Politics

Sources at the West Bengal secretariat confirmed that official formalities from the West Bengal Home Department on providing Kishor enhanced security have already been completed.

Bhagwat said Gandhi took steps with fearlessness and he was the embodiment of Bharat. “He did what he believed in. If change is in Bharat’s destiny, then one has to leave the thought of ‘lokpriyata’ (popularity).”

The membership drive will be launched from Lucknow on February 23 and continue for a month. People can become members of the party by physically reaching out to AAP offices, by giving missed calls or by enrolling through the website.

J&K DGP Dilbagh Singh has apologised for using these terms in the police dossier. The officials said that an inquiry was underway to ascertain how the document, which is classified, came into public domain.

With curtains coming down on the Delhi Assembly polls, all eyes are now on Bihar elections, slated for October and November this year.

On Saturday, Arvind Kejriwal called a dinner meeting of his ministers-designate to discuss the roadmap for Delhi's development, especially the initiatives that need to be prioritised in the coming three months.

The former UP CM also tweeted a screenshot of a WhatsApp message he received allegedly from a BJP leader. 'A BJP leader has threatened me and I am not going to sit quietly anymore. I have saved the message,' Yadav said.

Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray came together on Saturday for a function in Jalgaon to give out agricultural awards named after Appasaheb Pawar, the NCP chief's elder brother.

On Friday, Delhi's Directorate of Education issued a circular to its officials and teachers and principals to attend the swearing-in-ceremony of the chief minister on Sunday at Ramlila ground.

Gopal Rai, a confidante of AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, said the party has also set its sight on contesting assembly elections in a number of states, including Punjab, in the first phase.

Speaking at the JNU campus, Chidambaram said that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was an outcome of the 'NRC fiasco' in Assam which left 19 lakh people out of the National Register of Citizens.

This is the third time in recent months that West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has been unable to attend a convocation. He had been forced to leave Jadavpur University and Calcutta University’s convocations over his pro-CAA stand.

Sukhpal Singh Khaira alleged that the party was never 'sincere' towards Punjab, resulting in the loss of the golden opportunity in the 2017 state assembly polls, when it bagged 20 seats.

Delhi Mahila Congress president Sharmistha Mukherjee questioned why the former finance minister was 'gloating' over the AAP's victory 'rather than being concerned about out drubbing'.

Reddy idea of having three capitals for the state has kicked up a political storm in the southern state and also triggered an agitation by farmers of the current capital region Amaravati, who have been staunchly opposing the relocation of the capital.

The Aam Aadmi Party has decided to field candidates in all the 198 wards of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).