Politics

BJP spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao hit back at the Congress after Sonia Gandhi slammed the Narendra Modi government, claiming that it has abandoned any pretence of being democratic and forgotten the spirit of federalism.

Rahul Gandhi also used the hashtag -- "ModiUturnOnMNREGA" -- while putting out a video clip of the prime minister's speech in Parliament after he assumed power in 2014.

Flagging electricity distribution reform as 'politically sensitive,' the Chief Minister strongly opposed snapping free power supply to farmers.

Welcoming the decisions announced by FM, BJP president J P Nadda described the proposed amendments to the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, and the APMC Act, among other measures, as 'far-reaching' agricultural reforms.

In his letter, sent on Thursday, Pawar sought the prime minister's "urgent intervention" to bail the industry out from the crisis now aggravated by the lockdown.

Chamrajnagar SP said they are investigating the violations for riding a horse on the highway and an inquiry has been initiated.

The Diamond Harbour MP also accused the BJP government of not taking necessary steps to ensure safe return of migrant workers from different states before imposing the lockdown.

The BJP-ruled central government and the TMC government in Bengal have been at loggerheads over the handling of the COVID-19 crisis.

During the meeting, Prashant Kishor is said to have told senior TMC leaders to counter the misinformation being spread against the party using social media.

The BJP has fielded four candidates followed by two each by Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP taking the total number of contestants to 10. The number of seats is nine.

Omar Abdullah was reacting to the Jammu and Kashmir authorities' decision to extend the detention of the former chief minister by another three months.

A controversy had erupted on Monday after several opposition parties demanded that migrant workers should not be charged for the train tickets.

Members working for gas tragedy survivors said despite providing the authorities with data of how they were more vulnerable than the general population, the government did nothing.

Thackeray will cease to be the Maharashtra CM if he is not a member of the legislative council by May 28, when he completes six months in office.

The senior Congress leader also called for special trains to take migrant workers stranded at different places in the country to their homes. Gehlot said he has discussed the issue with the Central government.

Referring to a company engaged in supply of testing kits, Manish Tewari alleged that kits purchased at Rs 245 were being sold by the firm to ICMR at Rs 600 each while the same to Tamil Nadu government were sold at Rs 400 each.