Politics

Although introducing behavioural change towards encephalitis was successful, introducing the Swachh Bharat Mission and constructing 2.6 crore toilets as a means to stop diseases such as encephalitis was initially a challenge, according to Adityanath.

Adityanath's reaction came hours after a five-judge apex court bench hearing the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title case on Wednesday set a target to complete the hearing.

MNS hoardings carried the names of party leader Abhijit Phanse and the party's Thane and Palghar district Chief Avinash Jadhav.

Saini triggered a row last month, saying the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status will enable men from the rest of India to find wives from that region.

Amit Shah also said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should clarify whether he is in favour of the Centre's decision on Article 370.

The NC leaders said that by resorting to 'undemocratic, unethical and unconstitutional measures', the government of the time cannot muzzle the representative voice of the people of J&K.

The TRS government had refused official celebrations claiming that the real independence accrued only on June 2, 2014, when Telangana State was formed.

CM Kejriwal said that Delhi government has provided a lot of support to the people of Delhi so that they did not feel the pinch of the slowdown in the economy.

Sources said that the state BJP unit is apprehensive that the issue might snowball into a major political issue as TMC went hammer and tongs on Shah's Hindi Divas tweet accusing BJP of imposing Hindi.

In 2017, this language issue invited violent protests from the Gorkha and Nepali community in Darjeeling and adjoining areas after TMC government decided to make Bengali mandatory in all government schools.

A large number of party workers from adjoining districts are heading towards the city in support of the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. Several SP leaders have alleged that they were prevented from meeting Akhilesh.

Shivpal Yadav, the estranged uncle of SP president Akhilesh Yadav, was elected from the Jaswantnagar assembly constituency in the 2017 state elections.

Harsimrat on Monday had accused the state government of playing politics over the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev.

Hours after Matondkar announced her exit, senior Congress leader Milind Deora trained his guns at Sanjay Nirupam, who has held the post of Mumbai Congress chief and is known to wield considerable influence in Mumbai North.

The Samajwadi Party had joined hands with the Bahujan Samaj Party for the Lok Sabha elections, despite which the alliance faced defeat. Following the poll debacle, the BSP had called off the alliance.

Yadav was set to visit Rampur to express solidarity with embattled MP Azam Khan after his father and SP patriarch Mulayam Singh called for a state-wide stir over state government targeting the lawmaker.