Amit Shah rebukes Giriraj Singh for Iftar tweet

New Delhi, June 4 (IBNS): Union home minister Amit Shah has reprimanded his colleague Giriraj Singh after the latter's apparent dig at NDA constituents Nitish Kumar, Ram Vilas Paswan and BJP leader Sushil Modi for attending an Iftar party, NDTV quoting sources said.

BJP corporator Jayshree Kulkarni elected as AMC's Standing Committee Chairman

Aurangabad, Jun 4 (UNI) The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation(AMC) on Tuesday elected the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) woman Corporator Jayshree Kulkarni as the Chairman for a one-year tenure of the 16-member Standing Committee.

Bengal: BJP takes over Bhatpara Municipality from Trinamool Congress

Barrackpore, Jun 4 (UNI): Lotus bloomed for the first time in an elected body in West Bengal when a majority of Councillors of Bhatpara Municipality in North 24 Parganas elected Saurav Singh, who switched over to the BJP recently, as the new chairman, dislodging sitting chief Somnath Talukdar.

BJP-Shiv Sena to share equal seats in Maharashtra assembly polls

Aurangabad, Jun 3 (UNI): The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (SS) alliance will share equal number of seats in the upcomingn Maharashtra assembly elections scheduled to be held between Sept and Oct 2019.

BJP should be ready for another act of betrayal by JD(U): Upendra Kushawaha

Patna, Jun 2 (UNI): Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief and former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha today said that it was ridiculous the JD(U) did not join Union cabinet and suggested BJP to be prepared for ‘part-2 of the party's betrayal’.

Upset with Centre over berths, Nitish offers one seat to BJP in state cabinet expansion

Patna, June 2 (IBNS): Angry over not receiving Cabinet berths for his party members, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party's state unit. 

The BJP will have no walkover in Parliament: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, June 1 (IBNS): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that despite having 52 MPs in the Lok Sabha, his party will not give a 'walk over' to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

Mamata visits Naihati, vows to give reply to BJP's violence

Kolkata, May 30 (UNI/IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met the families of her supporters in Naihati, who were on a dharna, and said the Trinamool Congress will give a "proper reply to all the violence being brought on by the BJP." On the same day some videos went viral in which she was seen losing her cool when some alleged BJP supporters changed "Jai Shri Ram" at her motorcade. 

Narendra Modi: A timeline of his political career

Trumping the Opposition in every battle he was thrown into, Narendra Modi proved, at least for now, to be invincible in the Indian politics which was once dominated by the Congress.

Ministerial berths for JD(U) in to be decided by Modi and Nitish

New Delhi, May 29 (UNI): After entering into an alliance with the BJP and posting handsome electoral victories from Bihar in the Lok Sabha elections, the JD(U) is all set to join the Modi cabinet.

Mamata decides to skip PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony, says BJP politicising it

Kolkata, May 29 (IBNS): Alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is politicising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony by inviting the families of alleged slain saffron party workers of the eastern state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to skip the event.

Arun Jaitley opts out of new NDA government over health issues

New Delhi, May 29 (IBNS): Former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has opted out of the new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government for the present time over health issues.

Mamata Banerjee's TMC receives jolt as 2 MLAs join BJP

New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS): In a major blow to the Trinamool Congress right after the Lok Sabha polls which witnessed a massive Narendra Modi wave sweeping the nation, two Trinamool Congress lawmakers and one from Left joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.

Some TMC MLAs, councillors to join our party: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh

New Delhi, may 28 (IBNS): BJP leader from West Bengal Dilip Ghosh has said  a section of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress' MLAs and councillors have reached New Delhi to join the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.

CPM admits erosion in strongholds, says BJP replaced livelihood issues with Modi's 'persona'

New Delhi, May 27 (UNI): Acknowledging that the Left parties suffered a severe setback in its strongholds in the Lok Sabha election, CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday said BJP had successfully replaced the narrative of unemployment and other livelihood issues with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'persona' and 'nothing could be done, even if the entire Opposition had come together to defeat that narrative'.