Hitting out at Gandhi, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said many problems of Jammu and Kashmir are the legacy of the Congress and its role in creating complications in the state is "too well known".
Zeliang was sworn in on Wednesday replacing Liezietsu, who was dismissed from office by Governor PB Acharya. Liezietsu and his supporters failed to turn up in the Assembly to face the floor test.
BJP president Amit Shah, on a three-day trip of Rajasthan, traced the history of the party and tried to convey how the saffron party was different from all others.
Modi routinely meets party MPs from different states during Parliament's sessions to discuss governance and political issues.
The Congress' reaction came after Vaghela claimed that he was expelled from the party "24 hours back" but made it clear that he had no plans to join the BJP or any other political party.
Two days ago, a court lifted its stay order on BPCL's termination order which was issued last month. The interim stay was issued after Tej Pratap Yadav challenged the BPCL's cancellation order.
Mamata also threatened to slap defamation cases if the probe into the Saradha and Narada cases by CBI and other central agencies did not proceed in a genuine way.
Earlier this week, China, the all-weather ally of Pakistan, had said that it was ‘willing to play a constructive role in improving relations between India and Pakistan’.
When the petition came up for hearing today on the question of maintainability, Justice P Velmurugan, after hearing arguments by both sides, adjourned it to July 28 without passing any interim order.
Police arrested Malik in Druggen area after the Friday prayers when Malik came out of a mosque to lead the march towards the headquarters of the UN Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) in Sonawar area.
Addressing a gathering here on his 77th birthday, Vaghela said the party has shown him the door, but said he will not quit.
“I have been saying it for a long time that wrong policies of Narendra Modi and NDA have burnt Kashmir,” Rahul Gandhi said.
According to EC data, Kovind’s immediate predecessor Pranab Mukherjee (2012) secured 69.31% votes while Pratibha Patil (2007) got 65.82% of the total votes, marginally higher than the share secured by Kovind.
The only exception was the BJP-ruled Rajasthan where the cross-voting favoured Opposition candidate Meira Kumar and it should be a matter of concern for Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia.
Arun Jaitley pointed out that that the central government could not be blamed for violence by “some people” as it was the responsibility of the state governments to deal with such issues.
Union Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs Gen V K Singh said that the two countries are committed to a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution” to the boundary dispute.
BJP's Kerala unit has come under a cloud following a purported internal report on alleged corruption by some leaders in the grant of MCI clearance for a private college.
PDP today said that Union minister Hansraj Ahir's "putting conditions" over dialogue to address Kashmir issue amounts to "closing the doors" for negotiations and undermines the reality of the issue.
President-elect Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said his election to the nation's highest post is a message to those discharging their duties with integrity.
Kovind received 2930 votes with a value of 7,02,044, while Meira Kumar got 1844 votes with a value of 3,67,314.
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