Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Monday demanded that the President’s rule be imposed in West Bengal, where opposition MPs were being attacked.The party claimed in an editorial in its mouthpiece, ‘Saamana’ that the assault allegedly launched by BJP workers on Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and sitting MP, Abhishek Banerjee, was as “cowardly as it was brutal”, and the shocking incidents that unfolded in Kolkata over the past two days have deal…
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Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) The initiative to provide free rides for all women on state-operated buses in West Bengal, as pledged by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its pre-election Sankalp Patra (election manifesto), commenced on Monday across the entire state.However, as per the directions of the state transport department, women willing to avail of this free-ride facility will have to mandatorily carry any of the identity documents specified by the state government that proves her identity as …
Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) Following intense negotiations and high-level meetings involving top BJP leadership, the ruling Mahayuti alliance has arrived at a seat-sharing arrangement for the 17 Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) seats. The election, which relies on elected members of local bodies as the electorate, will take place on June 18. Monday is the last day for filing nominations.Of the 17 seats, BJP will contest 11, Shiv Sena 4 and NCP 2.The BJP took the lion’s share of the allocation aft…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) BJP President Nitin Nabin is set to hold a meeting with the party’s state unit presidents at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Monday, where he is expected to convey the key message shared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the party’s top leadership.Notably, the elections for 24 Rajya Sabha seats spread across 10 states are set to take place on June 18, as announced by the Election Commission.The PM Modi’s discussion with the BJP core group on Sunday assumed si…
Bhopal, May 31 (IANS) In a fiery public address, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav launched a scathing attack on State Congress President Jitu Patwari, using strong and derogatory language that has intensified the political slugfest in the state. Addressing a large gathering in Shujalpur, CM Yadav ridiculed Patwari’s leadership and described him as ineffective. “Whenever the winds of development sweep across the state, their ‘do kaudi ka adhyaksh’ (worthless president) goes aroun…
Shimla, May 31 (IANS) Elated over the party’s massive sweep in the Municipal Corporation elections, BJP National Vice-President Saudan Singh on Sunday extended his greetings to the people of the state, the party leadership and party workers.He said that in the elections held across four Municipal Corporations, the BJP achieved a success rate of 59 per cent by securing victory in 37 of the total 63 wards.Besides the Municipal Corporations, the BJP claimed that in the elections to 3,759 panchayats…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) More than 24 hours after he was allegedly heckled and assaulted at Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Saturday, Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday broke his silence on the incident and described the attack as an “assault on democracy”.After reports of the incident surfaced, former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday issued a message on social m…
Chennai, May 31 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs L. Murugan on Sunday said that the historic Chola-era Anaimangalam copper plates, recently recovered from the Netherlands, would soon be brought back to Tamil Nadu, describing the development as another significant step in India’s efforts to reclaim its cultural heritage from overseas. Murugan credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for spearheading the campaign to recover priceless artefact…
Chandigarh, May 31 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday said that the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party are working in tandem and share a similar ideology. Referring to the just held municipal elections in Punjab, he said the manner in which law and order was allegedly compromised had raised serious questions about the democratic system.He said that by conducting the elections through ballot papers, the state government demonstrated that it was apprehensive about facing defeat in…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) The full Cabinet of the BJP government in West Bengal is set to be formed on Monday. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has announced how many ministers will take oath at Lok Bhavan during the Cabinet expansion exercise.On Sunday, the Chief Minister posted on social media: “Tomorrow, the full Cabinet of the nationalist government elected by the people of West Bengal is going to be formed. Thirty-five ministers of the West Bengal government will take oath at Lok Bhavan at 11 a…