The YSRCP said the social media activists from different regions have been accused of "tarnishing the government’s image," a vague allegation often used to justify arrests.
Maharashtra news: Nana Patole said the decision to suspend Sulbha Khodke was taken on the instructions of the party's Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu requested early release of funds for the Polavaram project while calling for a decision in the upcoming Cabinet meeting to expedite project completion.
After a short health break, Rahul Gandhi, former Congress president, is set to resume campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections. He will hold public meetings in Maharashtra's Amravati and Solapur on Wednesday.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Amravati contest has become a multi-cornered one with the BJP fielding sitting MP Navneet Rana, who is challenged by Congress' Balwant Wankhede, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi's Prajakta Pillewan, and Prahar Janshakti Party leader Dinesh Bub.
On June 8, 2021, the high court had said the 'mochi' caste certificate was obtained fraudulently using fabricated documents by Rana. It had also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on the Amravati MP, saying the records indicated that she belonged to the 'Sikh-Chamar' caste.
The BJP will be contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra in alliance with Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) and the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar).
In the 2019 general elections, the BJP had won 23 Lok Sabha seats in the state, its alliance partner Shiv Sena (which was then undivided) had won 18 seats, undivided NCP had won four while Congress and AIMIM had won a seat each. An independent candidate (Rana) had won one seat.
Amravati MP Navnit Rana has hit out at AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel over latter's 'Babri Masjid' remark saying that Ram Mandir was, is and will remain alive forever. She challenged the AIMIM leader to contest election from Amravati.
Former cricketer Ambati Rayudu joined the YSR Congress in the presence of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy in Amravati on Thursday.
The Election Commission ordered that “Shiv Sena” name and “Bow & Arrow” symbol to be retained by the Shinde faction.
The murder had caused riots in different places, terrorised people into leaving their jobs, and made many go into hiding and many to fear for their lives and security.
Amravati murder case: The charge-sheet claimed that the accused had formed a terrorist gang to take revenge on Kolhe after he shared a WhatsApp post in support of Sharma's controversial remarks about Prophet Mohammad.
At least 5 people have died and one got injured after a dilapidated building collapsed in the Prabhat Cinema area of Amravati, Police informed.
Maharashtra: The fire tenders reached in time and doused the blaze, which broke out apparently due to a short circuit in one of the ventilators, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said.
The students' special bus was stolen from Vangara mandal headquarters on Monday night after the driver had parked the vehicle.
A patrol van from Shirajgaon police station saw a seat of the SUV lying on the road before spotting both the vehicles in the nullah around 11:40 pm, though the accident may have taken place at least two hours earlier, a police official said.
Cholera outbreak: Medical teams are working round the clock in the affected villages and efforts for prevention and control in terms of water quality monitoring, patient surveillance, management and treatment.
In Bareilly, UP, a video surfaced in which a man named Nasir was quarrelling with somebody and saying, he would behead Nupur Sharma, and kill those who are supporting her. Police immediately arrested Nasir within a few hours.
Evidence found so far clearly shows that Umesh Kolhe was murdered by radical Islamists for extending support to former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who had made a blasphemous remark against Prophet Mohammad. Kolhe had forwarded a supporter’s message on the WhatsApp group.
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