Politics

In the last fiscal the state had got a loan amount of Rs 19,500 crore, but this year it had been been slashed to just Rs 16,602 crore, he said.

The voting for the 70-seat Delhi Assembly will be done in a single phase on February 8 and the results of the assembly election in Delhi will be announced on February 11.

In Varanasi, Priyanka is scheduled to meet the people who were jailed during the protests and have been released on bail and the kin of those killed during clashes.

The resolution to ratify the bill was moved in the legislature by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. In the Assembly, Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis supported the resolution.

Representatives of other opposition parties, including TTV Dhinakaran of the AMMK, also boycotted Governor Banwarilal Purohit’s speech in the Assembly.

If the controversial legislation had any merit, such a campaign would not have been necessary, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said.

The counter to Modi’s statement comes amid a chill in the ties between allies BJP and JDU, which are trying to reach a consensus on seat sharing ahead of next year’s elections amid political posturing.

In a veiled attack on the ruling TRS, which maintains friendly ties with the MIM and has opposed CAA, the MP said he would stick Owaisi's beard to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.

It is a misconception that CAA will only impact Muslims. It will also affect the Hindus who are not able to show their documents, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said.

According to reports, Abdul Sattar who joined the Sena ahead of the assembly polls is unhappy after being given Minister of State (MoS) portfolio.

The student, Mustafizur Rahman said on Friday that he wanted nothing but an "unconditional apology" in public from the BJP leader.

CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said that the introduction of the National Population Register and the proposed countrywide NRC along with the Citizenship Act was being brought in to create a rift between Hindus and Muslims.

The objective of the meeting was to know each other better for better communication and smooth functioning, a senior Shiv Sena leader said.

While CM Yediyurappa thanked PM Modi, former CM Siddaramaiah slammed the government with 'wah Modi wah' tweet. He alleged that Centre had ignored the plight of farmers' but remembered locals for 'political propaganda'.

NCP MP Supriya Sule took to Twitter to express her condolences to Tripathi's family. Several leaders cutting across party lines too paid their tributes.

In a series of tweets, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy said despite court orders, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi was meddling in day-to-day administrative affairs and trying to run a parallel government in Puducherry.