In Manipur Modi will inaugurate 13 projects worth around Rs 1,850 crore and lay the foundation stone of nine projects worth around Rs 2,950 crore. These projects relate to diverse sectors including road infrastructure, drinking water supply, health, urban development, housing, information technology, skill development, and art and culture.
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab are slated to go polls. While the first four are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the last one has a Congress government.
Majithia has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on the basis of a 2018 report of a probe into a drug racket in the state.
As we near to say bye bye to 2021, here's a compilation of moments that became viral new points during the course of a challenging year.
Thakur expressed confidence that BJP will return to power in UP with over 300 seats on back of a positive public sentiment due to action against "gundaraj" under Yogi Adityanath govt.
Of the four, Asansol is the largest municipal corporation with 106 seats, followed by Siliguri with 47, Chandannagar with 33 and Bidhannagar with 41 wards.
Besides Mamledar, the local leaders who resigned from the party include Kishor Parwar, Komal Parwar and Sujay Mallik.
Pockets with low vaccination coverage and those with low COVID-19 exposure may be more vulnerable to the new Omicron variant, it said and urged states to accord special attention to ramp up inoculation in these pockets.
A BJP delegation had met West Bengal State Election Commission today to highlight various instances if electoral malpractices, rigging and intimidation.
Chidamdaram is the Congress' senior election observer for the Goa Assembly polls due early next year.
At a press conference in Gorakhpur today, Adityanath briefed media persons about the upcoming projects and their benefits for the people of eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Nadda had earlier visited the state in October this year. BJP came to power in Manipur for the first time in 2017.
CPI (M) state secy Jiten Chaudhary also alleged that the ruling party was indulging in voter intimidation in south Tripura district and obstructing party workers from functioning freely.
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy and MP Darshana Jardosh have been appointed as the co-in-charge for the Assembly elections in the state.
Former union minister Jairam Ramesh will head the screening committee for Manipur and its members include Pradyut Bordoloi, MP, and Rakibul Hussain, MLA.
Specifically naming the five states where the party has never tasted power on its own - Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Odisha and West Bengal - BJP president JP Nadda said, "The states where BJP has not come to power till now, (the party) will try its best and is committed to form the government in these states."
The results of these polls will be announced on November 2.
"Nitish Kumar has been eulogised by PM Modi and BJP. Everyone was sloganeering 'desh ka PM kaisa ho Nitish kumar jaisa ho' (A PM should be like Nitish)," Lalu Yadav said.
The counting of votes for by-elections in Bhabanipur, Jangipur, and Samserganj Assembly constituencies in West Bengal began at 8 am on Sunday amid tight security.
They said that the programme is tentative and it'll be confirmed in the next few days. PM Modi's visit to the election-bound state is expected to boost the morale of party workers.
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