Politics

Arvind Kejriwal made the claim during a foot march in the Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency where he interacted with local residents, some of whom complained about power outages.

Observing that BJP always stands by its workers whenever injustice takes place towards them, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the Modi government would stand by them.

Factional fights have surfaced in Rajasthan Congress after the party's debacle in the state Lok Sabha elections.

Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily stressed the need for adopting appropriate strategy to keep the morale of the party's rank and file high. At the same time, there is a need to inspire confidence in the local, state and national leadership.

The former chief minister, who is also the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, said miffed party MLA Ramalinga Reddy would get an opportunity to serve as a minister during the next reshuffle.

Jagan is understood to have requested the Sharada Peetham pontiff to fix an auspicious time for the expansion of his Cabinet next week.

The RJD appears to have realised that its grip over voters has loosened and it would have to rethink its strategy to counter the saffron camp in the upcoming election.

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, whose LJP is a constituent of the 3-party NDA bloc in the state apart from the JD(U) and the BJP, however, asserted the alliance is "intact".

Criticising Mamata Banerjee for losing her cool over chants of "Jai Shri Ram", Kailash Vijayvargiya wondered whether uttering the phrase was a crime in the state.

Union minister Babul Supriyo said Banerjee was rattled by the BJP's presence in Bengal and hence, reacting in a 'bizarre' manner.

Modi claimed the West Bengal government has been providing asylum to Bangladeshi infiltrators.

Gehlot said Kataria had made his mind to resign after the party's defeat in the elections but he was convinced that the Congress did not face the rout in his area alone.

She is yet to formally take charge of the WCD Ministry. Preparation has already begun at the Women and Child Development Ministry to welcome Irani, who is likely to assume office on Monday.

Defending EVMs over allegations of tampering levelled by opposition parties during the recently-concluded general elections, BEL CMD M V Gowtama told reporters here that the "storm" created by political parties before the polls has died down.

Stressing that the Congress will rejuvenate, he lauded each of the MPs who have won this election and said they would go down in history as the ones who not just fought against a political party but also against every institution.

Parshottam Rupala and Kailash Choudhary also took charge as Ministers of State in the agriculture ministry.