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Jairam takes dig at PM Modi's visit, cites Nehru's bust at British gallery

'Clearly, not everybody shares the Nehruphobia of self-styled Vishwaguru and his drumbeaters,' he added

BSF trashes Mamata's allegations of scaring voters in border areas

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BSF of intimidating voters in bordering areas on behalf of the BJP

J'khand cabinet gives nod triple test to decide OBC quota in civic polls

The Jharkhand cabinet on Monday gave the nod to set up a dedicated commission to conduct a "triple test" to decide on OBC reservation in urban local body polls

BJP harasses industrialists who want to make donations to Cong: Gehlot

Gehlot also accused the BJP-ruled government at the Centre of misusing central agencies like Enforcement Directorate (ED), Income Tax department and the CBI

Bring back Modi govt to sustain pace of development: Gambhir tells voters

East Delhi BJP MP Gautam Gambhir on Monday urged first-time voters in Surajmal Vihar here to bring back the Narendra Modi government at the Centre once again to sustain the pace of development

AIMIM prez Owaisi takes dig at PM Modi over Manipur violence, China

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he hoped his foreign trip would give him enough courage to "break his silence" on the Manipur crisis

Union minister Puri meets school principals, shares Centre's achievements

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday met the principals of 25 prominent public schools here and shared with them the achievements of the Narendra Modi government.

First thing PM Modi should do is sack Manipur CM: Cong chief Kharge

Kharge said, "No amount of propaganda by the BJP and Modi government can cover up their abject failures in dealing with (the) Manipur violence"

Congress does not fear politics of vendetta: Rahul after meeting Sudhakaran

On June 23, the Kerala Crime Branch arrested Sudhakaran after questioning him in a cheating case in which the prime accused is controversial antique dealer Monson Mavunkal

TMC complicit in panchayat poll violence in West Bengal: Sitaram Yechury

"They can't say they want democracy in India and therefore, oust the BJP, and then in Bengal ... you throttle democracy. That is not acceptable," he said

Rs 60,000 cr required annually for 5 Congress 'guarantees': Karnataka CM

He said, the fresh budget of the new Congress government, which he will be presenting on July 7, is likely to be of the size Rs 3,35,000 crore

Congress claims corruption in purchase of laptops under Safe Kerala project

Chennithala claimed that laptops with specifications stipulated under the project contract would have cost only around Rs 57,000 per machine

Maha Dy CM Fadnavis dares Uddhav to release details of family properties

Fadnavis and Thackeray have been trading barbs after the BJP leader termed the meeting held in Patna last week as the gathering of parties with an agenda to save their "families and dynasties"

BJP to organise mass contact programmes in Rajasthan on Tuesday

The initiative is a part of the BJP's national campaign to mark the completion of the Modi government's nine years in office

Probe into 17-yr-old bank 'scam' under BJP rule resumes: Chhattisgarh CM

The irregularities were unearthed when Raman Singh was CM and a narco test was also conducted on the accused but the probe did not move forward and nor was money returned to depositors, Baghel alleged

Yediyurappa's protest on poll guarantee implementation a gimmick: K'taka CM

"What moral right he (Yediyurappa) has? He was the President of the party, then he became the Chief Minister, did he implement the promises made in the (BJP) manifesto? No," he said

Former Telangana minister, ex-MP among 35 BRS leaders set to join Congress

The leaders met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi in the presence of general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal and Telangana Congress chief A Revanth Reddy

BSF trying to scare voters in bordering areas: CM Mamata Banerjee

While referring to alleged shooting of villagers by BSF last year, whom border force claimed as smugglers, Banerjee said, "Police will lodge FIRs in such cases and the law will take its own course"

What is YSRTP and how relevant it is in regional politics of Telangana

The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Telangana Party (YSRTP) is currently making news as it appears the party is set to merge with the Indian National Congress in Telangana

Eshwarappa displeased over indiscipline in BJP, blames Cong turncoats

Asked whether the discipline in BJP has "gone", the senior leader blamed defectors from the Congress for the purported change