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A 'strange' bail order and rumours of UP poll deferral

A suggestion by the Allahabad High Court that elections in Uttar Pradesh should be postponed has given life to rumours that this may be a real possibility

BJP's Tejasvi Surya withdraws controversial statements on 'ghar wapsi'

"There is no other way than ensuring the 'Ghar wapsi' of Hindus who have converted to Islam and Christianity," Tejasvi Surya had said

BJP likely to contest from urban and semi-urban Assembly seats in Punjab

The BJP is expected to contest the urban Assembly seats in Punjab in alliance with former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress (PCL).

Nadda holds meeting for Brahmin outreach in UP ahead of Assembly polls

Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda is holding a meeting with members of the BJP committee formed for Brahmin outreach in Uttar Pradesh, ahead of upcoming Assembly elections.Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders from Uttar Pradesh also called on party president JP Nadda today at Delhi, ahead of the Assembly polls.According to sources, BJP on Sunday constituted a committee that will look after the party's campaign on wooing Brahmin voters in the UP elections. Today's meeting will finalize the blueprint on the working of that committee.Union Minister and BJP UP polls in charge of Uttar Pradesh Dharmendra Pradhan, Shiv Pratap Shukla, Mahesh Sharma, Brijesh Pathak, Shrikant Sharma, Anand Swarup organization minister Sunil Bansal, among other leaders are present in the meeting.Uttar Pradesh is slated to go to Assembly polls early next year.In the 2017 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party bagged 312 seats out of the 403-seat Uttar Pradesh Assembly while ...

Anti-conversion Bill: Complaint lodged against Karnataka CM, HM, Speaker

The complaint has been lodged by a social activist R. Manaiah with Lingasugur police station in Raichur district, police said on Monday.

Personal attacks by BJP leaders show their frustration: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav has said that top BJP leaders stooping down to making personal attacks reflects their "narrow mindedness and frustration"

Poll violence, workers' resentment: Reasons for BJP debacle in KMC polls

The West Bengal BJP unit identified organisational lacunae, violence during the polls and resentment among a section of workers as prime reasons behind the party's dismal performance in KMC

Punjab bankrupt due to unethical policies of SAD, Congress: BJP

BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said the state has turned bankrupt due to wrong policies by both Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)

BJP trying to use Covid as excuse for postponing UP polls: Sitaram Yechury

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday said that the ruling BJP was trying to use the excuse of rising Covid-19 cases to postpone assembly election in UP as it was staring at defeat.

Battle for BJP on multiple fronts ahead of Assembly elections in 5 states

Assembly elections to five crucial states will take place in a few months. Aditi Phadnis looks at the current political situation in each state and the kind of the challenges political parties face

Raising marriageable age for women from 18 to 21 years progressive: Nadda

BJP chief JP Nadda Sunday termed "progressive" the proposal to raise the marriageable age for women from 18 to 21 years and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the move.

PM frequently visiting UP as BJP fears it may lose Assembly polls: Pilot

Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday claimed that PM Modi is visiting Uttar Pradesh frequently as BJP leaders fear that the party may lose next year's Assembly polls there.

2 more booked in Haridwar Dharam Sansad hate speech case

Haridwar Superintendent of Police (SP) City Shekhar Suyal on Saturday said that two more persons have been named in the FIR in connection with the alleged hate speech in the Dharma Sansad in Haridwar.The police have named Dharm Das and Annapurna, a woman in the hate speech case.Earlier on Wednesday, police said it had booked Wasim Rizvi aka Jitendra Tyagi, and others under Section 153A Indian Penal Code in the case.Meanwhile, Anand Swaroop, an attendee of Dharma Sansad told the mediapersons, "We stand by our statements that are well thought out. If a person rapes our sister, won't we kill him? Speakers talked about killing such persons, not ordinary Muslims who are our friends. No one can stop India from becoming Hindu Rashtra".

Bommai rules out going abroad saying programme he was to attend postponed

There were rumours that the Chief Minister would go abroad for the treatment of his knee related ailment

BJP launches special micro-donation campaign, Modi donates Rs 1,000

The campaign will continue till February 11, the death anniversary of the party's ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay

Big challenge for BJP in 2022 to save Gujarat; win Uttar Pradesh again

2022 is going to be a year of hopes and challenges for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to be the world's largest party in terms of membership

PM Modi pays tributes to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to former prime minister and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary.

Senior Minister Ashoka dismisses talk of leadership change in Karnataka

There were rumours in some quarters in recent times that Bommai may go abroad for knee operation

Hate speech incidents will not be tolerated, warns Uttarakhand DGP

Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar on Friday said that incidents of 'hate speech' will not be tolerated in the state

The Opposition missed the real hot button issue: inflation

In the last 20 years or so, the opposition parties have been more concerned with posturing rather than the national interest.