Politics

In a series of tweets after Singh took aim at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his handling of the ongoing stand-off with China, Nadda said the senior Congress leader and his party should stop "insulting".

The former prime minister said India 'cannot and will not be cowed down by threats and intimidation nor permit a compromise with our territorial integrity'.

Three BJP MLAs in the state -- S Subhashchandra Singh, TT Haokip and Samuel Jendai -- also resigned and joined the Congress on Wednesday.

The election, necessitated as the term of seven MLCs will end on June 30, will be held on June 29 and June 18 is the last date for filing of nominations. .

The People's Conference leader, whose election as Srinagar mayor had generated controversy two years ago, took to Twitter to announce his defeat.

Of late, the Congress has been making a pitch for having a say in the key decision-making process and inclusion in important meetings of the state government.

He also used a graph to show that prices of petrol and diesel were low in May 2014 under the UPA despite high crude cost globally, but the NDA government raised the excise duty on petrol by 258.47 per cent and on diesel by 819.94 per cent as on June 15, 2...

The Congress is likely to win two seats, while its rival parties the BJP may get four seats and the JD(S) one as these members will be elected by the MLAs.

In his address, Surjewala lashed out at the Modi government on various fronts, including unemployment and economic growth.

The war of words had started after Dhankar expressed anguish over a video purportedly showing the bodies of COVID-19 victims being disposed of in a disrespectful manner in the state.

The government on Thursday decided to repeal certain provisions of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act to allow non-agriculturists to purchase agriculture land and remove ceiling on income from non-agriculture sources.

BJP leader Satish Poonia said the Congress is battling an internal crisis and the chief minister "has differences" with his deputy Sachin Pilot.

Bajwa was appointed as Chairman of the Committee on May 22, by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.

The Congress legislators were shifted on Wednesday from a resort in Rajkot to a farmhouse near Gadhada town of Botad district, a party leader said.

Senior Congress spokesperson KK Mishra claimed he has released the audio clip and vouched for the authenticity of the clip, daring BJP to sue him.

The government on Tuesday denied permission for the June 14 event citing COVID-19 related guidelines that are in place, aimed at controlling the spread of the virus.