Bharatiya Janata Party

PM Modi launches BJP's nationwide membership drive in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address party workers at Deendayal Upadhyaya Trade Facilitation Centre in Bada Lalpur from where he will launch the membership drive and facilitate some of the party workers.

Jul 6, 2019

Budget 2019: Big push likely for farm sector, water projects, employment

The Budget is likely to include a proposal to spend 75 per cent of rural employment guarantee scheme MNREGA allocation on water-related projects.

Jul 5, 2019

CBI court acquits Mukhtar Ansari in BJP leader's murder case

Talking about the absence of a witness protection programme during the trial, a special CBI court said that the outcome of the trial could have been different if the witnesses had not turned hostile.

Jul 4, 2019

I don't care whose son he is: PM Modi condemns Akash Vijayvargiya

PM Modi also spoke about key decisions his government has taken since the BJP-led NDA returned to power with a massive mandate.

Jul 2, 2019

Akash Vijayvargiya on beating official: 'Not embarrassed, pray I don't get another chance to use bat again'

BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya said that he was not embarrassed at what he did and that he shouldn't get another chance to repeat his actions.

Jun 30, 2019

A dozen TDP MLAs plan to join BJP; more such defections on the way?

The state in-charge of Andhra Pradesh and National Secretary of BJP, Sunil Deodhar, said TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and his immediate family are facing serious charges of corruption and the party's citadel seems to be crashing down.

Jun 26, 2019

BJP MP Madan Lal Saini passes away, party postpones 1st parliamentary meet after 2019 Lok Sabha polls

This was BJP's first meeting after 2019 Lok Sabha polls, which was to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Home Minister Amit Shah, and other party lawmakers were likely to be present.

Jun 25, 2019

Ghost of Taj corridor scam still haunts Mayawati? BSP chief blames Yadav family

BSP supremo Mayawati launched a scathing attack on the Yadav family including former ally and SP president Akhilesh Yadav of working against non-Yadav and backward communities/Dalits, leading to loss of votes in the recently concluded parliamentary elections.

Jun 24, 2019

Kerala-Tamil Nadu ISIS module: Kin of accused deny charges, say arrests political

Denying allegations and any terror links with the ISIS, the families of five men from Coimbatore were upset about the arrests made and said the Modi-led BJP government is doing this to create hostility between the Hindus and the Muslims.

Jun 22, 2019

4 Telugu Desam Party Rajya Sabha MPs ditch Chandrababu Naidu to join BJP

YS Chowdary, CM Ramesh, TG Venkatesh and G Mohan Rao met Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu and submitted their resignation from the TDP.

Jun 20, 2019

Congress disbands Karnataka unit, spares Gundu Rao, Khandre

While the Congress party dissolved the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Wednesday, its state President Dinesh Gundu Rao and Working President Easwar B. Khandre were spared.

Jun 19, 2019

Modi asks ministers to reach office on time, avoid working from home

PM Narendra Modi asked the cabinet ministers to involve their deputy ministers (Ministers of State) in all important decisions of the ministeries in his first meeting with the Council of Ministers on June 12.

Jun 13, 2019

Mamata's police lathicharge Bengal BJP workers protesting in Kolkata streets

The BJP workers were protesting against the killings of their party workers in Kolkata.

Jun 12, 2019

PM Modi's ruling NDA may win key Rajya Sabha majority next year

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could control 107 seats, seven more than its current tally and just 15 short of a majority in the 243-member chamber.

Jun 9, 2019

WATCH | Hit govt employees with shoes if they don't respect you: BJP MLA tells party workers

The BJP leader was addressing a gathering of party workers during a 'Karyakarta Sammelan Samaroh' at Lalitpur.

Jun 7, 2019

2 Trinamool Congress workers killed in West Bengal, party blames BJP

The deceased have been identified as Ajijar Rahaman and Nirmal Kundu. TMC workers will observe a black day for the killings on Thursday.

Jun 6, 2019

Can Article 35A, inserted by Presidential Order, be struck down?

Article 35A gives the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature the right to decide who all are "permanent residents" of the state.

Jun 6, 2019

Sonia Gandhi elected as leader of CPP, thanks 12.13 crore voters

Sonia Gandhi, who won the Raebareli seat of Lok Sabha 2019 elections, has been elected chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party .

Jun 1, 2019

BJP worker found dead with stab wounds in Bengal; party blames Trinamool Congress

This is the latest incident of political party workers being attacked in West Bengal. On Sunday, a BJP worker was shot dead in North 24 Parganas district.

May 30, 2019

Amrita Bhinder quits BJYM on the day of PM Modi's oath-taking ceremony

Amrita Bhinder took to Twitter on Thursday to say that she was heading for a fresh start when PM Modi is being sworn in for his second term.