Politics

Finance Minister Tarun Bhanot was referring to the Economic Survey that has put the state in 27th spot among 29 states in terms of poverty.

The ruling coalition faces the threat of losing the majority in the Karnataka Assembly if the resignations are accepted as its current tally is 116 in the 224-member House.

He said the Congress had promised to waive off Rs 2 lakh loans of the farmers before elections and altered the announcement saying only short term loans would be written off after it secured power in the state.

He also said the longer the present uncertainty remains, the more the Congress workers and voters around the country will be demoralised.

Rumour mills have been abuzz about a possible reunion of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and his estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav ever since the two were spotted in one frame at Mulayam Singh Yadav’s residence recently.

Rahul Gandhi will be on a day's visit to Amethi on July 10. His sister and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi was likely to accompany him.

Nirupam also criticised Deora's suggestion to set up a panel comprising three senior Congress leaders to oversee the Mumbai unit till the Maharashtra Assembly polls, saying such a move would "ruin" the party further.

After several Congress and JD(S) leaders resigned in Karnataka, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said the BJP had poached the party's MLAs.

The 29-year-old Tejashwi, who led the party during the Lok Sabha polls, went into a sulk after the RJD suffered its worst debacle, failing to win a single seat.

Ghosh also accused a section of intellectuals of turning a blind eye to the killings of BJP workers in West Bengal for chanting the slogan.

Krishna Debnath, the saffron party activist from Swarupnagar in Nadia district's Nabadwip, was rushed to a local hospital after family members found him lying by the road side on Friday evening.

During her budget presentation in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman, a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka, said the government recognizes and follows the teachings of Lord Basveshwara, in particular the principles of Kayaka and Dasoha (sacrament).

AAP's Chadha had contested from the South Delhi constituency, where BJP's Bidhuri won by over 3.6 lakh votes.

Polling for the Lok Sabha seat in Vellore was cancelled on April 16 following the recovery of a huge amount of cash allegedly from an associate of a DMK leader

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday uploaded a four-page resignation letter in which he called for accountability and a radical transformation in the party.

In what could be read as a message for his own party leaders, Rahul Gandhi said numerous people will have to be made accountable for Congress' failure in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.