Politics

Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi said that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked of India being the fastest growing economy in the world, the reality was that these children had died in Muzaffarpur due to deficient health infrastructure.

Four soldiers have been killed in the last 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, with 10 losing their life over the last week.

The Congress leaders discussed plans to engage with the BJP-led NDA in Parliament during the Budget Session on issues like 'one nation, one election', triple talaq and others.

The Chair asked the members several times that they should not raise slogans, but in vain.

Former IAS officer Shah Faesal launched his political party 'Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement’ in March this year. The 2010 IAS batch topper resigned from the IAS in January to protest violence in Kashmir.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Sunday invited heads of all parties to meet on June 19 to discuss the 'one nation, one election' issue and other important matters.

PM Narendra Modi, chairing an all-party meeting on the eve of the first session, invited heads of all parties to a meeting on June 19 who have an MP either in the Lower House or the Rajya Sabha to discuss the 'one nation, one election' issue.

Stating that his 'conscience' was not allowing him to continue, A T Ramaswamy, said that not taking action on a serious issue, despite being assured of it when he raised the matter in the assembly, was regrettable.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced earlier in the day that the state cabinet will be expanded on Sunday. Vikhe Patil recently quit the Congress after his son Sujay won Lok Sabha election on BJP ticket.

Raj Bhavan sources said the swearing-in ceremony will held at 11 am on Sunday, a day before the monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature begins.

The Congress-led UDF opposition urged the Pinrayi Vijayan government to waive agriculture loans on the lines of the party-ruled states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

The SP patriarch was admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences for high blood sugar levels. He was discharged from hospital after his test reports were found normal.

Asserting that people have rejected the opposition parties, whose 'sole purpose is to grab power', Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said, 'We are approaching the Assembly polls with 'Mission 75' seats strategy.'

Shah held separate meetings with leaders from Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Haryana, all of which would go to polls later this year, at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi.

Mulayam Singh's initial efforts have not yielded much results as Shivpal Yadav has refused to merge his Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party with the SP which he had left in August last year.

The Bihar chief minister's remarks came after it was announced earlier this week that Kishor, a JD(U) vice president, may work with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress for the 2021 Assembly polls.