Politics

All five Lok Sabha MPs from Jammu and Kashmir -- three from the NC and two from the BJP -- have been nominated as "associate members" of the Delimitation Commission.

Patra is one of the most visible BJP faces on news channels. He is also very active on social media and posted several tweets on Thursday as well.

Congress sources said once the appointment letter came from the high command, he has been KPCC president and officially taking charge was just a formality.

The Finance Minister raised the allocation for MGNREGS by Rs 40,000 crore over and above the Rs 61,000 crore budgeted earlier for the employment guarantee scheme.

The West Bengal CM said the Centre was "misleading people" during the COVID-19 crisis and the special economic package has nothing for the unorganised sector, public spending and employment generation.

Banerjee said there will be no quick relief from COVID-19 in the near future and the key to revival for the state's economy lies in strengthening the infrastructure of rural Bengal.

The order to replace Captain Manivannan with Maheshwar Rao, another IAS officer, came on Monday evening, and set off online campaigns on change.org to 'bring back' the captain.

Awhad, MLA from Mumbra-Kalwa, had gone in quarantine as a precautionary measure on April 13 after some of the police personnel providing him security tested positive.

Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray personally feels the election for the nine seats of the Legislative Council should take place unopposed, because he wants to dedicate most of his time to coronavirus crisis, Raut said.

The 74-year-old Janata Congress Chhattisgarh chief was rushed to the Shree Narayana Hospital on Saturday after he fell unconscious at his residence.

Gandhi also called upon the government to immediately put money into the hands of the poor and provide a financial package to the industry to help revive the economy.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked the government to clarify on the security and privacy concerns raised over the application, especially after an ethical hacker has pointed out its alleged flaws.

Sonia Gandhi said that the Congress party had asked for provision of free rail travel for migrant workers to their home-towns, but their demands had been ignored by the Centre.

I expect the Prime Ministers Office to take a rational and judicious decision, keeping aside the state politics, said NCP chief Sharad Pawar.

Congress said while other governments were putting money in people's hand during the crisis caused by coronavirus, the BJP-JJP dispensation was 'taking anti-people decisions' in Haryana.

Rahul Gandhi had attacked the ruling BJP after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a list of 50 wilful defaulters accused of cheating banks.