Politics

Interestingly, Lalu's RJD — out of power since 2005 when EVMs were used for the first time in all polling stations — has been against the use of EVMs, citing possible interference with the machine in favour of a particular party.

The quarterly meeting of the CMs have been organised by the current leadership of the party to assess the performance of the states ruled by the party and for a better coordination between the organisation and the government.

Shivashankar Reddy's remarks coming days after Siddaramaiah's comments about becoming chief minister again fuels speculation that all is not well within the Congress-JDS coalition.

Interacting with Indian Journalists' Association, Gandhi said that instead of solving the problem, these leaders ride on that anger and damage the country.

In a clarification, the defence ministry said the remarks against Sitharaman 'have lowered the dignity of the upper house of the Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and show utter lack of regard and knowledge about the Indian Polity'.

With the alliance talks between the Congress and the BSP not going anywhere, the SP has hinted that it will contest all 230 seats.

The BJP appoints a ‘pramukh’ for each page of the voter list to ensure they remain in touch with voters ahead of election. Staring at anti-incumbency in Rajasthan, the party plans to appoint two pramukhs for each page.

To understand the issue, India Foundation, the RSS-backed think tank, held a Dalit Chintan earlier this month and organised two different sessions on the subject.

His comments come after Amarinder had on Sunday ticked off his cabinet colleague for hugging Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Recounting his government’s achievements, PM Modi also said his government was setting goals which they aim to achieve by 2022 – India’s 75th Independence Day.

In Gandhinagar, state agriculture minister RC Faldu said that the Congress is attempting to score political points under the pretext of rights of farmers.

A few days ago, Scindia, while campaigning in Mandsaur, was seen with a garland made of lemon and chillies. According to certain beliefs, lemon and chillies are supposed to ward off evil eye.

Sayad Faizan of Congress, accused Amanatullah Khan of threatening him on August 9.

To send across the message that he stands with the farmers of Karnataka, Kumaraswamy got down to plant rice saplings on a field in Karnataka's Mandya district.

BJP president Amit Shah said Bengal's development would be affected if the infiltrators were not pushed out of the state.

The APCC has reiterated its demand to hand over the case to the CBI as the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) of the state police is "not competent" to probe the scam involving Rs 246 crore