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Doctor's rape-murder: BJP to hold protests from Aug 28 across West Bengal

BJP leader said that on August 29, party activists will gherao the district magistrate's office in every district at noon while protests will be held outside

Don't field candidates against NC-Cong in J&K polls: Omar Abdullah to PDP

Abdullah said the NC has prepared an extensive manifesto for the assembly polls which has been copied by other parties

A chance for Adityanath to prove his mettle, once again in Uttar Pradesh

UP is set to witness bypolls on 10 Assembly seats. While BJP is looking to get its mojo back, the SP is on a high after success in Lok Sabha elections

TN politics: Can Thalapathy Vijay deliver a blockbuster as politician?

India's highest-paid actor is eyeing success in 2026 TN Assembly polls. But the plot may have many twists

Multiple poles in J&K polls: UT looks forward to representative democracy

With no local government, and with bureaucrats at the helm for the past six years, the people in the UT are looking forward to representative democracy

Chirag Paswan re-elected LJP (Ram Vilas) chief, pitches for caste census

Paswan, the Minister of Food Processing Industries, said the upcoming assembly elections in Haryana, Jammu Kashmir and Jharkhand were also discussed in the meeting

BJP conspiring to reduce UP CM Adityanath's stature: SP leader Prasad

Moreover, Adityanath has been give the responsibility of those seats, Milkipur and Katehari, where the BJP knows it will lose, the Ayodhya MP alleged

Cong should tell why its state govts have not fulfilled OPS promise: BJP

The BJP leader accused Gandhi of "bluffing" people by making false promises for votes and asked him to desist from such practice

New bill aims to destroy Waqf Board instead of protecting: Owaisi

Addressing a press conference here, the Hyderabad MP wanted Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the proposed legislation

Five AAP MCD councillors including Pawan Sehrawat, Mamata Pawan join BJP

BJP MPs Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and Yogender Chandolia and senior party leader Arvinder Singh Lovely were present at the event

My govt did more for women in 10 yrs than was done since Independence: PM

Addressing a Lakhpati Didi rally at Jalgaon in north Maharashtra, Modi also said his government is strengthening laws to provide for stringent punishment for crimes against women

Illicit drug trade not only domestic but a global challenge: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah emphasised the need to adopt four formulas of drug detection, network destruction, culprit detention and addict rehabilitation

Youth with no political background joining politics good for democracy: PM

In his monthly 'Mann Ki Baat' broadcast, he said his Independence Day call for one lakh youth without any political background to join politics has evoked wide reactions

Bigger intention of grabbing land behind crimes against women: Assam CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hinted at 'political patronage' behind the crimes, while also claiming that financial power is shifting out of the hands of the Assamese people

BJP attempting 'Operation Kamala' to destabilise K'taka govt: Cong MLA

'Operation Kamala' (Operation Lotus) refers to an alleged attempt of the BJP to engineer defection of its opponent party legislators

Mayawati slams Cong, SP's double standards, rules out future alliances

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief blasted the Congress for not honouring BR Ambedkar with the Bharat Ratna

Unified Pension Scheme: U in UPS stands for Modi govt's U-turns, says Cong

Congress's swipe came a day after the Union Cabinet approved an assured pension of 50 per cent of salary for those who joined the service after January 1, 2004

TMC's O'Brien urges Sitharaman to withdraw 18% GST on insurance premiums

O'Brien, in a letter, demanded that the GST on health and life insurance premiums be withdrawn at the 54th meeting of the GST Council

Proverbial ostrich: Cong slams govt over unprecedented decline in wages

Jairam Ramesh pointed out that several surveys and data have demonstrated financial distress among working class Indians

Bhupender Yadav responds to Jairam's concerns over Great Nicobar project

Yadav noted that despite the diversion of forest land for the project, 82 per cent of the Great Nicobar area remains under protected forests