Politics

The prime minister is expected to underline the role of ministers of state in the running of ministries and may ask Cabinet ministers to give their deputies adequate responsibilities.

The Biju Janata Dal, which secured 112 seats in the 147-member Odisha Assembly in the recently concluded elections, has been in power in the state since 2000 and Patnaik elected as CM in all the terms.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a thanks-giving public meeting organised by the Andhra Pradesh BJP in Tirupati.

The decision came days after JD(U) was recognised as a state party in Arunachal Pradesh. The party said it will fight elections in four states of Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir with all strength.

Hinting at multiple defections to the BJP, Maharashtra Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan said the Opposition is likely to receive a major jolt ahead of the state assembly elections, due in September-October this year.

All the councillors, who were were earlier with the hill-based Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), joined the saffron camp in the presence of senior party leaders Mukul Roy and Kailash Vijayvargiya.

The NPP is leading a BJP-backed government in Meghalaya and supporting the ruling BJP in Manipur. It is also a part of the ruling NDA at the Centre.

This is the first time that the AICC chief is visiting his constituency after he was voted to the Lok Sabha with a majority of about 4.31 lakh votes.

The move assumes significance given the heightened tensions between chief minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy.

In an open letter to his party on Twitter, Ramalinga Reddy spoke out against the likely induction of independent legislators in the cabinet.

Disappointed with the results that gave the Congress just one seat of 80 in the state and a nationwide tally of 52, Babbar said the party's poor showing at the hustings had pained party president Rahul Gandhi.

Raising allegations of money power against the ruling party, the Congress said voters were bought by the the K Chandrashekar Rao-led Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

The draft, proposed by a panel constituted by Prakash Javadekar when he was the HRD in the previous government and led by eminent scientist K Kasturirangan, had suggested teaching of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states.

Sabyasachi Roy joined BJP with another 50 TMC members.

Athawale suggested AP CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy to avoid following the footsteps of his predecessor and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu who left the NDA coalition and became a fierce critic of the Narendra Modi led government but ended up facing a humiliating...

The induction of JD(U) leader Ashok Choudhary, who had recently said the mindset of his party and BJP did not match, further added to the speculation.