Politics

BJP's media in-charge for Kashmir, Manzoor Bhat said the motion had the backing of 43 corporators, 27 affiliated with the BJP and the rest are either Independents or belong to other parties.

A smaller party with relatively limited resources, the JD(U) is reaching out to its workers in a manner less flamboyant but more intimate, embodied best by the chief minister's manner of speaking, which is more conversational than oratorical.

The letter by the Kharges requests the police to trace the unknown numbers and take strict action against the perpetrators.

The data so collected will be fed to the main central system and will be used for also giving out the social benefits which are announced by the government.

In a statement, the LG office also said that rather than discriminating among patients, the goal of the government should be to plan and prepare for adequate infrastructure.

After Rahul Gandhi's tweet, the Delhi government sprung into action. A health ministry team and area MLA Dileep Pandey are now in touch with Jha's family.

The BJP's central leadership on Monday had sprung a surprise by fielding Eranna Kadadi and Ashok Gasti as its candidates for the Rajya Sabha election ignoring the recommendations of the party state unit.

Overruling the AAP government's order on coronavirus testing only for symptomatic patients, L-G Anil Baijal said the deviation from ICMR guidelines can result in inadequate contact tracing of affected individuals and further fuel the pandemic.

Eeranna Kadadi and Ashok Gasti didn’t figure in the shortlist of Rajya Sabha candidates the BJP’s state unit had sent to the central leadership.

Congress leader and former Union minister Akhilesh Prasad Singh said Shah was holding a rally with politics in mind at a time when people of Bihar were dying due to coronavirus and many were stranded in various parts of the country.

Shah's statement, on the NDA coalition fighting under the leadership of Nitish Kumar, also put an end to speculations about discontent among the NDA coalition members about Nitish Kumar being the face of the coalition.

On Friday, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said Prashant Kishor has denied to him he was in any discussion with Sidhu to take him into Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the 2022 state polls.

In a major political development, Scindia had switched over to the BJP in March this year along with 22 supporter MLAs.

Kharge is currently the AICC general secretary in-charge of party affairs in Maharashtra, where the Congress currently shares power with the Shiv Sena and the NCP.

The elections to the four seats were earlier scheduled to be held in March this year but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On February 23, BJP’s Kapil Mishra called for Delhi Police to clear the roads where women were protesting against the CAA, NRC and NPR and threatened that if roads were not cleared, he would do it himself with his supporters.