Mar 02, 2025, at 12:54 am
Kolkata: A standoff erupted at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, on Saturday as student activists from CPI(M)-affiliated SFI and the Naxalite AISA staged a protest demanding the immediate announcement of student union election dates, media reports said.
'Not joining BJP or floating any party': Abhishek Banerjee dismisses rumours of his split from TMC
Feb 28, 2025, at 11:01 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary has dismissed the rumours of his split from from the party due to the reported difference with his political boss, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Rajasthan: Beawar dist tense over alleged sexual exploitation, conversion racket; several arrested
Feb 27, 2025, at 05:07 pm
Jaipur: Rajasthan’s Beawar district is tense over allegations of a targeted sexual exploitation and conversion racket involving schoolgirls in Masuda, a town with a population of around one lakh.
Feb 27, 2025, at 03:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won in the Maharashtra and Delhi assembly elections through electoral malpractices but the similar trick would be befittingly countered in her own state which goes to polls next year.
'Islamic Caliphate': BJP slams Mamata for replacing Hindu holiday with Eid in KMC schools
Feb 26, 2025, at 02:22 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of appeasement politics after the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) scrapped the holiday for Vishwakarma Puja and announced an extra day off for Eid-ul-Fitr.
Tamil actor Ranjana Natchiyaar quits BJP, joins Vijay's TVK amid 'Hindi imposition' debate
Feb 26, 2025, at 01:15 pm
Chennai/IBNS: Tamil actress Ranjana Natchiyaar dumped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and crossed over to actor Vijay's political outfit TVK in a blow to the saffron camp in Tamil Nadu, media reports said.
Feb 25, 2025, at 09:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who received massive flak for her remark 'Mrityu Kumbh', slammed back her Uttar Pradesh counterpart citing his "abuses".
West Bengal sees spike in mob lynching, 12 cases reported in a week
Jul 02, 2024, at 06:27 am
Kolkata/IBNS: As the recent incident of mob lynching surfaced, where a woman was beaten up by a man in full public view, it has come to the fore that 12 such incidents took place in West Bengal in a span of just a week, media reports said.
Bengal: Mamata Banerjee, Amit Shah in Nandigram for last day of campaign
Mar 30, 2021, at 08:46 pm
Nandigram/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in West Bengal poll epicentre Nandigram on Tuesday for the last day of campaign ahead of the elections in the constituency on Apr 1.
Bihar Assembly Elections: Electors ditch corona fear, nearly 57 pc polling in final phase
Nov 08, 2020, at 01:57 am
Patna/IBNS: Despite the corona pandemic, nearly 57 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise, sealing in EVMs the fate of 1204 candidates, including 12 ministers of Nitish cabinet, in the third and final phase of Bihar Assembly Elections that passed off peacefully, amid tight security arrangements in the 78 constituencies today.
Apr 28, 2020, at 11:25 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday show caused an Uttar Pradesh MLA, Suresh Tiwari, to explain his comment which warned people against buying vegetables from Muslims vendors during the country-wide lockdown over coronavirus.
Anti-mob lynching law pending since two years: Congress' Sachin Sawant attacks BJP
Apr 24, 2020, at 01:09 pm
Aurangabad/Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary and spokesman Sachin Sawant on Friday demanded that the Centre pass the anti-mob lynching law, pending since last two years, at the earliest.
Congress slams Goa govt for declaring state COVID-19 free based on 0.04% tests
Apr 21, 2020, at 08:33 pm
Panaji/IBNS: Goa Congress Chief Girish Chodankar has slammed the BJP government for declaring the state "COVID-19 free" claiming that only 0.04 per cent of the total population have been tested for the infection so far which is a matter of worry for the Goans, said media reports.
Puducherry: BJP to picket Assembly on Mar 3
Feb 29, 2020, at 01:42 pm
Puducherry/UNI: The Puducherry unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will take out a procession and picket the legislative assembly here on March 3 to press their demands.
BJP's Pankaja Munde announces to sit on hunger-strike tomorrow
Jan 27, 2020, at 03:08 pm
Aurangabad/UNI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pankaja Munde on Monday announced that she will be leading a day-long hunger strike and protest here on Jan 28 to outline the issue of water crisis in the region.
BJP will form government in Jharkhand: Raghubar Das
Dec 23, 2019, at 01:37 pm
Ranchi/IBNS: Despite trailing behind the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-Congress-Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) alliance, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday said his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form government in the state as the poll results are coming out.
BJP names Alpesh Thakor for Gujarat by-poll
Sep 30, 2019, at 12:09 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (UNI): In a key decision, the BJP Central Election Committee has decided to field Congress rebels Alpesh Thakor and Dhavalsinh Zala from their respective seats of Radhanpur and Bayad by-elections to Gujarat assembly.
Child Kidnapping row: Three Congressmen thrashed in Madhya Pradesh
Jul 27, 2019, at 03:15 pm
Bhopal , July 27 (IBNS) : Suspected to be child kidnappers, three Congress leaders were beaten by villagers in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh.
BJP slams Gehlot for 'fanatic nationalism' remark
Jul 01, 2019, at 08:41 pm
New Delhi, Jul 1 (UNI): The BJP on Monday attacked Rajasthan chief minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot for saying that the saffron party's win in recent elections was due to "fanatic nationalism".
BJP furnishes KMC-issued birth certificate of Beder Meye Josna actor Anju Ghosh
Jun 06, 2019, at 03:05 pm
Kolkata, June 6 (IBNS): The BJP today furnished a Kolkata Municipal Corporation-issued birth certificate of its new member, Beder Meye Josna star Anju Ghosh, in a bid to end confusion on her nationality.
After landslide victory in Lok Sabha polls, BJP set to get majority in Rajya Sabha in 2020
May 27, 2019, at 03:11 pm
New Delhi, May 27 (UNI): The saffron surge in electoral battle for 2019 has set the ball rolling to the BJP to capture more seats in Upper House of Parliament and the saffron party may get majority in Rajya Sabha in 2020.
Karnataka: BJP selects Avinash Jadhav, son of BJP Umesh Jadhav, for Chincholi Assembly by-polls
Apr 27, 2019, at 12:34 pm
Kalaburagi, Apr 27 (UNI): BJP has selected Avinash Jadhav, son of Dr Umesh Jadhav for Chincholi Assembly seat where by-election is slated to be held on May 19.
Shoe hurled at BJP leader to protest Sadhvi candidature from Bhopal
Apr 18, 2019, at 04:17 pm
New Delhi, Apr 18 (UNI): The BJP's choice of 48-year Sadhvi Pragya Thakur in Bhopal was billed out as party's fight against Digvijaya Singh for coining Hindu terror phrase but a supposed Modi critic and a Kanpur based surgeon seems to have turned the tables on Thursday.
BJP manifesto is another set of jumla: Arvind Kejriwal
Apr 08, 2019, at 04:52 pm
New Delhi, Apr 8 (IBNS): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday described the Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls as another set of 'jumla' (false promise).
BJP unveils its official logo, tagline 'Phir Ek Baar Modi Sarkar' for Lok Sabha polls
Apr 07, 2019, at 05:33 pm
New Delhi, Apr 7 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday unveiled the official logo and tagline for the Lok Sabha election campaign.
Yeddyurappa diaries: Congress attacks BJP, ex-Karnataka CM says he will file defamation case
Mar 22, 2019, at 04:18 pm
New Delhi, May 22 (IBNS): The Congress on Friday attacked Bharatiya Janata Party after a news report claimed that its southern top leader BS Yeddyurappa was involved in funneling Rs 1,800 crore to the ruling outfit's central committee.
LS polls: BJP may drop Shatrughan Sinha as LS candidate
Mar 17, 2019, at 11:12 am
New Delhi, Mar 17 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may drop actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha as the Lok Sabha candidate for Bihar's Patna Sahib constituency and give the ticket to Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad instead, media reports said.
BJP CEC set to opt for new faces in many constituencies for 1st phase of polls
Mar 16, 2019, at 12:42 pm
New Delhi, Mar 16 (UNI): The BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) will meet in the national capital on Saturday and is likely to release its first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls.
Fadnavis and Uddhav's joint rally in Aurangabad on Mar 17
Mar 14, 2019, at 03:31 pm
Aurangabad, Mar 14 (UNI): Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadanvis and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will jointly address the Sena-BJP Marathwada level workers at Srihari pavilion here on March 17.
BJP and PM indulging in dirty politics over Pulwama attack and IAF strike: TMC
Feb 28, 2019, at 01:42 pm
Guwahati, Feb 28 (IBNS): Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of indulging in dirty politics over Pulwama terror attack and Indian Air Force (IAF) strikes.