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Venkaiah Naidu: From RSS to BJP’s most recognized southern face
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu entered the RSS by accident – his links began in childhood when he chanced upon a 'shakha' while playing. Within some decades, he was the BJP's best known leader from southern India, one famous for witty one-liners. A key member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet, the now 68-year-old cut his political...
July 17, 2017 -
Tejashwi has two options – resign or get sacked: BJP
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Monday brushed aside questions on the growing demand for his resignation as media speculation, even as the BJP said he has only two options – resign or get sacked. Responding to a question on the growing demand for his resignation, Tejaswi told reporters outside the Assembly that "it...
July 17, 2017 -
Lawmakers vote to elect India’s 14th President
Lawmakers across India voted on Monday to elect the country's 14th President with Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu declaring that ruling NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind would win with a "comfortable and respectable margin" against opposition-backed Meira Kumar. Polling to choose the successor of incumbent Pranab Mukherjee, who demits office on July 25, started simultaneously in...
July 17, 2017 -
Heated exchanges between Trinamool, GJM, BJP legislators during polling
Some heated moments were witnessed in the West Bengal Assembly during the Presidential polls on Monday after a ruling Trinamool Congress legislator lashed out at the GJM counterparts for setting Darjeeling "ablaze" and attacked state BJP president Dlip Ghosh for "escorting" them to the house. Spotting the three Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) legislators in the...
July 17, 2017 -
Heated exchanges between TMC, GJM, BJP MLAs during polling
Some heated moments were witnessed in the West Bengal Assembly during the Presidential polls on Monday after a ruling Trinamool Congress legislator lashed out at the GJM counterparts for setting Darjeeling "ablaze" and attacked state BJP president Dlip Ghosh for "escorting" them to the house. Spotting the three Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) legislators in the...
July 17, 2017 -
Modi, Shah vote in Presidential election
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah were among the first to cast their votes in Parliament shortly after polling to elect India's 14th President began on Monday morning. Modi, clad in a beige colour sleeveless jacket over a white kurta-pyjama, reached the parliament premises early to vote. It is also the first...
July 17, 2017 -
Big business gains from UP’s slaughterhouse crackdown
Kanpur/Lucknow: Mohammad Shafiq, 52, lives with his family in a small hutment in a graveyard in Kanpur's Idgah Colony, and used to earn his living by procuring meat from the nearby government slaughterhouse and selling it by the roadside. In March 2017, the newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh ordered action against...
July 15, 2017 -
Ram Nath Kovind seeks BJD, BJP support in presidential poll
NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind on Friday met the lawmakers of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Odisha and sought their support in the coming presidential poll. After arriving here along with Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda, Kovind met BJD MPs and MLAs in presence of party President and Chief...
July 14, 2017 -
Amit Shah to meet Delhi BJP leaders over next 2 days
BJP president Amit Shah will over the next two days meet party's Delhi unit leaders and eminent citizens as part of his efforts to strengthen the organisation across the country. He will hold meetings with the core group and office bearers of Delhi BJP at the NDMC Convention Centre tomorrow and visit the local unit...
July 14, 2017 -
No tie up with JD-U: Sushil Modi
Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Thursday ruled out any tie-up with the JD-U in Bihar even if it snaps ties with the RJD, whose leader Lalu Prasad and his kin are facing corruption allegations. Modi also said that nothing much should be read into the "issue-based" friendship between Nitish Kumar and the National...
July 13, 2017 -
BJP President meets RSS leaders to discuss Vice President candidate
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Thursday met two senior RSS leaders Bhaiyyaji Joshi and Krishna Gopal to discuss the ruling NDA's candidate for the August 5 Vice President's election. According to sources, the three met at Keshav Kunj — the RSS headquarters in Delhi — where they held an over half-an-hour discussion...
July 13, 2017 -
BJP hits back at Rahul for questioning Modi’s Kashmir policy
Hittig back at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies for creating space for terrorists in Kashmir, the BJP said on Wednesday that the Nehru family was solely responsible for the state's situation. "What personal benefit can anyone draw out of bloodshed, but it only shows an immature mind who...
July 13, 2017 -
BJP hits back at Rahul for questioning Modi’s Kashmir policy
Hittig back at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies for creating space for terrorists in Kashmir, the BJP said on Wednesday that the Nehru family was solely responsible for the state's situation. "What personal benefit can anyone draw out of bloodshed, but it only shows an immature mind who...
July 12, 2017 -
7.28 cr got self-employed: Shah’s answer ‘jobless growth’ critics
“Economic pundits” may be criticising the Modi government for a “jobless growth”, but India cannot tackle unemployment only with jobs, BJP president Amit Shah has said, noting that 7.28 crore people have become self-employed under the Centre's Mudra loan scheme in three years. “Economic pundits talk about a jobless growth and try to tear out the...
July 12, 2017 -
Modi government ended many dilemmas: Amit Shah
One of the most notable achievements of the Narendra Modi government is that it has ended several dilemmas about governance, BJP President Amit Shah said here on Wednesday. "This government has ended several dilemmas about governance which used to exist earlier such as should industry be given priority or agriculture? Should government focus on rural...
July 12, 2017 -
Centre’s stand sought on plea for SIT probe into Sunanda’s death
The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought to know the stand of the Centre on BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's plea for a court-monitored probe by the CBI-led SIT into the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar. A bench of Justices G S Sistani and P S Teji, who did not issue notice...
July 12, 2017 -
Send ‘gau rakshaks’ to fight terrorists, quips Uddhav
Taking a dig at the BJP over the terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray has asked the senior ally to send 'gau rakshaks' to fight terrorists in the Valley. Seven Amarnath pilgrims, including six women, were killed and 19 injured when terrorists attacked a bus in Kashmir's Anantnag district on Monday...
July 12, 2017