KCR, Deve Gowda discuss 'topics of national importance'
Bengaluru, May 26 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Thursday called on former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda at his residence here and discussed "topics of national importance".
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National Focus 03:34 PMAAP freebies can eclipse development, growth: Gujarat BJP chief
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National Focus 12:56 PMYogi govt in UP presents state's largest Budget with an eye on 2024 polls
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Jayant Chaudhary to be SP's 3rd candidate for RS
Lucknow, May 26 (IANS) Jayant Chaudhary, president of the Rashtriya Lok Dal will be the third candidate supported by the Samajwadi Party for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections.
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Gehlot or Pilot in Raj, Cong to decide after June 10
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Congress will take a final call on the leadership issues in Rajasthan, where tussle between Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot continues, after June 10 Rajya Sabha polls in order to avoid the Punjab-like situation to hit the party.
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UP Budget to focus on BJP's 'Sankalp Patra'
Lucknow, May 26 (IANS) The first state budget of the re-elected Yogi Adityanath government on Thursday, will focus on fulfilling the promises made in the BJP's 'Sankalp Patra' for the 2022 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
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Caution against walking barefoot on Goan beaches
Panaji, May 26 (IANS) Walking barefoot on Goan beaches may lead to trouble as "tar" has surfaced on the seashore.
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RS polls: Shiv Sena selects loyal Sainik over royal Kolhapur Chhatrapati scion
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) The Shiv Sena on Wednesday formally announced the candidature of Kolhapur District party President and hard-core grassroots Sainik Sanjay Pawar as its nominee for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
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Jitin's tweet to Sibal- How's the 'Prasad'?
Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh minister Jitin Prasada took a dig at former Congress leader Kapil Sibal when the latter filed his nomination papers for Rajya Sabha as an independent supported by Samajwadi Party.
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10,000 forest right claims will be cleared soon, says Goa CM
Panaji, May 25 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that 10,000 claims of forest land dwellers, pending under Forest Right Act, would be cleared off within the next two and half years, provided there is cooperation from panchayats and other departments concerned.
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In Guj, parties mull various poll strategies but do they work?
Gandhinagar, May 25 (IANS) In the run-up to elections, as in Gujarat later this year, various theories are floated and considered by political parties on the method of candidate selection -- like not repeating nominees, a three-term bar, keeping out those above 70 will be excluded. Politicians differ on them, with some saying none may be fool-proof, while others say they do achieve one key goal.
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'We have added nationalism' says K'taka Minister on textbook revision row
Mysuru (Karnataka), May 25 (IANS) Karnataka Education Minister B.C. Nagesh while commenting on the textbook row said on Wednesday that everything relating to syllabus was being changed.
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LUTA wants action against students who attacked Prof
Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) The Lucknow University Teachers' Association (LUTA) has written a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, seeking action against the culprits involved in the "unfortunate" attacks on Dalit Professor Ravi Kant Chandan on the campus on May 10 and 18.
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Azam Khan hold meetings with Shivpal, rift widens with Akhilesh
Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) The rift between Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and senior party MLA Mohd Azam Khan is now getting wider and meetings between Azam Khan and another estranged leader Shivpal are getting increasingly frequent.
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Properties of Vikas Dubey being sealed
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 25 (IANS) The process of sealing of properties of a slain gangster Vikas Dubey and his relatives, has begun.
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No personal charisma involved in Arjun Singh's win in 2019, say Barrackpore voters
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Sukamal Chowdhury was a top level executive in the private sector in Delhi. After his retirement in 2008, he returned to his ancestral home in Barrackpore, about 30 km north of Kolkata. He cast his vote in the Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency for the first time in 2009.
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Goa govt discusses leasing out of private land for industrial use
Panaji, May 24 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday discussed the possibilities of encouraging private landowners to lease their land for industrial purposes.
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No 'love' for Chhatrapati scion, Shiv Sena fields Kolhapur leader for RS seat
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) On anticipated lines, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday shunned Yuvraj Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati and will field its Kolhapur party chief Sanjay Pawar for the second Rajya Sabha seat in next month's elections to the upper house of Parliament.
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KTR meets Andhra CM Jagan, Aaditya Thackeray
Hyderabad, May 24 (IANS) Telangana's minister for industry and information technology K. T. Rama Rao called on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and Maharashtra's minister for tourism and environment Aaditya Thackeray.
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BJP's Kamal Pushp to connect oldies with present generation
Gandhinagar, May 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party has launched the 'Kamal Pushp' programme, aimed at connecting the present generation workers with unsung heroes of the party.
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AIADMK, BJP allege TN govt trying to suppress press freedom
Chennai, May 24 (IANS) The AIADMK and BJP have come out strongly against the Tamil Nadu government led by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for trying to suppress freedom of press.
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Myanmar's humanitarian crisis
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) India has taken a measured stance on the situation in Myanmar since the military took over power in February 2021. This stance is necessitated by the need to keep in mind the China factor in ties with Myanmar and continue to keep that nation at the centre of its Act East policy.
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My father's death single biggest learning experience of my life: Rahul
By Ashis Ray
Cambridge, May 24 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was left stumped and emotional at the University of Cambridge by a question linked to his father Rajiv Gandhi's assassination on May 23 evening.
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'At engineering college, there was no girl in our class; it seemed so bad': Nitish Kumar
Patna, May 24 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday inaugurated a 504 bed women hostel in Magadh Mahila College Patna and during the programme he made such a remark that is being discussed a lot.
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Will Kapil Sibal go to Rajya Sabha again - courtesy JMM or SP?
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Congress leader Kapil Sibal, whose term as Rajya Sabha member has expired, may get re-elected to the upper house of Parliament from Jharkhand or UP, with the support of JMM or Samajwadi Party, respectively.
