Politics

Referring to a Cabinet meeting presided over by the chief minister at his residence last month, the minister recalled that Parrikar was alert and sharp.

Delhi BJP leader Rajeev Babbar filed the complaint against Tharoor's "scorpion" remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said his religious sentiments were hurt by the statement.

Modi said while opposition parties were joining hands to protect their ruling dynasties, the Bharatiya Janata Party worked to change the country's destiny.

Spokespersons and those who are the face of the party on TV channels have also been asked to make the shift from studios to the streets.

Going by his track record, Naidu has been successful in placing two coalitions in power. Having thrown his hat in the ring, Naidu is now looking at completing his maiden hat-trick.

In the election manifesto released by Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla here, the party also pledged to continue with its two flagship programmes for farmers and youths.

Interestingly, some of the seats demanded by Kushwaha’s party Rashtiraya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) has set the cat amongst the pigeons. They are said to be seats currently represented by some senior BJP leaders.

Addressing a function at the district congress committee office here, the Congress leader said there was no such gigantic statue for Mahatma Gandhi in the country.

Mayawati also questioned the politics and faith behind the English nomenclature of the statue of the country's first home minister, who she said was an example of Indian culture and traditions.

“Supreme Court mahan hai (The Supreme Court is great),” Anil Vij said, using the phrase twice in a tweet that seemed to mock the apex court.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said country will never allow the BJP-RSS combine to "capture" institutions.

In the past few weeks, Rahul Gandhi has visited Kamtanath temple in Chitrakoot and various religious shrines of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs in Gwalior.

The Maharashtra chief minister said the BJP would continue the seat-sharing arrangement with the Sena in the Lok Sabha.

BJP's Sambit Patra claimed that after the humiliating defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, a committee headed by former Union minister AK Antony had said the Congress should take care of the Hindus for its political revival.

Clad in a 'dhoti', Congress president Rahul Gandhi performed 'puja' at the ancient temple, which is one of the 12 'Jyotirlingas' (special shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva) in the country.

Chidambaram’s statements come on the day when Supreme Court decided to adjourn hearing the Ram Mandir issue till January and BJP MP, Subramanian Swamy talked of bringing in an ordinance to build Ram Mandir.