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It also urged the Modi government to withdraw the hike in LPG prices for both subsidised and non-subsidised category which it has "gifted" to the people soon after coming back to power.

A two-member panel, led by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s representative KL Sharma and AICC secretary Zubair Khan, met Congress workers in five assembly constituencies that make up the Amethi Lok Sabha seat to ascertain the reasons behind the shock defeat...

Containing infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan will be another key focus area.

In a subtle swipe at the new finance minister, Spandana pointed at the GDP which has slipped to 5.8%.

The TMC supremo also hit out at a section of the party leaders who had "surrendered" to the lure of money given by the BJP and termed them as "traitors".

Senior BJP leader Mukul Roy, one of the key figures in the party's stellar performance in the Lok Sabha polls in Bengal, too exuded confidence that more MPs from West Bengal will be inducted in the Union ministry and asked the party workers to wait for so...

Rijiju successfully retained Arunachal West seat in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He defeated Congress candidate and two times former chief minister Nabam Tuki with a huge margin of 1,67,132 votes.

Attracted to politics since teenage, Munda got involved in the Jharkhand movement in the early 1980s, demanding a separate state for tribals to be carved out of Bihar’s southern, mineral-rich region.

A staunch supporter of PM Modi and his policies in defence and security, Sitharaman has been an active face in national media over the past year, defending the government’s stance on the Rafale deal in Parliament.

He said it has people who have excelled as parliamentarians and those who have had distinguished professional careers.

Amit Shah’s oath after Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh delineates the pecking order in the Union cabinet. Shah was administered oath ahead of former BJP president Nitin Gadkari.

'It doesn't matter if one or two opportunist MLAs switchover to the BJP. Some are opportunist and some are being forced to join by using threat and intimidation,' senior TMC leader Tapas Roy said.

Usha Thakur, the Mhow MLA who is known for her extremist views, revived the debate on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin on Wednesday saying that Godse was a nationalist and that he was concerned for the country.

However, the recent statements from rebel Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor and BJP state president Jitu Vaghani added fuel to the ongoing speculations of ‘mass exodus’ in the Congress.

In a major jolt to Mamata Banerjee, Mukul Roy’s son Subhrangshu along with two Bengal legislators and 50 Trinamool Congress councillors joined the BJP on Tuesday.

Sources have said that work is underway to identify new faces and leaders, who will be entrusted with the task to strengthen the party in several districts for the 2022 state Assembly polls.