The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Punjab and the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) have strongly condemned the reported attempt to demolish a portion of the nearly 125-year-old Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Pakistan's Farooqabad, urging immediate intervention to safeguard Sikh religious heritage.
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 BJP's delegation was led by Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal.
Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councilor from Bankner in North West Delhi, Ram Narayan Bhardwaj, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, the BJP's state unit confirmed.
The by-elections being held to nine assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh is being seen as a litmus test for the future assembly elections to be held in 2027. With Congress out of the fray, it is now directly linked to the prestige of SP-BJP stalwarts in this by-election.
"Leaders of the Congress and 'Maha Vinash Aghadi' continue to push a fake narrative through their trolling ecosystem," Goyal said.
With both the BJP and the JMM-led alliance engaged in a fierce contest, the campaign for the first phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections will conclude at 5 PM today.
