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Rajasthan budget: Cong calls it welfare-oriented, BJP says disappointing

The ruling Congress in Rajasthan welcomed the state budget presented on Wednesday by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot as a welfare-oriented one while the opposition termed it disappointing. Congress leaders said every section has been appropriately focused in the budget. The BJP leaders, though, said it did not live up to the expectations of people. Health Minister Raghu Sharma praised the budget, saying that it is an unprecedented one for overall development. He said the budget dedicated to health will fulfill the dream of a healthy Rajasthan. Sharma said several innovations in medicine and health have been announced in the budget. We will present a unique example in the country by bringing a bill to provide the Right to Health to All. He described the Universal Health Care scheme as unprecedented from the point of view of health rejuvenation at a cost of Rs 3,500 crore from the upcoming financial year. Under this scheme, each family in the state will get the benefit of a medical ...

BJP chief Nadda to launch poll manifesto crowdsourcing campaign in Bengal

Nadda will launch an election manifesto crowdsourcing campaign in West Bengal on Thursday

PM to address BJP public meeting, launch projects in Puducherry on Feb 25

Modi will inaugurate and lay foundation stone of various development projects for the poll-bound union territory

BJP leader Rakesh Singh arrested from Galsi while fleeing

West Bengal police arrested BJP leader Rakesh Singh from Galsi in Purba Bardhaman district, about 130 km from Kolkata, on Tuesday night

Gujarat civic poll results show people's trust in BJP: Amit Shah

Shah on Tuesday hailed the BJP's spectacular victory in elections to six municipal corporations in Gujarat, terming the results as a reflection of people's trust in policies pursued by the govt

BJP supporters want to repress farmers' opposition to agri laws: Ajit Singh

Rashtriya Lok Dal president Ajit Singh on Tuesday alleged that BJP supporters want to suppress the farmers' opposition to the new contentious agriculture laws by the use of force.

Coal theft case: CBI examines TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's wife Rujira

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the residence of her nephew Abhishek in south Kolkata's Harish Mukherjee Road minutes before the CBI team landed there

Aim of BJP govt is to destroy farmers' market, says Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi on Tuesday lashed out at the Centre over the three contentious farm laws

Important to bring back BJP govt in Assam for development: Jitendra Singh

Singh on Tuesday said it is important to vote the BJP back to power in Assam in the interest of maintaining the continuity of development journey

BJP set to retain power in six Gujarat municipal corporations

The BJP on Tuesday appeared on course to retain power in six municipal corporations

Trends show BJP leads in majority of municipal elections in Gujarat

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is delivering surprising results in Surat

Centre using ED, CBI, I-T department to pull down our govts: Congress

The Congress lost its second government in a year after the Puducherry regime fell

Congress loses Puducherry as CM V Narayanasamy quits before trust vote

With the exit of the Congress government here, Punjab, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are the only three states in the country ruled by the party on its own

Restoration of sound taxation principles should be govt's next big reform

It's foolish not to tax things the demand for which is inelastic. This was the reason why salt used to be taxed till Gandhiji opposed it and the salt tax was abolished after independence

Can Kashmiris emulate farmers' agitation for restoration of special status?

As resisting the idea of a unitary state is dubbed 'anti-national' these days, peaceful protests in Kashmir will have to go the extra mile to emphasise they are not against India's unity and integrity

The twists and turns of the farm laws

While most of these need-based measures were mooted by the Swaminathan Commission, these were incorporated into the country's first-ever National Policy for Farmers, brought out by the UPA in 2007

Panchayat polls a semi-final for Adityanath govt amid farm protests

The UP panchayat polls are perhaps the world's largest local body elections, which will comprise a nearly 120-million electorate, eligible to elect the members of nearly 59,000 panchayats in the state

Loyalists rally behind Vasundhara Raje, demand she be made BJP's CM face

She's currently a national vice-president in the BJP and holds an office traditionally regarded as "ornamental", unlike the post of general secretary

By removing Kiran Bedi, BJP strikes at the heart of Congress' campaign

Kiran Bedi's removal as Puducherry LG has denied Narayanasamy a key issue to counter anti-incumbency

PM Modi to address meeting of BJP national office-bearers on Sunday

Modi will address a meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s national office-bearers here on Sunday