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.
Union Minister of State for Education and BJP's West Bengal president, Dr. Sukanta Majumdar, today expressed ‘gratitude’ to Kolkata Municipal Corporation Mayor Firhad Hakim for his recent remarks.
State minister and Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim, who has come under attack from the BJP for his purported remarks about Muslims eventually becoming a ‘majority’, on Sunday asserted his strong belief in secular and patriotic values.
The BJP-led Mahayuti government's 39 ministers were sworn in on Sunday evening at the green, sprawling, and picturesque colonial Raj Bhavan (Governor's Residence) lawns in Nagpur by Governor CP Radhakrishnan without announcing any of their portfolios.
Ahead of the assembly elections in the national capital, Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav alleged the AAP and the BJP ignored the residents of JJ Clusters for a decade and are now shedding crocodile’s tears and making false promises.
After the release of the final list of candidates, AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal took a dig at the BJP, saying the saffron party is nowhere to be seen in the upcoming Delhi assembly elections while his party has declared candidates on all 70 seats.
