Bharatiya Janata Party

As tensions escalate, Mamata Banerjee calls BJP a 'militant organisation'

The statement comes at a time when tensions between BJP and TMC are escalating in West Bengal following a spate of killings of party workers ever since the state went to polls earlier this year.

Jun 21, 2018

Trinamool Congress leaders will be eliminated in encounters, says BJP's West Bengal chief

This isn't the first time that Dilip Ghosh has landed himself in trouble. He had earlier threatened to behead people who shout pro-Pakistan and anti-national slogans.

Jun 21, 2018

Governor's rule in J&K: Assembly placed in suspended animation

It has made way for preparations to hold early elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Governor NN Vohra announced the decision after BJP split from PDP and Mufti resigned as Chief Minister.

Jun 20, 2018

Chhattisgarh IAS officer transferred to J&K following imposition of governor's rule

Additional Chief Secretary has been BVR Subramanyam appointed to Jammu and Kashmir, though his role is yet to be disclosed. He served as the personal secretary of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from 2002 to 2007.

Jun 20, 2018

Congress calls PM Modi's Niti Aayog speech a mix of 'half truths'

Party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala dubbed Modi the "master of destroying institutions", citing the condition of banks, manufacturing industry and employment, particularly for the youth.

Jun 18, 2018

Promise unfulfilled, man walks 1,350 km to remind PM Modi

A man from Odisha is walking all the way to New Delhi to meet PM Modi after his unfulfilled promise of better infrastructure for his village.

Jun 16, 2018

Kejriwal protest: Delhi BJP unit launches hunger strike, Centre to intervene

The drama in Delhi gets a new twist with BJP leaders in the national capital going on an indefinite fast at the Secretariat stating the issue of acute water shortage in certain areas across the city.

Jun 15, 2018

Manohar Parrikar to return from US next week? BJP denies reports after leaked Goa govt memo

It has been three months since the Goa CM left for New York, where he is undergoing treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer. The 62-year-old was earlier hospitalised on three occasions in Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital and the Goa Medical College.

Jun 12, 2018

Arvind Kejriwal to support BJP in 2019 if Delhi granted full statehood

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was addressing a special session of the Delhi Assembly on Monday, June 11, when he claimed that if the Narendra Modi-led government fulfils their demand, then "each and every vote from Delhi goes in your favour."

Jun 11, 2018

West Bengal: Trinamool Congress worker hacked to death in Howrah

This is the second incident of a TMC worker being killed this week. Mohsin Khan, a TMC worker whose wife Nurnessa Begum had won the Panchayat elections, was shot dead in Bagnan on June 5.

Jun 9, 2018

Andhra CM accuses Centre of conspiring to take over Tirumala temple

Chandrababu Naidu has accused the Modi government of conspiring to take over the functioning of Tirumala, says he will not let them succeed. The chief minister went on to disapprove the Centre's move to backtrack on their word regarding AP's SCS request.

Jun 8, 2018

Kaala audience response: 'Propaganda film to prove that Rajinikanth is not BJP's B-team'

Director Pa Ranjith's Kaala has received a superb response from the audience, who feel that it is a propaganda film to prove that Tamil superstar Rajinikanth is not the B Team of the (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Jun 7, 2018

Sharad Yadav to retain official residence after Supreme Court ruling

The former Rajya Sabha member will be allowed to stay in the official residence but will not have access to allowances, says SC. The Delhi High Court has scheduled a hearing on the matter again on July 12.

Jun 7, 2018

Shiv Sena to march alone in 2019 elections, rules out tie-up with BJP

Shiv Sena did not shy away from taking potshots at the saffron party. Through the party's editorial, Saamana, the Sena has ruled out the need for a 'poster boy' to contest in the elections, highlighting the recent performance in Palghar bypolls.

Jun 6, 2018

UP CM Yogi Adityanath calls for simultaneous elections for 'development'

He said a team in Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh is formed in this regard to look into the possibility of holding only one election.

Jun 5, 2018

Modi government to launch big measures for sugar sector; bypoll blow in top producer UP the reason?

Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party last week suffered a blow in a by-election in Uttar Pradesh, the top sugar producing state in India's northern cane belt. Analysts viewed the result as a bellwether for a general election due by May 2019.

Jun 5, 2018

Purulia killings: BJP, family members refute suicide theory, point fingers at Trinamool Congress

Trinamool Congress said in a statement that the Bharatiya Janata Party has been constantly trying to malign it and that the party is weaving malicious plots to defame West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Jun 4, 2018

BJP stages protest in Delhi over Dalit youth worker's death in West Bengal

The Bharatiya Janata Party workers also demanded capital punishment for those who killed the Dalit youth worker of the party in West Bengal's Purulia district on Wednesday.

Jun 1, 2018

Journalism started during Mahabharata, says BJP's Dinesh Sharma

Just weeks after Venkaiah Naidu said that plastic surgery was performed by surgeons in ancient times, deputy CM of Uttar Pradesh, Dinesh Sharma made headlines for an equally bizarre statement. It involves broadcast television, Google and Mahabharata.

May 31, 2018

West Bengal Dalit boy a victim of clash between BJP and Bajrang Dal: TMC leader

The BJP youth worker was found hanging a few metres away from his house in Purulia district of West Bengal. BJP leaders have lashed out at the Trinamool Congress for the teenage boy's death.

May 31, 2018