Incidentally, there has been intense political speculation about what disgruntled OBC leader Chhagan Bhujbal's next move would be and whether he would join the BJP which is keen to have an OBC face. Bhujbal had refused to say whether he would join the BJP even after media persons asked him about it.
The BJP and Congress remain locked in a heated exchange over their respective stances on Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and recent comments allegedly made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the late leader.
Gandhi specifically highlighted the steep rise in garlic prices, which have surged to approximately Rs 400 per kilogram.
Five Army soldiers were killed and four seriously injured when the vehicle in which they were travelling plunged into a 300 ft deep gorge near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district on Tuesday evening.
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 will hold two meetings on Thursday and Friday to record oral evidence from state representatives as part of its deliberations on the proposed legislation.
Tragedy struck Mohali as a multi-storey under-construction building collapsed in Sohna village in Mohali, Punjab on Sunday, leaving two people dead and several others feared trapped under the rubble.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has criticized the Congress party for its reaction to Home Minister Amit Shah's comments on Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, calling it "pure deception and selfish politics."
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led government at the Centre over the amendment made in the Conduct of Election Rules, saying this was a "systematic conspiracy" by the ruling dispensation to destroy the institutional integrity of the Election Commission of India (ECI).
In preparation for the Mahakumbh 2025, the Uttar Pradesh government has implemented exceptional measures to ensure cleanliness and hygiene.
Speaking at a public meeting following a visit to a rehabilitated Bru tribal village on Sunday, Shah contrasted the communist era with the BJP's development agenda.
