Leaders like Ram Niwas Rara, Tarlochan Singh and Bishan Lal Saini are among those who have joined BJP. More than 30 local-level party leaders have also quit the party & joined BJP.
Most MPs & lone MLA who quit BRS will contest LS polls as Congress & BJP candidates. Analysts say BRS is yet to recover from loss in Telangana state elections in November last year.
Congress has suffered biggest setback, having lost four of its 17 MLAs, while AAP has lost one. Some of the defectors have joined the ruling BJP while others plan to do so.
AAP Uttarakhand chief Deepak Bali joined BJP Tuesday. Kejriwal’s 'silence on Hanuman idol being broken and Hindu woman's murder by fanatics in Pakistan' among reasons for quitting AAP.
With Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur election results being declared, even the slightest change can rock the boat beyond salvation.
Since July, Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa has not been able to meet PM Modi & Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss cabinet expansion, indicating a rocky relationship between them.
Home Minister Amit Shah took a dig at the opposition in Maharashtra Monday saying that "if the BJP opens its door completely, except Sharad Pawar and Prithviraj Chavan, no one will remain in their respective parties".
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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