Politics

Balwan Singh was welcomed into the BJP fold by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. The BJP's Haryana unit chief Subhash Barala and newly elected MP of the party from Sirsa, Sunita Duggal were also present in the meeting.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled a seven-foot Ram statue at a museum in the city and also took part in celebrations to mark the birthday of Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas chief Mahant Nritya Gopal Das.

KPCC had issued a show cause notice to Baig for his conduct, to which he has not responded, according to party sources.

The Shiv Sena chief, Uddhav Thackeray had visited Ayodhya in November last year and reaffirmed his party's commitment to the construction of a Ram temple.

The deputy CMs will be from five different regions of Andhra Pradesh — Rayalaseema, Prakasham, Krishna Delta, Godavari and Vizag.

Police said they have initiated an investigation into the incident that occurred at Habibpur village under Ranaghat police station limits.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi conveyed his best wishes to the senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and sought his party's cooperation in the upcoming Parliament session.

Ajit Singh’s party, however, expressed hope that the 'gathbandhan' remains intact and that the Congress too joins the alliance.

Giriraj Singh had tweeted a comment along with a picture of Kumar, Paswan and Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi holding each other's hands at an iftar party on Monday.

In Tamil Nadu, a two-language formula of Tamil and English is being followed since 1968 after the DMK stormed to power in 1967 under the leadership of Dravidian stalwart and party founder C N Annadurai.

Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that the government's target is to provide pradhan mantri scholarship to five crore students in the next five years, which will include 50 per cent girl students.

SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav said he had no idea about the decision of BSP contesting the assembly bypolls and that there can be no alternative to ground work if they want to defeat BJP.

The BJP spokesperson said the behaviour of the West Bengal chief minister against those chanting the name of lord Ram has hurt the feelings of crores of Indians.

In the cabinet expansion that took place earlier in the day, eight JD(U) legislators from both houses of the legislature in the state were inducted.

Mocking Owaisi as the ‘champion of secularism’, Naqvi said that it was PM Modi who included the entire population of the country in the progress and development.

The 40-year old has been elected from Barmer, the largest parliamentary constituency in Rajasthan.