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Bihar cooperative bank fraud case: Enforcement Directorate raids RJD MLA Alok Kumar Mehta, others

“The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches in multiple States, including in Bihar on premises linked to a Rashtriya Janata Dal MLA, as part of a money-laundering investigation linked to an alleged funds embezzlement at a State cooperative bank,” official sources said. “These include premises linked to RJD MLA and former Bihar Minister Alok Kumar Mehta who is the promoter …

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1 day, 13 hours ago

Funds to residents' body to hire private security guards: AAP's new poll promise

India Today

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal announced a major electoral promise on Friday, pledging to provide Resident Welfare Associations with funds to hire private security guards if the party is voted back into power. "We will ensure security for RWAs by funding private security guards," said Kejriwal during a press conference. Speaking about his recent meeting with the Election Commission, …

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1 day, 13 hours ago

To Help or Empower? Women in Indian Politics

The Diplomat

In 2023, India’s ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, promised to extend the reservation of electoral constituencies to women. One can also approach this debate in a different way – by asking whether Indian women would be best helped by being offered various things, or instead by being allowed to have more agency. Moreover, while the 2015 state elections led …

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MK Stalin tables two bills proposing harsher punishment for crimes against women

India Today

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin today introduced two amendment bills in the state assembly, aiming to impose harsher punishment for crimes against women. The punishment given for such crimes must serve as a huge warning so that it prevents people from committing such crimes,” he said, adding that his government believed the punishment in such crimes “must be made …

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1 day, 17 hours ago

Sub-Inspector recruitment exam won’t be cancelled in haste, Rajasthan govt. tells HC

The Hindu

The Sub-Inspector recruitment examination of 2021, mired in the allegations of paper leak and irregularities, will not be cancelled in haste, the Bharatiya Janata Party government stated in the Rajasthan High Court here on Thursday. The State government submitted its reply to the High Court, which had on November 18, 2024, passed an injunction order for maintaining status quo on …

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1 day, 18 hours ago

Winter contest: On the Delhi Assembly elections

The Hindu

The Delhi Assembly elections on February 5 is set to be a bipolar contest between the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Since then, the voters in Delhi have swung overwhelmingly in favour of the AAP in Assembly elections and the BJP in Lok Sabha elections. When announcing the elections, the Chief Election Commissioner sought to allay …

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1 day, 18 hours ago

BJP counters Congress’s charges on GST

The Hindu

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday accused the Congress of misleading people on the issue of Goods and Services Tax. BJP national spokesperson and former Rajya Sabha MP, Syed Zafar Islam, in a press statement, said the Congress was “rattled by the implementation and success of GST because it no longer has any loopholes, depriving Congress of opportunities for corruption”. …

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1 day, 20 hours ago

Fight for BJP candidates in fray in Delhi polls, Nadda tells workers

The Hindu

With the Bharatiya Janata Party’s first candidate list out and second expected within the next couple days for the Delhi Assembly polls, party president J.P. Nadda participated in election management meetings at the Delhi BJP office on Thursday. Sources present during Mr. Nadda’s address said the party president asked the BJP cadre to pull their full force behind the 70 …

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Bihar Cabinet likely to be expanded with four BJP Ministers after Makar Sankranti

The Hindu

The Bihar Cabinet is likely to be expanded between January 15 and 30 after the end of Makar Sankranti, which is considered an inauspicious period by many, in view of the State Assembly elections due in October-November this year. The NDA government’s Cabinet was last expanded on March 15, 2024 when 21 Ministers — nine from Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal …

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1 day, 20 hours ago

Worried over continuing tussle between rival camps, ‘neutral’ group of BJP leaders wants central leadership to put the house in order

The Hindu

The prolonged squabble between the two rival camps in the Bharatiya Janata Party — the rebels and those loyal to State unit president B.Y. Vijayendra — has caused concern among leaders in the “neutral” group in the party who are worried that the party organisation and cadre, particularly grassroot workers, are being adversely impacted. Frustrated over the unabated fight between …

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1 day, 23 hours ago

Antony cautions Congress rank-and-file against self-defeating discussions about leadership

The Hindu

Veteran Congress leader A.K. Antony cautioned the party’s rank-and-file against engaging in self-defeating speculations about leadership after the Assembly polls in 2026. Speaking on the 100th centenary of Mahatma Gandhi’s election as the president of the Indian National Congress, Mr. Antony said such inopportune discussions would wreck the party’s unity. Mr. Antony’s comment was a riposte to the Left Democratic …

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Delhi Assembly election: Kejriwal to fight polls only from New Delhi; shoots down BJP’s claim

The Hindu

Quashing BJP leaders’ claims that he would contest the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections from a second seat out of fear of losing from New Delhi, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said he will contest the polls from one seat only. A three-time sitting MLA from New Delhi since 2013, Mr. Kejriwal this time is locked in an intense triangular …

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2 days, 11 hours ago

Changing winds: Is BJP distancing itself from the Dalits?

The Hindu

On December 17, Home Minister Amit Shah made some contentious comments on B.R. Congress and Dalit support For the most part of the 2000s, the Congress and several regional parties such as the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal secured most of the Dalit votes by championing social justice, framing policies to tackle systemic discrimination and exclusion, and …

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2 days, 20 hours ago

BJP appoints mandal presidents in Puducherry

The Hindu

The Bharatiya Janata Party has brought in new faces to the leadership position in majority of the 30 Assembly segments in Puducherry. As part of the organisational elections, the BJP has appointed new mandal presidents, including 3 women candidates. All new presidents were felicitated on Wednesday by Home Minister A. Namassivayam and BJP Puducherry unit president S. Selvaganabathy at the …

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Satya Sanatan Conclave: BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi takes a dig at Kejriwal, likens him with 'Ravana-turned-sadhu'

India TV News

Satya Sanatan Conclave: Bharatiya Janata Party MP and spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi hailed the preparations of Mahakumbh on India TV's 'Satya Sanatan Conclave 2025'. Sudhanshu Trivedi takes a jibe at Arvind Kejriwal on Hindutva Trivedi slammed Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal for his pro-Hindu poll campaign, saying the people of Delhi know how Ravana turned into a 'sadhu' to …

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BJP MP Manoj Tiwari talks about significance of Mahakumbh for him, urges all to attend

India TV News

Bharatiya Janata Janty MP Manoj Tiwari urged all the devotees to attend Mahakumbh 2025 as it is first of its kind. 'It is Arvind Kejriwal's time to go' Manoj Tiwari said, it is Arvind Kejriwal's turn to leave. Calling former Delhi Chief Minister as 'political Hindu', the BJP MP attacked Arvind Kejriwal over his old comment that 'cleaning Yamuna river …

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Tripura BJP's tribal wing opposes Raj Bhavan Abhijan called by CPM tribal arm

The Hindu

Janajati Morcha, the tribal wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Tripura, on Wednesday strongly opposed the proposed 'Raj Bhavan Abhijan' called by the CPI's tribal arm Tripura Rajya Ganamukti Parisad. The GMP has called 'Raj Bhavan Abhijan' on January 11, 2025 on various issues pertaining to the tribal interest. "We came to know that the GMP has called 'Raj …

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Delhi election 2025: BJP to hold CEC meet on January 10 to finalise remaining candidates' name

India TV News

Delhi election 2025: The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to meet on January 10 to finalise the remaining candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, news agency ANI reported quoting sources. BJP first list The BJP has so far released names of 29 candidates for the Delhi assembly elections setting the stage for multi-cornered contests …

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3 days, 8 hours ago

Ramesh Bidhuri in trouble? BJP ’mulls’ new Kalkaji candidate over his ’offensive’ remarks in Delhi poll season: Report

Live Mint

Delhi Election 2025: Controversial Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ramesh Bidhuri has sparked backlash, both within and outside the party, after his recent ‘offensive’ statements against Delhi chief minister Atishi and Congress member of parliament Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Meetings in BJP There have been at least two meetings within the BJP discussing the possibility of either “shifting or cancelling” Bidhuri's candidature, …

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3 days, 13 hours ago

Delhi polls less than a month away, how will key players fare? A SWOT analysis

India Today

The Election Commission has announced the dates for the Delhi Assembly elections, setting the stage for a keenly contested triangular battle between the Aam Aadmi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Congress. The BJP also finds it challenging to effectively counter Arvind Kejriwal's aggressive and charismatic campaign strategies, which keeps the AAP in an advantageous position. With corruption allegations weighing …

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3 days, 22 hours ago

BJP aims to enrol 1.5 crore new members

The Hindu

The Bharatiya Janata Party announced on Tuesday that it would launch the second phase of its membership drive on January 10, aimed at enrolling 1.5 crore new primary members. “We are trying to expand party membership through the ‘Sangathan Parv’ initiative, that started on January 1,” Revenue Minister Bawankule said, adding from panchayat to Parliament workers and from booth president …

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3 days, 22 hours ago

T.N. government gives permission to DMK for protest, but denies it to Opposition parties: Tamilisai

The Hindu

Stalin has not spoken about justice for the Anna University student in the sexual assault case. But, he has tweeted about Tamil Nadu Governor, said Bharatiya Janata Party leader Tamilisai Soundararajan in Coimbatore on Tuesday. She told presspersons that while there was no permission for protests by BJP women cadre in the sexual assault case, the DMK cadre was given …

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Mainstream political parties express solidarity with Coimbatore and Tiruppur farmers opposing BPCL’s IDPL project

The Hindu

The demand of farmers in Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts for halt of the pipeline work by BPCL, under its Irugur-Devangonthi Pipeline project, along the 70-km distance from Coimbatore to Muthur cutting across farmlands, was endorsed by functionaries of BJP, AIADMK and DMK, at a recent meeting organised by the Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Protection Association at Kadayur near Kangayam, in order …

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3 days, 23 hours ago

Kerala to oppose UGC’s move to overhaul V-C recruitment

The Hindu

Kerala’s Department of Higher Education has opposed the move by the University Grants Commission to accord powers to Chancellors or Visitors to constitute the three-member search-cum-selection committee to appoint Vice-Chancellors. “It is part of the continuing efforts by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government to further its saffronisation agenda in the higher education sector and gain control over State-run universities,” …

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Bihar cooperative bank fraud case: Enforcement Directorate raids RJD MLA Alok Kumar Mehta, others

Funds to residents' body to hire private security guards: AAP's new poll promise

To Help or Empower? Women in Indian Politics

MK Stalin tables two bills proposing harsher punishment for crimes against women

Sub-Inspector recruitment exam won’t be cancelled in haste, Rajasthan govt. tells HC

Winter contest: On the Delhi Assembly elections

BJP counters Congress’s charges on GST

Fight for BJP candidates in fray in Delhi polls, Nadda tells workers

Bihar Cabinet likely to be expanded with four BJP Ministers after Makar Sankranti

Worried over continuing tussle between rival camps, ‘neutral’ group of BJP leaders wants central leadership to put the house in order

Antony cautions Congress rank-and-file against self-defeating discussions about leadership

Delhi Assembly election: Kejriwal to fight polls only from New Delhi; shoots down BJP’s claim

Changing winds: Is BJP distancing itself from the Dalits?

BJP appoints mandal presidents in Puducherry

Satya Sanatan Conclave: BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi takes a dig at Kejriwal, likens him with 'Ravana-turned-sadhu'

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari talks about significance of Mahakumbh for him, urges all to attend

Tripura BJP's tribal wing opposes Raj Bhavan Abhijan called by CPM tribal arm

Delhi election 2025: BJP to hold CEC meet on January 10 to finalise remaining candidates' name

Ramesh Bidhuri in trouble? BJP ’mulls’ new Kalkaji candidate over his ’offensive’ remarks in Delhi poll season: Report

Delhi polls less than a month away, how will key players fare? A SWOT analysis

BJP aims to enrol 1.5 crore new members

T.N. government gives permission to DMK for protest, but denies it to Opposition parties: Tamilisai

Mainstream political parties express solidarity with Coimbatore and Tiruppur farmers opposing BPCL’s IDPL project

Kerala to oppose UGC’s move to overhaul V-C recruitment