Politics

The TMC chief is also scheduled to call on senior Congress leader and former president Pranab Mukherjee on the morning of May 30.

Protesters belonging to the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi and other Dalit and tribal organisations held protests outside the BYL Nair Hospital here over Tadvi's death.

According to the sources, the state leadership has been asked to wait till Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet is sworn in, as any move at this juncture would send a wrong message.

The move comes close on the heels of an emphatic defeat of the ruling Congress, which lost all 29 Lok Sabha seats, barring one (Nakul Nath in Chhindwara) in Madhya Pradesh.

BJP leader Mukul Roy's son Subhrangshu, who was recently suspended from the Trinamool Congress, may join BJP on Tuesday along with other TMC legislators.

The members of the committee will comprise of Kolkata Commissioner of Police, Anuj Sharma and Principal of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar College.

The AMMK's daily "Dr Namadhu MGR," said the poll debacle was not a "failure, but a stepping stone for success.

A JDS leader said that the report stated that Kumaraswamy's son, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, reportedly shouted at his grandfather, Deve Gowda, holding him responsible for his defeat at the hands of a woman in Mandya.

RJD is the second party of the five members mahagathbandhan to face the heat of resounding defeat in the hands of NDA in Bihar.

The ruling party is likely to reward its leaders for their hard work during the general election campaigning which resulted in it winning 62 seats.

Amid rumblings within the party after a disastrous performance in the Lok Sabha polls, Gandhi is said to have accused three senior leaders of placing their respective sons above the party, sources said.

Mukul Roy had slammed Mamata for practicing appeasement politics in the state. He particularly highlited her comment comparing minorities to cows.

The roots of the saffron party lie in the Khanpur office where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to address his first public rally on Sunday evening.

We need Rahul Gandhi to guide us in these challenging times, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told reporters after a meeting of the Congress Working Committee.

It may be recalled that it was Satish Gautam who had kicked up the Jinnah controversy storm last year when he sought the removal of the portrait from the AMU.

On Thursday, the BJP and its allies won comprehensively in each of the aforementioned states. In fact, it was a clean sweep in Gujarat and Rajasthan.