Politics

In 2018, the Odisha assembly passed a resolution to provide 33 per cent reservation for women in both the Parliament and state legislatures.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray said the Pathankot terror attack took place at a time when (assembly) elections were due in four states in the next three months.

Stating that the Naga society is in "delirium", former CM and Congress leader SC Jamir alleged that the ruling NDPP dispensation was only "a stop-gap arrangement" to "fool" the people.

Naidu alleged that KCR has already sent Rs 1000 crore to the YSR Congress party for their election expenditure and that Rao is positioning Reddy for the post of Chief Minister.

Noting that reservation for women in panchayats has benefited women significantly, the Congress chief lamented that the number of women ministers in states like Odisha had remained 'abysmally low'.

Amit Shah also slammed the government over its decision to withdraw the general consent accorded to the CBI to probe cases in the state, and also for pulling out of the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

Sharad Pawar also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of politicising the Indian Air Force's (IAF) air strikes on Jaish-e-Mohammed's camp in Pakistan in retaliation to the terror outfit's attack at Pulwama in Kashmir where 40 CRPF personnel were killed...

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by BJP general secretary in-charge of North East, Ajay Jamuwal, and attended by state party's leaders and workers .

Hitting back, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said her father was a freedom fighter and she knew what patriotism meant. Her fight was against the politicisation of the armed forces.

The Rashtriya Lok Dal will contest from three Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.

'The money collected from this will be donated to the Namami Gange Project to further clean our holy Ganga,' Shah said in a tweet.

PM Modi said that when the world is standing behind India's fight against terror, some parties are questioning it.

Amit Shah, while addressing the BJP's 'Vijay Sankalp' bike rally here, also slammed the opposition for raising doubts over the recent air strike on a terrorist camp in Pakistan.

Soon after the Election Commission announces the poll schedule, YSRCP president Jagan Mohan Reddy will undertake the bus yatra in the constituencies that were not covered by him during his ‘Praja Sankalpa Yatra’.

While referring to Tuesday’s strike which Indian officials said was deep inside Pakistan territory, Naqvi said the neighbouring nation would be repaid for what it had done against India in Pulwama.

Akhilesh's comment comes days after SP patriarch Mulayam Yadav, popularly known as 'netaji', expressed displeasure over his son's decision to enter into a tie-up with the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party.