Politics

Rajinikanth on Sunday lauded Home Minister Amit Shah for scrapping Article 370 while addressing during the book launch of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu.

India is passing through a 'deep crisis' and needs the cooperation of like-minded people, said the former prime minister.

Saying that he has not seen such destruction in six decades of his political career, Deve Gowda said a total of 2,694 villages in 86 taluks of 17 districts in Karnataka have been affected due to floods and rains.

Ghosh asserted that not only had people voted against the Congress in the Lok Sabha polls, they had also rejected the party's dynasty politics.

Senior Congress leader PL Punia said the party would decide on a new chief after internal elections.

The CWC unanimously resolved to request Sonia Gandhi to take over as interim chief pending the election of a regular president by the AICC.

Munde has posted images of the plastic bags containing rice and wheat, meant to be supplied to the victims, bearing photographs of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and local BJP MLA Suresh Halvankar.

G Vivekananda resigned from the TRS and as well from the post of an adviser to the state government after the party denied him a ticket in the recent Lok Sabha polls.

The CWC is meeting tomorrow and is likely to select a provisional chief to replace Rahul Gandhi, who is firm on his decision to quit.

Gandhi’s statement, voicing strong opposition to the way the government went about repealing Jammu and Kashmir's special status, comes at a time when an internal rift in the Congress has come to the fore.

Former Union minister and BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya accused Rao of not paying heed to advice of engineers and experts to use adequate technology which led to huge loss of water and funds.

TMC leaders said the Lok Sabha elections this year, when the BJP won 18 of the state's 42 seats, just four less than Banerjee's party in West Bengal, debunked the myth of the TMC's invincibility.

The programme will have different sessions where the MPs will be sensitised about their conduct inside and outside the Parliament. They will also be informed on how to connect with masses on issues related to public welfare.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged that the Centre had resorted to "military might" and techniques like "psychological warfare" in the state.

While granting the relief to Mukul Roy, Justice AK Chawla asked Roy to join the investigation in the case and to be available for questioning on Friday.

Hasan, in her speech, said that the election has seen the construction of the 'most extraordinary personality cult' in modern Indian history. She also said that it turned the election into a presidential election for all practical purposes.