NJP vice president Khem Nath Acharya visited India & met BJP chief J.P. Nadda and other leaders earlier this month. In an interview, he speaks about party & its roots in Sangh ideology.
Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol, with 18% attendance in Lok Sabha, downplays his absence, saying he was dismayed by the ‘behaviour’ of MPs cutting across party lines.
BJP released its first list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh earlier this month, covering 39 seats where it sees itself as weak. The party lost 38 of these in the 2018 election.
Congress president Kharge also announces loan waivers for farmers, Rs 1,500 as aid for women, free power up to 100 units & cylinders at Rs 500 apiece if voted to power.
On Monday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta made a sudden appearance before SC bench hearing petitions against Bihar caste survey, and sought permission to file affidavit on behalf of Modi govt.
Aiyar, whose autobiography ‘Memoirs of a Maverick’ was released Monday, says he won’t leave Congress but laments party’s drift from ‘secularism of Gandhi & Nehru kind'.
In statement released to media Monday, Congress government in Karnataka cited exclusive rights over ‘state-specific subject’. BJP says NEP shouldn’t be made a ‘political event’.
In West Bengal, Left is in a dead heat with Congress for the wooden spoon; Maoism in the tribal heartland has been entombed; and in Kerala, the Left fights double incumbency.
Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.
CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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