Khushbu Sundar joins BJP hours after quitting Congress
New Delhi/IBNS: In a jolt for the country's oldest political outfit, Tamil Nadu actor-turned politician Khushbu Sundar on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hours after quitting the Congress.
Khushbu Sundar quits Congress, likely to join BJP today
New Delhi/IBNS: In a jolt to the country's oldest political outfit, Tamil Nadu Congress leader Khushbu Sundar on Monday quit her party amid rumours of her joining in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), media reports said.
Bihar Assembly Polls: BJP releases candidate-list for the 2nd phase
Patna/UNI: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), the main alliance partner of National Democratic Alliance (NDA), on Sunday announced the names of 46 candidates for the second phase of Bihar assembly elections.
Mayawati asks party cadres to fight against casteist forces
Lucknow/UNI: Blaming both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress for the present condition of the Dalits, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati on Friday urged her party cadres to take on the challenge of casteist forces.
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after a massive showdown was witnessed with activists of BJP and its youth wing, BJYM, clashing with the police at multiple locations in Kolkata and Howrah during the party's Nabanna Cholo rally, the Kolkata Police on Friday registered two suo motto FIRs against multiple BJP leaders, including party's national secretary Kailash Vijaywargiya, national vice president Mukul Roy, state president Dilip Ghosh, and lawmakers- Rakesh Singh, Arjun Singh and Locket Chatterjee, officials said.
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president Tejasvi Surya on Thursday lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee government after the saffron party's march to West Bengal secretariat Nabanna was met with lathicharge, tear gas and water cannons from police.
West Bengal: BJP marches to Mamata Banerjee's office, meets with lathicharge, teargas
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Police resorted to lathicharge and also opened tear gas to disperse the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers who were on Thursday marching towards the state secretariat Nabanna, which houses Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's office.
UP bypolls: Notification to be issued for 7 Assembly seats tomorrow
Lucknow/UNI: Notification for the November 3 by-elections to seven Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh will be issued on Friday.
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president Tejasvi Surya will on Thursday lead a march to state secretariat Nabanna with multiple demands from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, raising the political pitch in the poll-bound state.
Wrestler Babita Phogat quits Haryana sports dept citing 'unavoidable circumstances'
Chandigarh/IBNS: Champion wrestler and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Babita Phogat has resigned as Deputy Director of Haryana sports department, triggering speculation that she might contest the bypoll for an Assembly seat in Sonipat district next month.
No place in NDA for those who do not accept leadership of Nitish in Bihar: BJP
Patna/UNI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday categorically said that there would not be any place in NDA for those who do not accept the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Bihar.
Rahul Gandhi's anti-farm laws rally briefly stopped at Haryana border
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was stopped briefly on Haryana border as he led the rally against the Centre's new farm laws from party-ruled Punjab.
West Bengal: Two arrested in BJP leader Manish Shukla's murder case, police suspect old enmity
Kolkata/IBNS: Two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manish Shukla who was shot dead in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Sunday evening.
Bengal BJP leader's killing: CID probe ordered
Kolkata/UNI: The Mamata Banerjee government on Monday ordered a CID probe into the killing of BJP leader Manish Shukla, even as the opposition saffron brigade demanded a CBI inquiry and spearheaded a 12-hour industrial Barrackpore shutdown since this morning.
'Is this democracy in Bengal?': BJP targets Mamata Banerjee over saffron party worker's killing
New Delhi/IBNS: In a latest faceoff with West Bengal's ruling dispensation Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday targeted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the killing of a saffron party worker in the eastern state, raising questions over the law and order situation in the former Left citadel.