Nearly 35,000 farmers in Odisha are still awaiting procurement of around 1.5 lakh metric tonnes of rabi paddy, the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) alleged on Tuesday, accusing the BJP government of failing to honour its election promises to farmers and demanding that the procurement period be extended by at least 15 days.
Festivities prevailed at the ruling BJP state headquarters and the Chief Minister's official residence (CMR) here on Tuesday as the saffron party celebrated, in a big way, the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the 32-year-old Yamuna Water Sharing Accord with Haryana.
UP Congress chief Ajay Rai alleged that police detained him and other party leaders before a planned visit to the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, while the BJP dismissed the charge as political drama.
Thousands of people from different sections of society on Monday gathered at the Talkatora Stadium to pay respects to the Delhi BJP’s Naresh Chaudhary who passed away on June 19. He was 62.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is the parent organisation of both the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the BJP, its political wing.
During the Question Hour on the last day of the winter session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, the opposition cornered the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government on the issue of closing down institutions in the state.
The police used batons and water cannons to stop a procession of the Youth Congress that was to reach the Chief Minister's residence (CMR) in the Civil Lines here Saturday to protest against non fulfilment of promises made by the BJP government.
The six-day winter session of the Maharashtra Assembly, which ended on Saturday ,has gone down in the annals of India's and Maharashtra's political history as unprecedented as not a single BJP-dominated Mahayuti minister's portfolio was announced even as the session ended.
Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of being anti-labor by denying financial aid to construction workers.
In a jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, former AAP MLA from Mundka assembly constituency, Dr Sukhbir Dalal and six-time member of the Delhi Gurdwara Management Committee, Sardar Balbir Singh on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
