Itarsi (MP), May 18 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Thursday said the Congress' victory in the just-concluded Karnataka Assembly polls has impacted the entire country, and claimed that the party won 80 per cent seats in the areas of the southern state from where Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra had passed. Singh also alleged that...
Pune, May 18 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday assured Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief J P Nadda that their party would win more seats in Maharashtra in the upcoming elections than it bagged in previous polls. Lok Sabha elections are expected to be held in the country in April-May 2024, while the...
New Delhi, May 18 (PTI) From weaving a yarn to being an efficient administrator and overseeing the making of laws, it has been an eventful journey for Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, who took over as the law minister on Thursday. Born to a family of weavers in Kishmidesar village in Bikaner, Meghwal, a three-term Lok...
New Delhi, May 18 (PTI) Ending days of suspense, the Congress on Thursday announced Siddaramaiah as the next chief minister of Karnataka and state party president D K Shivakumar as his only deputy in the soon-to-be-formed cabinet. The two leaders, who were in a tight race for the top post, would take oath along with other...
Bengaluru, May 18 (PTI) Multiple challenges, particularly with regard to cabinet formation, stare at Siddaramaiah as he takes over as the new chief minister of Karnataka, nudging out party colleague and state Congress president D K Shivakumar -- who will now be his deputy. The first challenge that Siddaramaiah faces on being sworn in is putting...
Hyderabad, May 18 (PTI) The BJP in Telangana on Thursday announced a 'BC Declaration' listing out promises to be implemented for the welfare of backward classes if the party comes to power in the Assembly elections scheduled to be held later this year. The promises include allocation of funds in the state budget proportionate to the...
Bengaluru, May 18 (PTI) He is known as the "trouble shooter" of the Congress but when it came to becoming the Chief Minister, D K Shivakumar couldn't clear the hurdle and was pipped to the post by Siddaramaiah. With Shivakumar as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, the party scored a resounding victory in the May...
Hyderabad, May 17 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday expressed confidence that the BRS would return to power in the state Assembly elections scheduled to be held later this year by winning between 95 to 105 seats out of the total 119. Addressing party leaders in a meeting here, he said the public...
New Delhi, May 18 (PTI) The finance ministry on Thursday said the changes in FEMA rules, which brings overseas international credit card spending under RBI's liberalised remittance scheme (LRS), are intended to bring in parity in tax treatment of remittances using debit and credit cards. The ministry said since credit card spending overseas has now been...
New Delhi, May 13 (PTI) Preparations are in full-swing for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha and actor Parineeti Chopra's engagement ceremony here on Saturday. The ceremony, to be held at the Kapurthala House, will be attended by around 150 guests, including family and close friends, a party source said. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and...
