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Pampore terror atatck: BJP MLAs raise anti-Pak slogans in Kashmir assembly

Eight CRPF personnel were martyred and 24 injured in the major ambush by two terrorists on Saturday, who were neutralised in the encounter in Pampore

India a player on global scale in terms of credibility: BJP

The BJP leader Nailin Kohli furhter said the basic question now is when India will become a member of NSG

BJP's alliance with Akali Dal will continue in Punjab: Prabhat Jha

The state is scheduled to go to polls next year

BJP slams Akhilesh Yadav for denying CBI probe into Mathura violence

This incident had exposed the unpreparedness of the Mathura police and led to political mud-slinging, had left 29 persons dead, including the city SP and a police SHO

Who're these new kids scripting election victories?

From Narendra Modi's victory in 2014 to the Nitish-Lalu triumph in 2015 and delivering Assam to the BJP in 2016, these young and very professional strategists have startled politicians and the media with what they have pulled off

Small Cabinet reshuffle likely this week

There are two vacancies to be filled. The first is at the ministry of sports and youth affairs after Sarbananda Sonowal became Assam chief minister. Similarly, the junior minister of social justice and empowerment, Vijay Sampla, has been sent as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Punjab unit chief.Five states, including Goa, will go to the polls by early 2017 and another two, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, by December 2017. The BJP would work towards retaining Gujarat and winning Himachal Pradesh from the Congress. The other four states slated for polls by early 2017 are Uttar Pradesh (UP), Punjab, Manipur and Uttarakhand. The BJP is keen to win UP and Uttarakhand, and remain part of the ruling alliance in Punjab. This could be a factor in elevating individuals from these states.The Cabinet reshuffle and changes in party might reflect this by inclusion of more Other Backward Class and Dalit faces. In the Cabinet, the big four - finance, external affairs, defence and home - are unlikely

Who will be minister? Anupriya Patel or Rajbir Singh

Anupriya Patel or Rajbir Singh, the son of Kalyan Singh? Both names are being discussed as possible ministers in the next reshuffle. Anupriya Patel, the daughter of Sone Lal Patel and leader of Bharatiya Janata Party ally Apna Dal, was expelled from the party by her mother, Krishna Patel, over how it should be run. Rajbir Singh has had a bitter-sweet relationship with his father and confessed once that as a child he hardly got to see him. Once, when he did, his father forgot whether Rajbir was in Class VII or VIII.

Fight in the BJP over Kairana campaign

A fight seems to have broken out in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its Kairana campaign between member of Parliament from that constituency Hukum Singh and Sardhana Assembly member Sangeet Som. Both are members of the BJP. Som has been publicly warned by Singh to stay away from the Kairana campaign. Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh administration has denied reports of any Hindu family fleeing Kairana in recent times allegedly due to harassment by Muslim crime rings in the area. The UP Assembly polls are due next year and everyone is trying to get a word in edgeways. The Bajrang Dal has got into the act, alleging that Hindus are leaving Agra, Deoband and sundry other places in the state.

Paan pain

Some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were somewhat inconvenienced during their stay in Allahabad for the party'stwo-day national executive meeting on June 12 and 13. They discovered that the city's paan (betel leaf) shops had decided not to sell the item during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stay in Allahabad. That, according to the association of paan shop owners, was their way of contributing to Modi's swachhata (cleanliness) campaign. However, the more resourceful of the BJP leaders found their poison by requesting supporters to get several of them packed from the outskirts of the city.

BJP's new name for AAP

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had turned into the "Abusing and Accusing Party". Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's morning "begins with Modi, Modi, Modi; his afternoons are Modi, Modi, Modi and evenings are Modi, Modi, Modi", Patra alleged. He was reacting to Kejriwal's contention that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to be blamed for President Pranab Mukherjee rejecting an amendment passed by the Delhi government that aimed to retrospectively exempt the appointment of 21 AAP MLAs as parliamentary secretaries. The BJP claimed Kejriwal was "politicising" what was essentially a "legal issue".

Corruption-free decision making helping country's economy: BJP

'Government adopted an integrated economic approach which resulted in the economy growing to 7.9%,' said Nitin Gadkari

How Shiv Sena ministers still part of 'Nizam government', asks RSS

RSS's intervention comes at a time when Shiv Sena is stepping up its attack against BJP ahead of the Mumbai civic polls due in 2017

At national executive, BJP to showcase impact of Mudra loans

Modi and Shah's teams to witness changes in view of UP polls

BJP relying on western UP to repeat 2014 Lok Sabha results

The Modi government has taken a series of steps specifically to bring succour to sugarcane growers and the sugar industry of Uttar Pradesh

BJP MLA cross-votes in UP Rajya Sabha polls

SP MLA Guddu Pandit alleged that he and his brother received death threats

BJP-Sena war of words intensifies

Sena spokesperson Raut recently likened the BJP regime at the Centre with the 'rule of the Nizam'

Nomination games

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is pointing at what it calls the Congress hypocrisy about its claims of protecting the interests of minorities. The BJP has either nominated or re-nominated two Muslim leaders - Minorities Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and party spokesperson M J Akbar - as its Rajya Sabha (RS) candidates from Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh, respectively. There is no Muslim on the Congress' list of RS candidates. BJP leaders were quick to add that both Akbar and Naqvi had been nominated on "merit". The BJP also said that its candidates had served the party for decades, while parties such as the Congress, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) had fielded lawyers: The RJD has fielded Ram Jethmalani from Bihar, the Congress is backing Vivek Tankha from Madhya Pradesh and the INLD is supporting lawyer R K Anand in Haryana. The BJP is being accused of supporting businessmen. Its legislators are likely to support media baron Subhash Chandra in Hary

Congress targets government over attacks on African Nationals

While calling for strict action against such incidents, Congress leader P L Punia accused the BJP of brewing intolerance in the nation

Party tea and snack

If the Shiv Sena can have "Shiv" vada-pav (an Indian snack) eateries across Mumbai, can the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its partner in the ruling alliance at the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), be far behind? The party has decided to launch "Namo" (short for Narendra Modi) tea stalls across the city. Manoj Kotak, BJP group leader in the MCGM, claimed the concept had been discussed at a party meeting. Opposition parties, however, lashed out at the idea. "This move is another joomla (gimmick)," said former BJP member Pravin Chheda, now leader of the Opposition party, the Congress, in the MCGM.

BJP names 12 candidates for Rajya Sabha seats

The list includes union ministers M Venkaiah Naidu, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Chaudhary Birender Singh and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi