Politics

The SIT chargesheet also claimed that Sukhbir Badal arranged a pardon by the Akal Takht Jathedar to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan in a 2007 blasphemy case.

As the state unit president, Rai has successfully executed Amit Shah’s plan on the ground and ensured a complete routing of opposition parties in Bihar.

Sitharaman took over as the Union minister of finance and the minister of corporate affairs at the North Block in New Delhi on Friday.

The legislator beat former three-term MP Avtar Singh Bhadana of Congress from Faridabad by over 6.44 lakh votes in the Lok Sabha elections.

He served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh State BJP Working Committee and held the position of General Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh BJP unit in 1996.

The BIMSTEC leaders, during the meet with PM Narendra Modi, expressed commitment for closer bilateral cooperation for peace and security in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region, said the external affairs ministry.

The committee has the last call when it comes to appointments in the national security spectrum, defence policy and expenditure.

A politician for over four decades, Rajnath Singh was made the district president of the Jana Sangh in 1975 and became an MLA in 1977.

According to the complaint filed with the police, Sushil Mondal was putting up BJP flags in the village when three persons objected and, during an altercation, one of the three stabbed Mondal with a dagger in the abdomen.

Blaming Gowda’s shock defeat in the seat on 'internal sabotage', the report named several leaders and accused them of working for the BJP candidate.

In Karnataka, the Congress has been firefighting 24x7 since May 23 when the general election results were announced, while in Madhya Pradesh, rumours of MLAs considering a switch to the BJP have kept Kamal Nath tied to Bhopal.

The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) at a meeting here passed a resolution to this effect.

Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee president Kuldeep Singh Rathore said it was not the time to level allegations but to work unitedly to strengthen the party and that this is the time to provide strength to their leader Rahul Gandhi.

The decision comes hours after Banerjee said she would not attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narenda Modi as the prime minister, citing "untrue" claims made by the BJP that 54 of its workers were killed in political violence in Bengal.

The BJP is likely to use these three vacancies to bring in ally leaders like LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan, who is not a member of any House but may become a minister in the Modi government, to the Upper House.

The opposition leaders who have been invited include Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Trinamool Congress Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, JD(S) leader and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Ministe...