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Senior Cong leader files complaint against Vijayvargiya on Agniveer remark

Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member V Hanumanth Rao filed a complaint against BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya for his remark to employ Agniveers for security at the party office

Maha crisis: Shinde urged Thackeray to renew ties with BJP: Sena leader

Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde had on Monday urged Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to renew the party's alliance with the BJP, a senior Sena leader claimed

Conspiracies were on to topple Opposition govts: Gehlot on MVA crisis

"I am hearing of the conspiracy that was done in Maharashtra. The MLAs have been taken to Surat. This is their (BJP's) attempt to topple the government, which has come in front of the world"

Proud moment for Odisha: Patnaik on Murmu's nomination for president

Expressing his happiness over the nomination of Droupadi Murmu as the BJP-led NDA's presidential nominee, BJD supremo, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik said it was a proud moment for the people of his state

Yashwant Sinha is Opposition consensus candidate for presidential election

The BJP has enough votes to elect its candidate but has not named a person yet.

Two candidates each of Shiv Sena, NCP, and 4 of BJP win Maha Council polls

Both candidates of the Shiv Sena Sachin Ahir and Aamshya Padavi won the election, while the two nominees of the Congress failed to secure the minimum quota of the first preference vote.

Opposition mulls Yashwant Sinha as its candidate for President: TMC leader

Non-BJP parties are mulling putting up former union minister Yashwant Sinha as a possible joint candidate for the upcoming presidential election, a senior Trinamool Congress leader said on Monday. The name of the former BJP leader who joined the TMC last year has been proposed as a presidential poll candidate by a few opposition parties and three to four have seconded it, he said. West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee has received phone calls suggesting the 85-year-old veteran leader's name and she too is now pitching for Sinha as the joint opposition nominee, he said. Earlier, the names of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah and former West Bengal governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi were proposed but all of them declined to stand for the top job. The NDA which has over 48 per cent of the vote share in the electoral college which votes in a President, is likely to also be able to garner support from some smaller parties including the BJ

BJP to organise yoga events at 75,000 places across country on Yoga Day

BJP president J P Nadda will attend a yoga session in Noida while Home Minister Amit Shah will be in the national capital.

Prophet row: Nupur seeks time from Kolkata Police to appear for questioning

Suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma on Monday sought four week's time to appear before the Kolkata Police in connection with her recent controversial comments on Prophet Muhammad.

BJP trying to create armed cadre base through Agnipath scheme: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the BJP-led central government over the Agnipath scheme, alleging that the saffron camp was trying to create its own 'armed cadre base'

Amid Congress' Agnipath protests, Manish Tewari bats for defence reforms

Going against party line, Congress MP Manish Tewari has come in support of the government's Agnipath scheme. This comes amid a major nationwide protest launched by the party, demanding its rollback.

Vote for AAP if you want peace, development; BJP can only quarrel: Kejriwal

People should vote for the AAP if they want peace and development, party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday while campaigning for his party's candidate in Rajinder Nagar ahead of the b

Congress, SP instigating people against Agnipath scheme: UP Minister

Uttar Pradesh minister and BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh on Sunday alleged that the Congress and the Samajwadi Party are fuelling protest against the Agnipath scheme

Vijayvargiya faces backlash over Agniveer remark, slams toolkit gang

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday alleged that the "toolkit gang" twisted his comments on 'Agniveers'

AAP says Agnipath a big fraud with India's youth, demand its rollback

Amid raging protests against the Centre's Agnipath scheme, the AAP on Sunday dubbed it "a big fraud" with the country's youth and demanded its rollback

I will prefer to hire an Agniveer for security at BJP office: Vijayvargiya

Following protests against the Agnipath scheme, BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said that like others he would prefer to employ an Agniveer for security at the party office.

Country moved in reverse direction under Congress rule: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Branding the Congress as "old currency notes, which are of no use", Assam CM Himanta Sarma said the country has moved in the reverse direction owing to the "non-performance of the grand old party"

Congress' Jairam Ramesh slams BJP after Vijayvargiya's Agniveer remark

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday took a jibe at BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya's remark that he would prefer to employ an Agniveer for security at the party office

With an eye to the future: Is Mamata the Harkishan Singh Surjeet of 2022?

Mamata Banerjee's sights are not on the Presidential election: They are on another election that will take place in 2024

India doesn't need 'selective outrage' from outsiders: Ambassador at UN

India promotes tolerance and inclusion, and deals with any aberration within the legal framework, country's envoy said, asserting that the country does not need "selective outrage" from outsiders