Politics

Benchmark Sensex of Bombay Stock Exchange suffered its worst rout in around 15 months on Thursday as the Budget proposals on taxing equities torpedoed investor sentiment.

The ruling Biju Janata Dal suspended the MP from Kendrapara for alleged anti-party activities on January 24 and yesterday asked to resign from the Lok Sabha on moral and ethical grounds.

The organisations are angry with the Centre’s alleged disinterest resolving the dispute with neighbouring state of Goa.

"The state government's directive is not binding upon the school as it does not come under the state. Vyasa Vidya Peethom is a private school and follows CBSE curriculum," Krishandas said.

The book titled ‘Mere Deendayal’ was distributed during a quiz programme organised by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM).

Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Saturday accused the government of squandering the windfall gains, reaped through "massive taxation" on petrol and diesel, in "wasteful expenditure".

Targeting the BJP-led state government, All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev questioned whether the NDA government's slogan of 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' was merely a 'jumla' (gimmick).

What could be the biggest political twist in Telangana politics, the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi may soon have a new political opponent in Telangana Joint Action Committee ahead of the 2019 assembly elections.

Karnataka Congress Working President Dinesh Gundu Rao said that BJP was propagating the "agenda of hate" in the southern state as they don't have any substantive issues to raise.

Goa Urban Development Minister Francis D’Souza said there could be a possibility of early assembly election and such a situation cannot be ruled out in Goa.

Talking to the newsmen, the Congress IT Cell in charge Divya Spandana said that in order to encourage IT Cell workers for excellent performance, she has promised them coffee with Rahul Gandhi.

Political observers believe this is the Prime Minister's strategy to showcase development projects initiated by him as the Chief Minister of the state to world leaders and emphasise on decentralisation experiments that he has been working on.

Prakash Raj's tweets, statements, speeches and columns led to big controversies pitting him against the right wing.

Joining the ongoing war of words between Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and his UP counterpart, KPCC president G Parameshwara said his party respects Hindu monks and Adityanath is said to be one, "but does not have qualities Swamis have."

In his first address to NRIs after taking over as Congress president, Rahul Gandhi exuded confidence that the party would defeat the ruling BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Over 2,000 prominent names from the political, cultural and intelligentsia circles of Guhawati will attend the public meet and 35,000 swayamsevaks will also be in attendance.