Politics

Addressing a convention - the 'Shankhnaad Rally' - at the BHEL Dussehra Maidan in Bhopal, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday accused Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of indulging in massive corruption and misrule.

BJP state secretary Dilip Mallick said disclosing details about gang rape survivor was a criminal offence and it amounted to violation of the Supreme Court's guidelines.

Raj Thackeray said Nana Patekar did not speak up when Marathi films did not get slots in the theatres and added that it was his party which had ensured that regional films got prime time slots.

Roy had resigned in October saying that Trinamool Congress had lost its ideology. Roy was widely known as the next big name in the Trinamool Congress ranks, with him being considered West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's right-hand man.

The meeting between Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray has set off speculation in political circles, but the two parties don’t have much in common.

The former Congress leader also said that there was a need for a consultation with a doctor to know if it was really possible, ANI quoted him as saying.

The verbal exchange between Arun Jaitley and Rahul Gandhi took place a day after the World Bank report on the 'Ease of Doing Business' revealed that India had taken a huge leap from the 130th spot last year to capture the 100th place in 2017.

Rahul Gandhi will take over as the 60th president of the country’s oldest and till not very long ago the country’s biggest political party. He also takes over at perhaps the most difficult time in the party’s 132-year-old history.

Sitaram Yechury said, Narendra Modi has termed demonetisation as a surgical strike against black money but in fact it turned out to be the biggest scam that made five Gujarati industrialists richer and the rest of the country poorer.

Samajwadi Party released its first list of candidates on Sunday for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh municipal elections.

JD(U)'s chief spokesperson K C Tyagi said the Sharad Yadav faction wanted to delay a decision so as to deny it the electoral symbol of arrow in the Gujarat Assembly polls.

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said, "Demonetisation was a bad idea, full stop. GST is a good idea, but it has been hastily implemented. It should have been implemented with due care and attention."

State Election Commissioner S K Agarwal said twenty-four districts will go to polls on November 22, 25 districts on November 26, and 26 districts on November 29.

According to an FIR, suspected ISIS operative Kasim Stimberwala used to work as a technician at Bharuch district’s Sardar Patel Hospital were Congress MP Ahmad Patel had been a trustee earlier.

State fisheries minister Jayakumar said the state government will take action against those loan sharks charging higher interest rates.

A day after Diwali, marking the dawn of Gujarati New Year, Congress offered tickets to three young turks — Hardik Patel, Jignesh Mevani and Alpesh Thakor.