Politics

In a statement, Singh said the governor's post is constitutional and has its own dignity and it is expected from a governor that he or she performs impartially without fear and favour.

Although the West Bengal chief minister has insisted that a PM face should not be discussed before the election, rumours of her aspirations for the top post refuse to die.

On Sunday, Shivpal Yadav said he was still waiting to be assigned some responsibility by the party.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said there was some law and order situation in some districts and any violence will not be tolerated.

Shivashankar Reddy's remarks coming days after Siddaramaiah's comments about becoming chief minister again fuels speculation that all is not well within the Congress-JDS coalition.

Political alignments and adjustments in 82 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu are being fine-tuned by both UPA and NDA to muster numbers.

Yadav told reporters that he had been waiting, but so far the party had not assigned any responsibility to him.

Karunanidhi, who passed away on August 7, had expelled Alagiri and his supporters from the party in 2014 at the height of his fight with his Stalin over establishing supremacy in the party.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala and Kerala MP KC Venugopal have also made it to the core committee for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, along with party veterans such as Ashok Gehlot and Ghulam Nabi Azad.

The decision of the BJP to induct the young bureaucrat into the party is believed to be an experiment as it has failed to nurture any prominent OBC face, despite being in power for the past fifteen years.

The report suggests that the present centralised approach of identification of minority should be decentralised to state and if possible, to a division level.

The Prime Minister showcased development projects that he initiated as Gujarat CM and made a strong pitch for his re-election when elections take place next year with the day-long tour.

On the other hand opposition BJP hit out at Kejriwal saying he should immediately resume the electronic point of sale (e-PoS) system of ration distribution and stop "drama" over the scheme for doorstep delivery of ration.

As Vajpayee's funeral procession left the BJP headquarters for Smriti Sthal, PM Modi, Amit Shah and other senior BJP leaders walked behind the vehicle, along with hundreds of party workers who had gathered to pay their last respects.

Significantly, Yadav's comments come after BJP leader and UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya last week raked the Ram temple issue.

The last bout between the uncle and the nephew was fought two years back when Akhilesh removed chacha Shivpal as the state president of the party and a hurriedly called national convention nominated the former UP CM as SP chief replacing Mulayam Singh Yad...