary schools have successful careers but when they go abroad, they eat beef, which is why shlokas from the Gita and Hanuman Chalisa should become part of their curriculum.

Taking to Twitter, Priyanka Gandhi cited a media report that quoted a Banaras Hindu University student as saying that in the 365 days of 2019, Section 144 was imposed in Varanasi town for 359 days.

Congress leader Ahmed Patel hoped that 2020 will see a resurgence and coming together of "pro-Constitution and pro-India forces and defeat this government's anti-Indian policies".