Lok Sabha

BSP member takes oath in LS

4:33 pm January 31, 2020

New Delhi: Atul Rai of the Bahujan Samaj Party took oath as member of Lok Sabha on Friday after he was granted parole by the Allahabad High Court for the purpose. He took oath soon after the House met after the President’s Address to joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament on day one of […]

BJP supports Thackeray govt's decision to impose weekend lockdown in Maharashtra

Maharashtra phone tapping row hots up; Fadnavis rejects charge

11:58 pm January 24, 2020

Mumbai: A political slugfest broke out in Maharashtra over Home Minister Anil Deshmukh’s allegation that phones of Congress-NCP leaders were tapped by the previous BJP regime during 2019 Lok Sabha and Assembly polls as ex-chief minister Devendra Fadnavis rejected the charges on Friday. A day after Deshmukh made the sensational claim and ordered a probe, […]

Gujarat: AIMIM backs Independents, denies BJP power in Godhra

BJP claims police denied permission for its events, but allowed AIMIM, others

8:35 pm January 23, 2020

Hyderabad: The BJP on Thursday alleged that police denied permission for events proposed to be organised here by it, while allowing the programmes of AIMIM and Muslim organisations. A BJP delegation led by Telangana unit chief K Laxman met Hyderabad police commissioner Anjani Kumar and appealed to him not to give permission for a rally […]

Shirdi bandh to be withdrawn from Sunday midnight

12:21 am January 20, 2020

Shirdi: Residents of Shirdi in Maharashtra will call off from Sunday midnight the day-long bandh, observed in the temple town amid a row over the birthplace of 19th century saint Saibaba. Leaders representing the Shirdi residents said that the decision to call off the shutdown was taken at a ‘gram sabha’ on Sunday evening in […]

Shirdi residents 'satisfied' after meeting Thackeray

Shutdown in Shirdi over Saibaba birthplace row

2:11 pm January 19, 2020

Shirdi: Shops and eateries were shut and vehicles remained off roads in Maharashtra’s Shirdi temple town on Sunday, while an MP of the ruling Shiv Sena also extended support to the bandh called over a controversy on the birthplace of 19th century saint Saibaba. The controversy erupted after Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav […]