Politics

The TDP on Monday said it will continue its protest both inside and outside the parliament for special category status and implementation of AP Reorganisation Act.

In a teaser of an interview released on Sunday, Thackeray said he won’t let anyone shoot from the Shiv Sena’s shoulders.

The GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister and comprising state finance ministers, on Saturday cut rates on 88 items. The decision also included rationalisation of the highest 28 per cent slab.

The party's Bihar in-charge Sanjay Singh also attacked the Narendra Modi government for trying to "fool" the people of the state by claiming that money spent on national highways passing through the state were part of a special package for Bihar.

Referring to BJP’s victory in the no-confidence vote, Mamata said they may have numbers inside the House but outside Parliament they are outnumbered.

Over the course of his speech, Modi, apart from recounting the achievements of his four-year-old government, hit at the idea of an opposition Mahagathbandhan, the Congress' ability to lead such a coalition, and Gandhi’s prime ministerial ambitions.

On Thursday, the Sena's chief whip in the Lok Sabha Chandrakant Khaire issued a whip to MPs asking them to be present in the House when the motion was discussed and support the government.

Congress, the main opposition party, has been allocated 38 minutes to present its views on the motion. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and the leader of the party in the House Mallikarjun Kharge are likely to speak on it.

The amendments, if cleared by Parliament, will give the government powers to fix tenures, salaries as well as other terms and conditions of service of information commissioners at the Central Information Commission (CIC).

CM Shivraj had also started his Jan Aashirwad Yatra in Ujjain on July 14, pledging to return to power again. The Congress yatra would be led by executive president Jitu Patwari.

Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s letter as “the new deal”, Ravi Shankar Prasad has written in his letter that as national parties, BJP and Congress cannot have two sets of standards in dealing with women and their rights.

Had some leaders not stabbed the party in the back, the Congress would have won two more assembly seats in Sirmaur district, said Singh while addressing a district-level meet of party workers at Nahan.

During these visits, the PM is expected to present a report card of his four years in power and make a pitch for the Lok Sabha elections next year.

Interestingly, BJP president Amit Shah reached Patna this morning in what's seen as an attempt to sort out seat sharing agreement.

The state BJP leaders have been vocal about trying to put together a new government with disgruntled elements from other parties.

The plant in Noida is being touted as the biggest mobile manufacturing unit of Samsung Electronics in the world.