Politics

In a massacre following a dispute over a 90-bigha piece of land, at least 10 Gond tribals were killed and over 26 injured by the village head Yagya Dutt and hundreds of his accomplices in Umbha village on July 17.

The BJP, which has emerged as a major political force in the state after the Lok Sabha polls, however, rejected the charge as "baseless".

Roy was suspended from the Congress in June for anti-party activities after he celebrated BJP's victory in Silchar and Karimganj constituencies in Lok Sabha polls by distributing sweets.

Asserting that Kashmir decision would bring development in the state, the Uttarakhand BJP president said that there is little difference between Pakistan's stand on Kashmir issue and that of the Congress.

But the actor did not shed light on which of the two was Krishna and who was Arjuna. The combination is credited with playing a key role in the Pandavas winning the Mahabharata battle against the Kauravas.

Leaders of both the parties have hinted multiple times that they would contest separately in the yet-to-be-announced bypolls necessitated by the disqualification of 17 rebel lawmakers.

Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to unveil a statue of the former Tamil Nadu chief minister at the Murasoli office of the DMK.

The decision to the oppose the bill, which is listed for consideration in Rajya Sabha on Monday, was taken in an emergency meeting of the party core committee called here by its president Sukhbir Singh Badal, the party said in a statement.

Gehlot also asked for counsellors to be appointed at Mahila police stations so that their help can be taken in cases involving atrocities against women and domestic disputes.

His remarks came hours after his party announced that the Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet on August 10 at the AICC headquarters.

AICC General-Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that only 15.23 lakh people out of the 72 lakh who were trained under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) got placements.

He also said the Congress has 'definitely been harmed' due to the indecision over the leadership issue and cautioned that remaining 'headless' can be 'seriously detrimental' to the party going forward.

Amid criticism from the opposition and pressure within on cabinet formation, Yediyurappa had on Friday said he would discuss it with the central leadership during his visit to Delhi next week.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Rajendra Gudha levelled the allegation against his party during a seminar of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in the state assembly in Jaipur.

Both Jagan and KCR have reportedly given a nod to resolve all pending issues of bifurcation and sharing of Godavari waters as engineers from two states had already met and came up with some propositions.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said she was grateful to the SC for taking cognisance of the 'Jungle Raj' being unleashed in UP. Meanwhile, the BJP claimed that it suspended Sengar but there is no official confirmation on it.