Politics

The 24-hour nationwide strike by central trade unions in West Bengal on Wednesday was marked by incidents of violence and arson, blocking of railway tracks and roads by protesters trying to enforce the shutdown.

Congress candidate Mahendra Dongre won the Dhapewada seat in election held on Tuesday defeating BJP nominee Maruti Somkuvar.

After five years in power, Arvind Kejriwal cannot claim to be the underdog and outsider. He needs a new narrative and a retaining wall to seek another term in office.

The Congress veteran leader also decried Sunday night attack on JNU students, saying it was reflective of the BJP's 'policy of repression that would bring further misfortune' for the country.

A purported video that recently went viral on the social media had showed more than three visitors at the paying ward of Prasad, in violation of norms.

The LJP chief made it clear that JD(U) president and CM Nitish Kumar is the leader of the NDA in Bihar and assembly elections will be fought under his leadership in the state.

There have been thousands of incidents in Pakistan where young girls were picked up, forcibly converted and married off to Muslim boys, while the police, the government and other agencies are part and parcel of the process, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi alleged.

Parminder Singh Dhindsa resigned as leader of Shiromani Akali Dal's legislative party after his father and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa joined hands with SAD splinter groups.

The body of the woman PEO of Haridaspur was found at a private guest house owned by a local BJD leader. The police registered a case of suicide while BJP leaders have alleged that she was killed after being gang raped.

Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee coined a slogan 'Ma Mati Manush' (Mother, Motherland and People) and in her recent addresses she strongly spoke up for Bengali pride. She even termed Amit Shah as an outsider.

Congress Spokesperson Manish Tewari, in a series of tweets on Tuesday, had raised several questions over the appointment of Gen Bipin Rawat as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), saying the government has started on a 'wrong foot' on the issue.

Of the 30 that went to polls, three were district panchayat seats, with the Congress having an upper hand with two wins against the BJP's one.

In a series of tweets, Congress leader Manish Tewari wondered if the CDS as Permanent Chairperson of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee outranks the three service Chiefs.

The BJP and JDU had contested equal number of seats in the general election that saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi storm to power and the BJP is reportedly of the view that the arrangement continue for the state election.

Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray expanded his council of ministers by inducting 36 ministers, including NCP leader Ajit Pawar who was sworn in as deputy chief minister.

Aaditya, the first from his family to taste electoral success, is likely to get the environment or higher education ministry.