Politics

The senior BJP leader accused the Naveen Patnaik government of having destroyed democracy in the state by introducing "officer raj" and asserted that his party would fight the BJD in the state Assembly and Lok Sabha polls due next year.

Many believe that the Congress party, unnerved with ‘sizable’ response to saffron party rallies and public meetings in tribal pockets this year, can’t just rely on the tribal vote bank to make their return to power this time.

There could be a doubling of overdraft facility to Rs 10,000 under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) account holders as part of the government's effort to fund the unfunded, sources said.

Even in an election with a foregone conclusion, one puts up a fight. For the BJP, no election is small enough while for the Congress, almost every elections becomes a matter of triviality.

JD(U)'s Harivansh, the joint ruling NDA candidate, was elected as Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman on Thursday, defeating UPA nominee BK Hariprasad by 20 votes.

Jaitley is the leader of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha and therefore the leader of the House.

Mincing no words, he said that 2019 would be fought on the same Hindutva agenda and on the issue of Ram Temple.

Differing from Rane, Chodankar highlighted the achievements of Goans abroad and said they have enriched India as well through valuable foreign exchange remittances.

Nitish Kumar said this in response to the Opposition demand for the resignation of Verma in the wake of sexual abuse of girls at a state-funded shelter home in Muzaffarpur.

In an apparent reference to the state government's decision to waive power bills of the poor, Chouhan said he was a "madari" whose "Damru" (pellet drum) works wonders and it could turn electricity bills of the people to "zero".

Belonging to a family of farmers and educated till Class 10, the 36-year-old BJP corporator Rahul Jadhav used to drive a six-seater auto-rickshaw between 1996 and 2003 to make ends meet.

With IPPB in place, people in rural area will be able to avail digital banking and financial services, including money transfer, to any bank account either with help of mobile app or by visiting a post office.

Pawar said that Pakistan, before partition, was a part of India and people who lived there were Indians.

Activists of the BJYM and the BJP also registered their protest with an official of the Jharkhand Irrigation Department, who said that "a contractor from West Bengal was engaged to paint the dam.

The cricketer-turned-politician asserted he was answerable to the people who did not vote for "us" to become "deaf and dumb".

Amar Singh indicated he supported Prime Ministe Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and not the "bua" (BSP supreme Mayawati) or the babua (SP chief Akhilesh Yadav).