The BJP is planning an elaborate and larger agitation over the ongoing crisis at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU) in the coming days after the ongoing higher secondary examinations are over, West Bengal Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said on Sunday.
BJP leader Amit Malviya has raised alarm over what he perceives as the deteriorating law and order situation in West Bengal, pointing out a string of recent violent incidents that have left the state's residents in fear.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday highlighted Gujarat's long-standing tradition of welcoming people from across the country and the world, and emphasized that the state has always embraced diverse ideologies and lifestyles.
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to set the political battlefield through visits of Hindutva leaders ahead of Bihar assembly elections, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has given clear indication of returning to Mandal politics to counter the BJP’s plan.
Amid the political row in Maharashtra over the Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi praising Mughal ruler Aurangzeb, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said that it was not only the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but the people of the state as well as the country which echoed the same sentiment that the tomb/grave of the Mughal ruler should be demolished.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Jasmine Shah, speaking with The Statesman Talks, stated that no political party in India's history has ever received a mandate as significant as the one AAP secured in the 2015 Delhi Assembly elections.
Before chief minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to Sandeshkhali, local leader Sujay Mondal, also known as ‘Sujay Master,’ joined the Trinamul Congress (TMC).
BJP MP Sarangi, who sustained injuries during a scuffle in Parliament on December 19 and was hospitalised, shared his health update with reporters on Monday.
During its 55th meeting, the GST Council clarified that tax treatment for popcorn would depend on its flavour and the way it was sold; while popcorn sold loose will be taxed at 5 per cent, GST on popcorn will incre a se to 12 per cent if it was sold in packets under a brand name, while caramelised popcorn would be taxed at 18 per cent.
A war of words erupted between the BJP and Congress on Monday after the saffron party castigated Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for "flying abroad" when India is mourning former prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's demise.
