Politics

President’s Rule can be imposed in the state for six months after which the EC will have to announce fresh polls in Maharashtra.

The Gandhis are now without SPG protection after 28 years. They were included in the VVIP security list following an amendment in September, 1991 in the SPG Act of 1988.

Party president Shibu Soren approved the names of Bhushan Tirkey (Gumla-ST), Chamra Linda (Bishunpur-ST) and Mithelesh Kumar Thakur (Garhwa), a JMM release said here.

Issues like Article 370, GST, triple talaq have reached "logical conclusion" under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nadda told reporters during a press conference.

The assertion came after Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar alleged sums of "Rs 25 crore to Rs 50 crore" were being offered to MLAs to switch sides in Maharashtra

Saturday is the deadline for government formation in Maharashtra, with both the BJP and the Shiv Sena refusing to budge on the issue of power sharing.

Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray chaired a meeting of his party's new MLAs in which the legislators reiterated that the "equal sharing of posts and responsibilities" formula, agreed upon before the Lok Sabha polls, be implemented.

Tewari said the important message that the Haryana and Maharashtra polls had given was that the economy had started to hurt the people of the country and this was worrying them.

BJP’s Vineet Agarwal Sharda said Pakistan was frustrated since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah took charge and was hence 'releasing poisonous gases' into India.

V Narayanasamy and Kiran Bedi have largely been at loggerheads since she was appointed the LG in May 2016. Both have often accused the other of interfering in their administrative affairs.

In a series of tweets, Shah said the decision will ensure support to India's farmers, MSME sector, dairy and manufacturing sectors, among others.

This the alliance has decided to support each other in not only the upcoming bye-election, but also on other occasions in the future, West Bengal CPI(M) chief Surya Kanta Mishra said.

Calling it a “political stunt”, BJP leader Vijay Goel defied the odd-even scheme with a ride in his odd-numbered car and paid the Rs 4,000 fine.

Congress spokesman Pawan Kheda said the party's stand on Article 370 has not changed at all but it is objecting to the way the BJP government annulled it.

Singh cited the example of the BJP's alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir, alleging the saffron party later jailed all the PDP leaders.

There were speculations that the EC would announce schedule for the Delhi Assembly elections along with that of the Jharkhand, but the EC invite only refers to poll schedule for the eastern state.