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Former CM Baghel's survey claim triggers political row in Chhattisgarh, BJP seeks evidence

Raipur, Dec. 21 -- Chhattisgarh's political temperature rose sharply after former Chief Minister senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel alleged that survey agencies were being deployed across the state... Read More


Telangana to set national benchmark in electoral roll purification: CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Hyderabad, Dec. 21 -- Chief Election Commissioner of India Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday said Telangana would soon demonstrate to the entire country how a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls... Read More


Do not add more allies to Mahayuti: Minister Ramdas Athawale

Pune, Dec. 21 -- The Republican Party is a loyal ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a committed partner in the Mahayuti, said union Minister for Social Justice and Republican Party national ... Read More


Fadnavis credits BJP's local body poll victory to development agenda

Nagpur, Dec. 21 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday thanked the people of the state for giving an overwhelming mandate to the BJP-led Mahayuti in the municipal elections, saying ... Read More


Arunachal: BJP sweeps Itanagar municipal polls; PPA bags majority in Pasighat

India, Dec. 21 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a clear win in the Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) elections in Arunachal Pradesh, winning 14 of the 20 wards. The municipal elections ... Read More


Finance Minister charts course for Viksit Bharat

New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday chaired the Chintan Shivir of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in Vijayanagara, Karnataka, focusing on ... Read More


Govt says over 90 per cent of Aravalli range now protected, rejects claims of dilution

New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- The government has issued a detailed rebuttal to allegations of weakening protection for the Aravalli mountain range, asserting that a recent Supreme Court-backed process has, in... Read More


Uttam Kumar responds to KCR's comments on irrigation projects

Hyderabad, Dec. 21 -- Soon after Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) attacked the Congress government for betraying Telangana, irrigation minister Uttam Kumar Reddy called t... Read More


"No need to take Congress seriously in Mumbai; real Shiv Sena consistently won in BMC": Sena UBT's Anand Dubey

Mumbai, Dec. 21 -- Ahead of the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections, scheduled for next month, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anand Dubey on Sunday exuded confidence, saying that "the rea... Read More


Police officer alleges assault by NPP MP Shantha Pathma Kumara following cannabis raid

Sri Lanka, Dec. 21 -- A police officer attached to the Sooriyakanda Police Station has alleged that he was assaulted by a group including Ratnapura District National People's Power (NPP) Member of Par... Read More