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Nadda to meet Bihar party leaders for strategy in state after BJP's ouster

Days after its old ally JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar severed alliance and formed a government with RJD, BJP chief JP Nadda is scheduled to meet party's leaders from Bihar unit

Attacking freebies: BJP's strategy against regional parties

Successful regional parties are mostly run by charismatic leaders who rely significantly on populist welfare schemes and caste combinations

PM using traumatic partition events as fodder for political battles: Cong

Congress alleged that the real intent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mark August 14 as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day is to use the traumatic events as fodder for his current political battles

Twist to BJP vs Tamil Minister row, man at centre of controversy quits

The BJP on Sunday expelled its Madurai-based functionary P Saravanan, who had an argument with Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan

UP parties welcome Bihar development, no sign of such realignment in sight

Opposition parties in UP have welcomed the coming together of the warring JD(U) and RJD in Bihar, but gave no indication of a similar realignment of forces against the BJP in the politically crucial

Congress insiders non-committal on Nitish becoming Opposition's PM face

Originally propped up by the BJP in the 1990s over the mandalisation of politics, Nitish has come a long way and is now posing a challenge to the Congress itself on the issue of leadership

Subhas Sarkar accuses WB govt of 'not allowing' him to hoist national flag

MoS Subhas Sarkar alleged that he was "not allowed" by the Bengal govt to hoist the national flag at a correctional home in Paschim Medinipur district as part of the Centre's 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav'

BJP bowled bouncer to Jharkhand, lost govt in Bihar: Bhupesh Baghel

In a veiled attack on the BJP, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday claimed that attempts to topple the Jharkhand government boomeranged and resulted in loss of government in Bihar

Wait and watch: Pashupati Paras on Nitish becoming Bihar's CM again

As Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar's Chief Minister for the eighth time after severing ties with the BJP, Paras said that in politics, new equations are made every day

K'taka minister refutes claims of CM Bommai's replacement, challenges Cong

Accusing the Congress of unnecessarily raking up the issue of Karnataka Chief Minister replacement to cover up the rift within, senior BJP leader challenged the party to name its CM candidate for 2023

Welfare schemes are not freebies, says Telangana CM's daughter Kavitha

Telangana MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha said welfare schemes for poor people are not freebies but "waiving loans of duping agencies are actual freebies"

Vice-President Election 2022: Voting, result date and other details

The vice-president of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of the members of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. Here is a list of Indian VPs so far

2024 polls: BJP plans to expand base among Yadavs, Pasmanda Muslims

The BJP has planned to expand its base among the Yadavs, Jatavs and Pasmanda Muslims as part of its strategy to win all 80 Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 general election

Thousands join rally demanding early solution for Naga political issue

Thousands of people joined a public rally organised by Nagaland People's Action Committee (NPAC) on Friday to demand an early solution to the Naga political issue. A meeting on the issue held in June at Dimapur under the aegis of the Nagaland Gaon Burah Federation (NGBF) or village chieftains, and participated by civil society organisations, tribal bodies, public leaders and intellectuals, constituted the NPAC to press for an early solution. The Confederation of Nagaland Chamber of Commerce and Industries in solidarity with the public rally had called for two-hour shutter down across the state from 10 am to 12 pm. While there was a mixed response over the call for shutter down in other districts of the state, including state capital Kohima, the commercial hub of Dimapur witnessed a massive turn out at the rally in the Super Market Complex where various leaders expressed their demand for an early solution. Armed with banners and placards saying "No Peace, No Progress" and "No politi

Owaisi targets NSA Doval, asks who are 'some elements' spreading bigotry

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday targeted National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, saying that he should tell everyone who is spreading religious bigotry in the country.

Kerala Minister calls out Ashwini Vaishnaw for 'playing cheap politics'

Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty on Friday slammed Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for abruptly calling off a meeting with him and two of his Cabinet colleagues

Shinde govt completes a month in office, no sign of cabinet expansion yet

Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, which came to power after high political drama, is completing one month in office but there is still no clarity on when the cabinet expansion will take place

Congress warns of consequences if interim president Sonia Gandhi 'harmed'

Amid protests over Sonia Gandhi's appearance for her third round of questioning with ED, Congress leader Yashomati Thakur warned of consequences if the party supremo is "harmed"

'Unkind act': Chidambaram slams govt for GST hike on scientific equipment

Criticising GST hike on scientific equipments, P Chidambaram said government believes that all the scientific knowledge that we need can be gathered by gazing at the sky and re-imagining our past

Bajrang Dal writes 'Haj house' on Gujarat Cong office wall, posters defaced

Some Bajrang Dal workers scaled the walls of Congress office Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan here and wrote "Haj house" on it