Politics

Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily stressed the need for adopting appropriate strategy to keep the morale of the party's rank and file high. At the same time, there is a need to inspire confidence in the local, state and national leadership.

Jagan Mohan Reddy announced to implement 'Rytu Bharosa' scheme on October 15, as promised in YSRCP’s manifesto.

BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday declared that her party will fight the assembly bypolls alone, prompting Akhilesh Yadav to say his SP too is ready to go solo.

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee said that the BJP Government at the Centre has increased the price of essential commodities just 48 hours after coming to power.

The Bahujan Samaj Party supremo cited Samajwadi Party's failure to perform well on its stronghold seats, especially ones where its star campaigners were contesting from, as the reason it decided to go solo in the Assembly bypolls.

Mayawati said the core base of the Samajwadi Party, the Yadavs, too did not vote for them and hence, a rethink was required on the alliance.

Special NIA Judge V S Padalkar rejected Thakur's application for exemption in which she stated that she has to complete formalities relating to Parliament, saying her presence is necessary at this stage in the case.

The Samajwadi Party leader said that he is considering quitting his Lok Sabha seat since there are no doctors or health facilities in his constitiuency.

The former women and child development minister also said a person who wins with a big margin and is a parliamentarian for a long time, is made the Protem Speaker, and she is one of them.

In a series of tweets, Jaishankar responded to calls for help by several Indians abroad, assuring them that Indian missions in respective countries were trying to address their issues.

Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil said that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was the 'natural choice' of the people, the BJP and the Sena for the top post again.

The leader of the Dravidian party said that no power can remove the Congress party's excellent work from the good hearts of Indian citizens.

The BJP, which was in power in Delhi over two decades ago, is enthused by its impressive show in the parliamentary polls, and is now eyeing a victory in the Assembly elections due early next year to stage a comeback.

Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati claimed that there is no place for violence against an unarmed man in Hinduism and that one should fight with "views and not arms".

Harish Chandra Meena of the Congress and the opposition's Gopichand Meena are demanding a CID inquiry and compensation for the victim's family.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her deputy Anurag Thakur, External Affairs minister S Jaishankar, Railway minister Piyush Goyal and Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar were among the ministers who took charge on Friday.