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Devendra Fadnavis meets Eknath Shinde in Mumbai as suspense over Maharashtra CM post continues

Dec 04, 2024, at 05:33 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis Tuesday met outgoing Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde amid continuous suspense on who will take over the top post in the politically crucial state.

Eknath Shinde leaves for home after talks in Delhi, Sena says he is not upset amid speculations of rift in Mahayuti

Nov 30, 2024, at 03:02 am

Mumbai/IBNS: The crucial meeting with Amit Shah to decide who will become the next chief minister of Maharashtra concluded in New Delhi on Thursday, and if reports are to be believed, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis will most certainly head the state.

Mahayuti leaders hold 'positive' meeting in Delhi, suspense over Maharashtra CM on

Nov 29, 2024, at 06:57 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The suspense over who would become the next Maharashtra Chief Minister lingered even after the first meeting of the Mahayuti top leaders was held in the national capital Delhi on Thursday night.

Congress's overconfidence cost us: Team Uddhav Thackeray on Maharashtra decimation

Nov 29, 2024, at 01:11 am

Mumbai/IBNS: A senior leader from the Shiv Sena (UBT) faction has blamed the Congress party and its "overconfidence" for the Maha Vikas Aghadi's decimation in Maharashtra.

Amit Shah to meet Mahayuti leaders today to pick next Maharashtra CM amid prevailing suspense

Nov 28, 2024, at 04:14 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Thursday meet three Mahayuti leaders- caretaker Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)'s Ajit Pawar- in the national capital Delhi to finalise the name of the next Chief Minister of the western state.

Won't obstruct: Eknath Shinde leaves it to BJP top brass to take a call on Maharashtra CM decision

Nov 28, 2024, at 02:18 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Eknath Shinde, who is in the race for the top post in Maharashtra, has said he has left the decision to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Centre sends additional 50 companies of CRPF in violence-hit Manipur amid Jiribam unrest, deaths

Nov 19, 2024, at 04:16 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has decided to deploy additional 50 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CRPF) to violence-marred Manipur in the wake of the current  "volatile" situation in Jiribam district, where at least 19 people have been killed this month alone, media reports said on Monday evening. 

'Rahul Baba plane will crash once again in Maharashtra': Amit Shah takes dig at Congress ahead of polls

Nov 14, 2024, at 05:37 am

Taking a dig at the Congress and its veteran leader Sonia Gandhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday promised that the grand old party will fail to succeed once again in poll-bound Maharashtra.

Amit Shah-led committee approves three projects of Rs.725.62 for fire services projects in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and West Bengal

Nov 11, 2024, at 11:07 pm

A High-Level Committee, under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah approves three projects of Rs. 725.62 crore under “Expansion and Modernization of Fire Services in the states” for Chhattisgarh, Odisha and West Bengal.

BJP’s Maharashtra poll manifesto promises financial aid boost for women, AI hub plan, and essential goods price control

Nov 10, 2024, at 09:51 pm

Mumbai: The BJP’s manifesto for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections includes an increase in monthly financial aid for women under the Ladki Bahin Yojana, plans to establish Maharashtra as an Artificial Intelligence (AI) hub, and measures to regulate prices of essential goods.

FIRs filed against BJP's Mithun Chakraborty over alleged 'inflammatory' speech in Kolkata

Nov 08, 2024, at 02:40 am

Kolkata: Two cases have been registered against actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty for making an inflammatory speech at the party's membership drive in Kolkata's Salt Lake, media reports said.

Jharkhand Polls: Amit Shah pledges to safeguard tribal identity, women, and land; vows to expel 'infiltrators' at BJP’s manifesto launch

Nov 03, 2024, at 08:22 pm

Ranchi: Home Minister Amit Shah stated on Sunday that the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly elections will go beyond merely changing the government, as it will also play a critical role in shaping the state’s future.

India lodges protest over Canada's allegations against Union Minister Amit Shah

Nov 02, 2024, at 10:07 pm

The Indian government on Saturday summoned a Canadian high commission representative and lodged a strong protest over the recent allegation levelled by the country against Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Concerning: US on Canada's charge against India's Home Minister Amit Shah over Khalistani row

Oct 31, 2024, at 08:20 pm

Washington D.C./IBNS: The United States has called Canada's allegations that India's Home Minister Amit Shah was involved in a plot targeting Khalistani separatists in Ottawa "concerning", media reports said.

‘Will chop them up…’: Mithun slams TMC leader Humayun Kabir’s violent threat to Hindus at Kolkata BJP rally

Oct 29, 2024, at 01:47 am

Kolkata: West Bengal, which is already charged up with intense Trinamool-BJP rivalry, witnessed further escalation on Sunday as actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty delivered a fiery message, vowing a tit-for-tat response to any violent overtures by Mamata Bannerjee’s ruling party.

Instead of Rabindrasangeet, Bengal today hears sounds of bombs: Amit Shah in Kolkata

Oct 28, 2024, at 02:47 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed the Trinamool Congress government on Sunday and declared that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would form a government in Bengal in 2026.

Amit Shah to inaugurate Passenger Terminal Building and Maitri Dwar at Land Port in West Bengal tomorrow

Oct 26, 2024, at 07:12 pm

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate Passenger Terminal Building and Maitri Dwar at Land Port, Patrapole in West Bengal on Sunday.

Exiled author Taslima Nasreen urges Home Minister Amit Shah to let her stay in India

Oct 22, 2024, at 05:53 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen Monday appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, urging him to let her stay in India.

NDA chief ministers to meet today after Haryana CM's oath ceremony in Chandigarh

Oct 17, 2024, at 05:06 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Eyeing to keep up the pressure on the Opposition after BJP's massive victory in Haryana, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will hold a meeting of all chief ministers and deputy chief ministers from the coalition in Chandigarh on Thursday following Nayab Singh Saini oath ceremony as the chief minister of the state for the second time.

NDA chief ministers to meet today after Haryana CM's oath ceremony in Chandigarh

Oct 17, 2024, at 07:24 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Eyeing to keep up the pressure on the Opposition after BJP's massive victory in Haryana elections, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will hold a meeting of all chief ministers and deputy chief ministers from the coalition in Chandigarh on Thursday.

India bids adieu to its national icon Ratan Tata with full state honours, thousands pay tribute

Oct 11, 2024, at 02:10 am

Mumbai: The final rites of India's most revered industrialist Ratan Naval Tata were performed with full State honours at a Mumbai crematorium this afternoon.

Distasteful and disgraceful: Amit Shah on Mallikarjun Kharge's 'won't die till Modi is removed from power' remark

Sep 30, 2024, at 05:04 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has lashed out at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for "dragging" Prime Minister Narendra Modi into his "personal health matters" during a poll campaign in Jammu and Kashmir.

'Congress-NC alliance is endorsed by Pakistan': PM Modi on Article 370

Sep 20, 2024, at 05:54 am

Jammu/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)  top leadership including Narendra Modi and Amit Shah Thursday slammed the Congress and National Conference for trying "to implement the agenda of Pakistan”, following a TV interview of the neighbouring country's Defence Minister Khwaja Asif where he said that Islamabad and the Congress-NC alliance were “on the same page” on the issue of restoration of Article 370.

Indian govt renames Port Blair as Sri Vijaya Puram

Sep 14, 2024, at 12:01 am

The Indian government has decided to rename the capital of Andaman & Nicobar Islands Port Blair as 'Sri Vijaya Puram'.

'Despicable': Jagdeep Dhankar condemns Rahul Gandhi's reservation remark

Sep 13, 2024, at 05:43 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar launched a scathing attack on Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi Thursday without naming him and said there is nothing more "condemnable and despicable" than someone who holds a constitutional post "becoming part of" the enemies of the nation.

'We will take reservation beyond 50 percent': Rahul Gandhi clarifies comment amid massive criticisms

Sep 12, 2024, at 04:15 am

Amid heavy criticism over his remark which has been perceived as anti-reservation, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday issued a clarification saying his party would "take reservation beyond the limit of 50 percent". 

'Reservations can't be abolished as long as BJP is in power': Amit Shah slams Rahul Gandhi's quota remark in the US

Sep 11, 2024, at 06:52 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has lashed out at Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi who favoured abolition of reservations in India if the country becomes a "fair place".

Congress MP from Inner Manipur writes to Amit Shah appealing for 'corrective measures' as the northeastern state crisis boils

Sep 11, 2024, at 05:26 pm

Imphal/IBNS: Congress MP from Inner Manipur, A Bimol Akoijam, has written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah calling for "corrective measures" in the wake of the fresh violence that broke out in the northeastern state.

'Article 370 is history, will never be restored': Amit Shah in J&K ahead of polls

Sep 07, 2024, at 02:41 am

Srinagar/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has ruled out the restoration of Article 370, which granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and said the provision has now "become history" as he unveiled the Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections here.

78-yr-old Christian man becomes first person from Goa to get Indian citizenship under CAA

Aug 29, 2024, at 10:43 pm

Panaji: A 78-year-old Christian from Pakistan, living in Goa since 2013, has become the first person in the state to be granted citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019.