Politics

The defence minister said mediation on the Kashmir issue was ruled out as it is a question of national pride for India.

Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai said the 10 Congress MLAs committed 'political suicide' only to get three GFP legislators removed from the Sawant-led cabinet.

Till now, OBCs have 14 per cent reservation in government jobs and state educational institutions. Ahead of the Assembly polls, the Congress had promised to raise the same to 27 per cent.

Several Congress leaders in the state have demanded a detailed probe into the scam that took place during the tenure of the previous BJP government.

Goa Congress MLA Luizinho Faleiro added that gradually, the state will become the 'sex capital of India and then drugs capital of India'.

Eleven Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors have moved the high court claiming that they were prevented from participating in a no-confidence vote at Bongaon municipality with a 22-member board.

BJP leader Muralidhar Rao alleged that the act of Karnataka Minister DK Shiva Kumar of Congress in going to meet the rebel MLAs in Mumbai amounted to undue influence, horse trading and negotiation.

Kerala Governor said, "I join the nation in congratulating the scientists of the Indian Space Research Organization for the successful launch of Chandrayan-2."

Hitting out at the Election Commission for sending a notice and seeking to know why the TMC's recognition as a ‘national party’ status should not be withdrawn, Mamata Banerjee said her party did not need the EC's mercy.

Elaborate security arrangements were in place to ensure fair and peaceful polling in 309 polling stations. The state police and central armed police force had been deployed for the purpose, the collector said.

Kishor's workers from his Indian Political Action Committee (IPAC) will reportedly mingle with the crowd to understand the public mood before they come up with a 'political strategy' for the 2021 polls.

Punjab Congress leaders described his decision to quit the cabinet as a 'mistake' but they hoped the former cricketer would continue to be a part of the Congress.

On the day when the Congress general secretary was detained and kept at Chunar guest house in neighbouring Mirzapur district, delegations of other political parties were allowed to visit the Sonbhadra village and meet the victims.

Gandhi refused to furnish a personal bond and stayed put at a guesthouse in Mirzapur district where she was taken after she squatted on the road with her supporters, insisting she be allowed to proceed and meet the victims' families.

'Everybody knows that during elections BJP got Rs 2000 crore in its back accounts. It is not clear who gave it the money and everyone wants to know its source. Is it benami', said Mayawati.

Akash Vijayvargiya, the son of senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, assaulted an official of the Indore Municipal Corporation on June 26 during an argument over demolition of a dilapidated building.