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"Your Own": Shivraj Singh Cites Jyotiraditya Scindia To Target Kamal Nath

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday October 11, 2019

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday took aim at his successor Kamal Nath over the Congress government's election promise of farm loan waivers, referring to a statement by the latter's party colleague Jyotiraditya Scindia.

Trinamool Stifling People's Right To Celebrate Pujas, Alleges Amit Shah

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 1, 2019

Inaugurating a Durga puja for the first time in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday accused the state's Trinamool Congress government of stifling the rights of the people to celebrate Durga Puja to serve the party's vote bank.

Punjab Government "Blocking" Inauguration Of Bathinda AIIMS: Harsimrat Kaur

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 20, 2019

Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday alleged that the Congress government in Punjab is "blocking" the inauguration of AIIMS in Bathinda after making "repeated attempts" to stall the project.

YSR Congress And TDP's Blame Game Over Former Speaker's Suicide

Andhra Pradesh News | Written by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday September 18, 2019

The controversy over the death of former Andhra Pradesh assembly Speaker Kodela Siva Prasad Rao continued on Tuesday, with the ruling YSR Congress alleging that it was Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu who was responsible for his death. This even as Telugu Desam leaders complained to the Union minister G Kishan Reddy that political vendett...

"People Wearing Saffron Committing Rapes": Digvijaya Singh Sparks Row

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday September 17, 2019

Digvijaya Singh, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader, triggered a controversy on Tuesday with a remark that "people are wearing saffron and committing rapes". The BJP has hit out at the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh, questioning if this was an attempt to defame seers.

YSR Congress Harassed Speaker Who Committed Suicide: Chandrababu Naidu

Andhra Pradesh News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 17, 2019

Telugu Desam Party or TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu has alleged that the YSR Congress government had harassed and humiliated former Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker K Siva Prasada Rao, who was found hanging at his Hyderabad home on Monday.

Hundreds Arrested As BJP Tries To "Wake Up" Kamal Nath Government With Bells, Conchs

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Stela Dey | Wednesday September 11, 2019

The BJP in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday held its first state-wide protest called 'Ghanta Naad Andolan' against the nine-month-old Kamal Nath government in the state. Party workers in all the districts took out rallies ringing bells, blowing conchs and playing manjeeras to symbolically wake the Congress government, apparently from their administrativ...

BJP To Not Pursue Congress Proposal For Separate Karnataka Flag

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 29, 2019

The new BJP government in Karnataka indicated on Thursday it would not pursue with the centre, the previous Congress government's proposal for a separate state flag that was pending before it.

Congress Criticism Aside, Kamal Nath Takes Page From PM's Temple Project

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday August 27, 2019

The ongoing Kashi Vishwanath Temple corridor project in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, considered a dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, often comes under severe criticism from opposition parties - particularly the Congress. It's ironic, then, that the project is now expected to double as a model for the development and expansion of Ujjain's w...

In Pehlu Khan Case, Mayawati Accuses Rajasthan Government Of "Negligence"

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 16, 2019

BSP chief Mayawati on Friday charged the Congress government in Rajasthan with laxity, saying the accused in the Pehlu Khan mob lynching case were acquitted due to its "gross negligence".

Rather Die Than Prove My Religion Before Entering Temple: Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 14, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said that she would rather die than prove her religion and challenged BJP to compare the religious activities undertaken by the Trinamool Congress government to that by the previous regimes in the state.

"Homecoming," Say Madhya Pradesh BJP Men After Voting For Congress Bill

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Thursday July 25, 2019

Two legislators of Madhya Pradesh's opposition BJP, who voted in favour of legislation backed by the Congress government in the assembly on Wednesday, described their surprising move as "gharwapsi" or homecoming.

Day After Karnataka, 2 BJP Lawmakers Vote With A Congress Government

India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday July 25, 2019

Two BJP legislators voted in favour of a bill of the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh today. It was a quirky reverse for the party, whose leader, hours ago, spoke of bringing down the government.

World Bank Drops Rs 2,000-Crore Loan Proposal For Amaravati Project

Andhra Pradesh News | Written by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday July 19, 2019

A proposed loan worth $300 million or about Rs 2,000 crore for Andhra Pradesh's new capital Amaravati has been dropped by the World Bank dropped after the central government reportedly withdrew the application.

Shivraj Chouhan, Madhya Pradesh Government Spar Over Proposed Sita Temple

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 16, 2019

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan alleged on Tuesday that the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh was "checking the facts" instead of executing his proposal to build a temple devoted to Sita at Divurumpola in Sri Lanka.