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BJP parliamentary board meeting underway to pick candidate for V-P polls

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, besides BJP chief JP Nadda are among those attending the meeting.

Our schemes not freebies, but efforts to make India number 1: Kejriwal

His remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the day cautioned people against what he called was a "revadi culture" of offering freebies for winning votes.

BJP govt paid Rs 396 cr 'extra' to pvt firm in power project: HP Congress

The former Ghumarwin Congress MLA further blamed the Jai Ram Thakur government for not using the public money in a prudent way on various projects.

Kolkata BJP women cell demands Mahua Moitra's arrest for Kali comments

The Mahila Morcha members of the saffron party said police did not take any cognisance of the complaint they filed on July 6.

BJP likely to announce its candidate for post of vice-president today

The BJP is likely to finalise its candidate for the vice presidential post on Saturday in its parliamentary board meet scheduled to be held later in the day, sources said

BJP leaders remind Akhilesh about Sinha's 'ISI agent' barb at Mulayam

Maurya and Pathak shared an old newspaper clipping on Twitter that featured Sinha's statement referring to SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav as an agent of Pakistani spy agency ISI

Elected govts are toppled if they do not accept BJP's ideology: Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday alleged that democratically elected governments in the states are brought down if they do not adhere to the BJPs ideology

Yashwant Sinha arrives in Jharkhand, to meet Cong lawmakers on Saturday

Yashwant Sinha, the joint nominee of non-BJP parties for presidential polls, arrived in Ranchi on Friday to seek support of legislators and parliamentarians over his candidature. Sinha, who is a former MP from Hazaribag, was received by Jharkhand Congress chief Rajesh Thakur and other party leaders at the airport. He is scheduled to attend a meeting of Congress legislators on Saturday, and then address a press conference. Earlier this week, Sinha met AICC's Jharkhand in-charge Avinash Pande and Thakur in Delhi and discussed strategies for the upcoming election on July 18. According to Congress sources, he is also expected to meet JMM Executive President and Chief Minister Hemant Soren during the day. The JMM, which runs a coalition government with the Congress and RJD, has pledged its support to NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu. The party had initially backed Sinha, only to change its decision later after receiving flak from the tribal community to which both Soren and M

Contesting presidential poll to make people feel proud: Droupadi Murmu

As prime minister is thinking of bringing the downtrodden into the mainstream.... and they should not feel small in life, (so) I have said yes to the offer, she added.

Ex-BJP councillor joins Congress in Shimla, says was being ignored

Former BJP councillor Manoj Kuthiala joined the Congress along with his wife Shubha here on Friday in the presence of state party president Pratibha Singh. Shimla rural MLA Vikramaditya Singh was also present on the occasion. Kuthiala and his wife joined the Congress at their residence, Holly Lodge, in Lower Jakhu. Later, Kuthiala told reporters that he was with the BJP for the last 30 years. He decided to join the Congress as he was being ignored in the BJP for some time, he said. Kuthiala was elected as a councillor in 2007 and 2012 from Jakhu ward number 16. However, the Jakhu ward was reserved for women in 2017. He said if the Congress asks any woman from his family to contest the upcoming municipal corporation elections, they would abide by the party decision.

BJP MP's convoy attacked during visit to rain-hit village in Telangana

A clash broke out between a group of villagers and supporters of BJP MP D Arvind during his visit to a rain-affected region in Jagtial district on Friday

India's Muslim correction

Indian Muslims are alienated, othered, angry, and nearly disenfranchised. Their vote no longer counts and that makes us a very imperfect democracy.

Laxmikant Bajpai appointed as BJP's new chief whip in Rajya Sabha

Meanwhile, the BJP has again appointed Piyush Goyal as its leader in the Upper House.

'UP in drought grip, BJP paying no attention', says Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday hit out at the ruling BJP, saying Uttar Pradesh is in the grip of drought but the government is not paying attention. The BJP only knows how to "cling to power" with the help of "politics of hatred", Yadav said in a statement issued from the SP headquarters here. Due to the saffron party's policies, the state is slipping in every aspect of the development, he further claimed. Yadav said the sowing of Kharif crops has been stalled at many places due to lack of rains and the government's recent plantation drive has also been affected by the drought. He said the paddy crop also has been badly affected due to lack of adequate rainfall and the situation in the state is very worrying. Referring to the power crisis, Yadav said even electricity is not available in the state. In villages the electricity is not even available for 10 hours. He alleged Bundelkhand region has been neglected in the BJP rule while the entire region benefited by

Chidambaram cites UPA's rupee strengthening in 2013, criticises BJP

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday noted that the UPA government in 2013 brought back the value of the rupee from 69 to 58 against the US dollar within four months

Curbs needed on language used by BJP legislators in Bengal Assembly: TMC

Amid the ongoing debate over the use of certain words during Parliamentary proceedings, TMC in West Bengal has accused BJP legislators of using unparliamentary words against CM Mamata Banerjee

NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu set to get over 60% votes in presidential poll

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee now has over 6.67 lakh votes after the support of various regional outfits, out of a total of 10,86,431 votes

PSI scam: BJP comes under pressure as Karnataka HC makes tough remarks

Ruling BJP in Karnataka has come under pressure as the High Court categorically said that the police sub-inspector (PSI) recruitment scam is "heinous than a murder" and equated it to terrorism

BJP running Operation Kamal even in prez polls, money power at play: Sinha

Opposition parties' joint Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of indulging in horse trading in the election for the country's highest constitutional post

BJP slams Oppn on unparliamentary words' row, says it is creating issue

The BJP took on the opposition, especially the Congress, over the issue of unparliamentary words on Thursday and said it is trying to create an issue where none exists