PM says happy to visit Arunachal Pradesh, will also address election rally in Tripura
Feb 15, 2018, at 07:55 pm
Itanagar, Feb 15 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Dorjee Khandu State Convention Centre in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, on Thursday, during his visit to the state.
Modi dithers as soldiers suffer due to opportunistic alliance by PDP-BJP: Rahul Gandhi
Feb 13, 2018, at 11:08 pm
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is dithering at a time the soldiers are suffering at the border due to the opportunistic PDP-BJP alliance.
Veteran Odia actor Mahasweta Ray joins BJP
Feb 12, 2018, at 10:11 pm
Bhubaneswar, Feb 12 (IBNS): Veteran Odia actor Mahasweta Ray on Monday joined the BJP in the state.
BJP will form next government in Tripura: Amit Shah
Feb 12, 2018, at 04:36 pm
Agartala, Feb 12 (IBNS): With few days to go for the state poll, BJP President Amit Shah on Monday asserted that the next Tripura government will be formed by the saffron brigade.
Andhra Pradesh witnesses bandh called by Left parties
Feb 08, 2018, at 05:11 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 8 (IBNS): The Left parties have called a state-wide bandh in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday as a mark of protest against the "injustice" meted out to the state by the Union budget 2018, media reports said.
Akali Dal MP Naresh Gujral takes on BJP, supports TDP
Feb 06, 2018, at 04:30 am
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IBNS): After Shiv Sena and Telegu Desam Party (TDP), another NDA ally Shiromani Akali Dal on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), media reports said.
Congress and BJP take to microblogging site Twitter to air their opinions about each other
Feb 05, 2018, at 06:49 pm
Bengaluru, Feb 5 (IBNS): Priyank Kharge, the IT minister of Karnataka, took to the microblogging site Twitter to counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi who addressed a large gathering in Bengaluru on Sunday evening, according to media reports.
BJP and NDPP forms pre-poll alliance in Nagaland
Feb 04, 2018, at 02:33 am
Guwahati, Feb 3 (IBNS) : BJP has ended up its 15-year tie with the ruling Naga People’s Front (NPF) in Nagaland and picked up new ally National Democratic Political Party (NDPP) for the upcoming assembly polls in the state.
BJP in fresh trouble as Manjhi seeks 50 seats to contest assembly elections
Feb 03, 2018, at 11:56 pm
Patna, Feb 3 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has put the BJP in fresh trouble by staking claims over 50 seats for assembly elections.
BJP ally TDP dissatisfied with Union Budget, Naidu calls party meeting
Feb 02, 2018, at 04:37 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 2 (IBNS): Arun Jaitley's Union budget may have targeted the poor section of the society, but it has not gone down well with the Telegu Desam Party (TDP), an ally of BJP at the Centre, which rules Andhra Pradesh, media reports said.
Big blow for BJP in Rajasthan, Congress set to sweep all three by-poll seats
Feb 01, 2018, at 07:11 pm
Jaipur, Feb 1 (IBNS): Upsetting the Bharatiya Janata Party and Vasundhara Raje government, the Congress is on the verge of winning all three by-poll seats in Rajasthan, media reports said.
By poll results: Congress overtakes BJP in Rajasthan, Trinamool ahead in West Bengal
Feb 01, 2018, at 04:06 pm
Jaipur/Kolkata, Feb 1 (IBNS): In a surprising result so far, the Congress is leading in two Lok Sabha seats in the by-polls in Rajasthan leaving one Assembly seat for the ruling BJP, media reports said.
BJP attacks Rahul Gandhi over his 'jacket'
Feb 01, 2018, at 12:11 am
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi faced the "suit-boot" jibe from the BJP for wearing a black jacket during a rock concert he attended on Tuesday evening in Meghalaya.
BJP walks out of meeting with AAP over sealing drive in Delhi
Jan 30, 2018, at 05:06 pm
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IBNS): The meeting between Bharatiya Janana Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the sealing issue in the national capital on Tuesday failed after the BJP leaders walked out of the room over disagreement, media reports said.
Madhya Pradesh: Teacher makes students take anti-BJP pledge
Jan 29, 2018, at 05:06 pm
Bhopal, Jan 29 (IBNS): Triggering a controversy, a teacher at a school in Madhya Pradesh was seen to make students take an anti-BJP pledge until the government stops online examinations.
Chidambaram mocks Modi's 'pakoda' comment, BJP hits back
Jan 29, 2018, at 04:52 pm
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IBNS): Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sambit Patra engaged themselves in a verbal tussle over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'pakoda' comment.
Shiv Sena sounds death knell for alliance with BJP, decides to contest Assembly and LS polls alone
Jan 23, 2018, at 08:20 pm
Mumbai, Jan 23 (IBNS) : Coming closer to snapping their strained alliance with the BJP, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday decided to go it alone in the pcoming Maharashtra assembly polls as well as the Lok Sabha elections scheduled in 2019, media reports said.
Controversy triggers over North Delhi mayor Preeti Aggarwal's 'video' on Bawana fire tragedy
Jan 21, 2018, at 11:23 pm
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IBNS): A controversy erupted as a video went viral where BJP leader and North Delhi mayor Preeti Aggarwal could be seen allegedly telling his aides that she could not speak anything on the Bawana fire incident as the licence of the blaze-hit factory belong to them.
Amit Shah eyes Karnataka poll, joins Parivartana Yatra today
Jan 10, 2018, at 07:29 pm
Bengaluru, Jan 10 (IBNS): Blowing the poll bugle in Karnataka, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Amit Shah joined the Parivartana Yatra as the southern state is heading towards its poll this year.
We are not love jihad people: Jignesh Mevani says in Delhi rally
Jan 09, 2018, at 11:11 pm
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IBNS): Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani came down to New Delhi, defying police orders, to address the Youth Hunkar Rally where he targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he does not believe in 'love jihad' but follows the policy of 'pyar, ishq and mohabbat'.
BJP will form next government in Meghalaya : Amit Shah
Jan 07, 2018, at 03:18 am
Shillong, Jan 6 (IBNS) : After Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Saturday blew the poll bugle in Meghalaya by saying the saffron party will form the next government in the state.
PM Modi greets Himachal CM on birthday
Jan 06, 2018, at 04:21 pm
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on the latter's birthday.
RSS-BJP tried to tarnish my image: Jignesh Mevani
Jan 05, 2018, at 07:19 pm
Gandhinagar, Jan 5 (IBNS): Breaking silence on the case registered against him for inciting caste tension, Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA, Jignesh Mevani, on Friday said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have tried to tarnish his image due to the fear of set back in 2019 Lok Sabha election.
Winter session of Parliament on last day, triple talaq bill in limbo
Jan 05, 2018, at 04:32 pm
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IBNS): The crucial triple talaq bill has remained in limbo as the winter session of the Parliament is heading towards its last sitting on Friday.
PM Modi greets Murli Manohar Joshi on his birthday
Jan 05, 2018, at 03:59 pm
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted senior BJP leader Murli Mahohar Joshi on the latter's birthday.
BJP's masterstroke of triple talaq bill throws Opposition in "secularism" dilemma
Jan 04, 2018, at 10:05 pm
A party which is often accused of being the proponent of 'Hindutva' delivered a masterstroke to the opposition groups by introducing the much awaited triple talaq bill in the winter session of Parliament in early 2018. And what followed in the upper house with the united opposition hullabaloo is a Shah Bano redux of 1986, reigniting India's pseudo-secularism debate.
Arun Jaitley attacks Congress over its stand on triple talaq
Jan 04, 2018, at 04:31 pm
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley attacked the principal opposition party, Congress, over its stand on triple talaq bill which was tabled in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday but soon followed by uproar in the House, media reports said.
Congress raises Dalit issue in Parliament, Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 p.m.
Jan 03, 2018, at 06:35 pm
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IBNS): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. after Congress raised the Dalit issue in the Upper House of Parliament on Wednesday.
BJP MLA in Uttar Pradesh says 'Hindustan is for Hindus'
Jan 03, 2018, at 12:18 am
Muzzafarnagar, Jan 2 (IBNS): BJP legislator from Uttar Pradesh Vikram Saini has triggered a freash controversy when he said India is a land of 'Hindus' as it is called 'Hindustan'.
Four Meghalaya MLAs to resign and join BJP
Jan 02, 2018, at 08:20 pm
Shillong, Jan 2 (IBNS) : Spelling more trouble for the ruling Congress, a party legislator and three other MLAs from other parties will resign from their respective parties on Tuesday and join the BJP and strengthen the saffron party ahead of the state Assembly elections, reports said.