West Bengal’s budget bets on infra push, welfare, jobs and fiscal repair
The BJP-led West Bengal government and journalist-turned-politician Swapan Dasgupta’s maiden budget attempts an ambitious political and economic balancing act.
The BJP-led West Bengal government and journalist-turned-politician Swapan Dasgupta’s maiden budget attempts an ambitious political and economic balancing act.
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Sunday jibed at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin for selling the alleged bogus dreams of recreating the Maharaja Ranjit Singh era in Punjab.
Stepping up his attack on the BJP-led Odisha government, Leader of the Opposition and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Friday accused it of failing the state's most vulnerable citizens over the non-disbursal of social security pensions to nearly 18 lakh beneficiaries for the last three months, and urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to ensure immediate release of the pending payments.
The BJP on Friday accused the Congress of being responsible for the declining relevance of the INDIA bloc, claiming that the alliance is facing an existential crisis due to the opposition party’s “opportunistic and self-serving politics”.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), under Asansol organisation district of Rahr Bangla, has officially unveiled two new, futuristic state-of-the-art party offices in Durgapur city in West Burdwan district on Thursday named as ‘Janatar Karyalay’.
The Congress party has intensified its campaign against alleged electoral discrepancies, with Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi launching a newsletter that accuses the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of colluding to manipulate voter lists.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has alleged that BJP leaders were not speaking on the losses Indian exporters are incurring as a result of steep hike in tariffs imposed by the US on India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Punjab on September 9 (Tuesday) to take stock of the situation in the flood-affected state, BJP state unit chief Sunil Jakhar informed on Sunday.
Hundreds of Congress workers and farmers on Sunday staged a protest against alleged fertilizer shortage and other, breaking barricades erected by the police to prevent them from approaching Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav, who was away at Deotalab in the Mauganj district of Madhya Pradesh attending a programme.
Akhilesh Yadav said that BJP leaders will be able to take care of the organization only when they are free from land-grabbing, corruption, and infighting.
