Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has also questioned the government’s commitment, raising a similar concern & calling the exercise 'just another BJP gimmick'.
However, Kerala CM Pinarayi, who lauded award to actor Mammootty at the State Film Awards ceremony, was silent on Padma Vibhushan awarded posthumously to veteran communist leader.
13 Padma awards went to Tamil Nadu followed by Bengal, 11, Kerala, 8, & Assam, 5. All these states are headed to polls & so is Puducherry which had one personality in the list.
Nepotism, absent leadership and cadre erosion see Shinde's Sena reduced to MMR in municipal polls while BJP captures urban Maharashtra with superior organisation and funds.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday pitched a BJP–NDA double engine government for Tamil Nadu, drawing a sharp rebuttal from Chief Minister M. K. Stalin.
EPS & OPS have been politically estranged since their leadership tussle after Jayalalithaa's death. Over the years, EPS consolidated control of AIADMK, with OPS being sidelined.
PM Modi began the BJP-led NDA’s assembly election campaign in Thiruvananthapuram, linking the party’s recent civic victory in the state capital to what he called growing public trust in the BJP.
Row that erupted after ‘Shankaracharya’ of Jyotirmath & his followers were prevented by UP govt from taking holy dip at Sangam on Mauni Amavasya refuses to die.
With several corporations throwing up fractured mandates & an intense tug-of-war for power, especially among Mahayuti allies, hectic parleys are on to stake claim to urban local bodies.
Sometimes, we end up embroidering the truth as we overthink and overanalyse a fastidious lady’s personal wardrobe preferences for significant occasions.
Two sides also announce signing of a Security & Defence Partnership, launch negotiations for an intelligence sharing agreement & explore India’s addition to Horizon Europe programme.
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
Who knows, Atishi might follow in the footsteps of Champai Soren.
After all, she started off as a member of the YoYa-Bhushan coterie but has managed to become the favourite of Kejriwal. Such volte-faces come natural to her.
Who knows, Atishi might follow in the footsteps of Champai Soren.
After all, she started off as a member of the YoYa-Bhushan coterie but has managed to become the favourite of Kejriwal. Such volte-faces come natural to her.