Politics

The Cabinet on Saturday approved the ordinance, amid a nation-wide outrage over cases of sexual assault and murder of minors in Kathua in Jammu region and Surat in Gujarat, besides the rape of a girl in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao.

BJP general secretary P Murlidhar Rao, who is in-charge of Karnataka, asked whether "Siddaramaiah was scared about winning Chamundeshwari seat in" Mysuru.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maliwal mentioned her six demands, which included the passage of the ordinance, recruitment of police personnel as per the United Nations standards and fixing accountability of the police force.

"I am a BJP worker, I was a BJP worker and will continue to remain a BJP worker. I have not thought about it (joining active politics), as the court judgment came only on Friday. I am a party worker and will continue to remain so," Kodnani said.

Addressing a public gathering in Raebareli, the Parliamentary constituency of Sonia Gandhi, BJP president Amit Shah alleged that the Nehru-Gandhi family has not done anything for the people of Raebareli and Amethi.

In the next nine months, Chandrababu Naidu will wait and watch and build his campaign against the Dilli Durbar.

Other kinds of freebies and gifts like sarees, laptops, household goods like helmets, cookers and mixer-grinders have also been seized and are estimated to be worth over Rs 19 crore.

There have been deep divisions within the party on pre-poll tie-up with the Congress in an effort to mobilise a larger coalition against the BJP.

Former chief secretary P Rama Mohana Rao was trying to shield somebody in this regard, Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami said.

The Chief Minister said there was no question of asking Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Tourism, Culture and Local Government minister, to quit.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Patnaik said the Presidential order on constitution and ToR of the 15th Finance Commission has made significant departure from the ToR of the previous Finance Commission.

The BJP is in the position to gain the control of municipal councils at Devrukh and Ajra, and in Jamner council it has made a clean sweep by winning all 24 seats.

The BJP MP chief claimed that Hindus comprised only 1 per cent population in Kashmir and they can’t even speak, so there was no question of them raising slogans to demand release for the accused.

While claiming that Karnataka has always stood by JD(U) leaders in the past, NItish Kumar cited his “Bihar model” of development to set the tone for his party’s campaign in the poll-bound state.

A statement by WBEC Commissioner AK Singh said that the communications and provisions of the West Bengal Panchayat Elections Act, 2003 were carefully perused and considered.

Referring to the incident at Ujjain on Saturday where a man threw ink on him at a local hotel, Patel said that the man might have been an "andh bhakt" (diehard supporter) of some BJP leader.