With Assembly elections approaching in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab, BJP strategists, working closely with state leaders, have identified state-specific issues and constituencies requiring special attention in these and the other four states due for elections in 2027.
Alleging that newly-introduced school textbooks have distorted Odisha’s geography, history and cultural heritage, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday accused the BJP government of compromising educational standards and misleading students through what it described as glaring errors in Odia-medium textbooks.
Kerala's first woman DGP wrote the stories years ago, one published in Mathrubhumi Weekly and another shared on YouTube. She watched two Shane Nigam films and says she recognised her own work on screen.
Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat hit back at former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for the latter's remarks about banning the BJP, saying, "One can only dream of imposing a ban on the BJP; it is now the largest party in the world".
If all goes as planned, Prime Minister Narendra Modi could give a green signal to at least three railway projects in West Bengal during his two-day visit to the state on 20 and 21 June.
The meeting, led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, was attended by the state’s Chief Electoral Officer and senior officials of the Commission.
A delegation of the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday submitted a detailed memorandum to the Election Commission of India (ECI), demanding key changes in the conduct of the upcoming elections in the state, including holding the polls in fewer phases and setting up polling stations within large high-rise residential complexes.
Former Union Minister and Hamirpur MP Anurag Thakur on Sunday participated in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Parivartan Yatra in West Bengal along with Union Minister Shantanu Thakur and other party leaders.
In a message shared on his WhatsApp channel after addressing a public meeting in the Sundarban organisational district, Banerjee said the large turnout and enthusiasm among attendees reinforced his confidence that people would reject what he described as the BJP’s “authoritarian” politics.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Sunday claimed that the media statements made by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Manish Sisodia and Saurabh Bhardwaj on the women’s welfare scheme in Punjab “Maanva Dhiyan Di Satkar Yojana” are completely contradictory.
