While BJD leaders held a marathon meeting at Naveen Niwas, the residence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday, the BJP leaders had a similar meeting in the national capital, discussing election matters, including a potential alliance.
Bharti accused the media of distorting her statement, attributing it to the BJP's agenda.
Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party has not given up its resolve to form its own government in the state by accepting Janata Dal-United president Nitish Kumar as the chief minister.
Known for his proximity to Bharatiya Janata Party leaders L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, Tarun Vijay is the public face of the RSS.
The governor accepted Kumar's resignation, and asked him to continue as caretaker CM till a new government is formed, they said.
According to a statement issued by JD-U national general secretary Afaq Ahmed Khan on Tuesday, this is the party's first list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh, where voting will take place for the 230-member assembly on November 17.
Sixty-eight Rajya Sabha members, including nine Union ministers, are completing their tenure this year, triggering a race of sorts among leaders across political parties to eye a six-year term in the Upper House of Parliament.
The National Testing Agency, under fire over the lapses in the conduct of NEET and UGC-NET, is gearing up to conduct on Sunday a retest for the medical entrance exam for 1,563 candidates who were earlier awarded grace marks to make up for the loss of time at six centres.
Never before in history have Cannes and its sidebars found space for eight Indian, or India-themed, films.
'The BJP will use Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha to check Nitish Kumar.' 'They will not allow him to function freely as before.'
Reader Sudesh Prasad sent us a picture of Vijay Amritraj from Bangalore.
Amazon Prime Video has announced a huge number of assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
The central agency which is often accused, by parties opposed to the BJP, of having become a political instrument in the hands of the party ruling the Centre, has reopened inquiry into a case against Prasad which it had closed last year.
The suspense over whether Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest the polls from Amethi and Raebareli respectively continued.
Politely decline to be prime minister, and hand the baton to someone else in the BJP -- like Sonia did to Manmohan Singh -- advises Krishna Prasad.
The Kannada film shows the police force in a good light as issues like acid attacks are tackled.
The assembly secretariat released the business agenda of the House for Monday, when the budget session will commence, with a customary address by the Governor to members of the bicameral legislature.
Hanuma Vihari's role as an opener is a stop-gap one and he will be given enough opportunities in his preferred middle-order spot should he fail at the top, assured chairman of selectors MSK Prasad.
'He is a phenomenal guy.' 'The clarity with which he does his work and the way he wants to present it to the rest of India, I'm amazed at it.'
Every Vijay movie has created an electric buzz, and in combination with Prabhu Deva, with whom he's delivered Pokkiri, a blockbuster, its only to be expected that Ayngaran International's Villu, their next project with Nayanthara in tow, will be productive of keen interest.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held the core group meeting of five states on Saturday at the party headquarters in New Delhi.
Satyam Computer on Monday said it has appointed Venki Prathivadi as the country manager for its Australia and New Zealand operations.
The Tamil Nadu lad made sure of the National Sub-junior Super League chess championship in the penultimate round.
Kumar had recently dumped the 'Mahagathbandhan', of which the Rashtriya Janata Dal was a key constituent, and returned to the NDA fold to form the government with support of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
RJD-JD-U leaders believe Dhirendra Krishna Shastri's visit is part of the BJP's 2024 poll strategy.
The electoral battle in Varanasi, according to locals and political experts, is not about whether the PM will win for a third successive occasion, but if he will increase his share of the votes polled and his win margin.
Shankar believes how he prepares will be the key factor going into the tournament.
The RJD has fielded six women candidates, some of them are wives of bahubalis.
Most JD-U ministers favour a return to the BJP-led NDA ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
He was administered the oath of office by Governor Rajendra Arlekar at the Raj Bhavan in Patna.
Former India medium pacer Debashish Mohanty of Orissa and ex-stumper M S K Prasad of Andhra have found a place in the Board of Control for Cricket in India's nine-member technical committee, headed by former captain Anil Kumble.
'When he was sidelined in the INDIA bloc, it was was the turning point because it badly hurt Nitish's ambition.' 'After that, he decided to damage INDIA by changing sides.'
Concealed beneath the feat, which testifies to his political acumen and survival instincts, is the fact that the 72-year-old leader could never remain at peace with his allies which also made him change partners frequently.
While 30 of them were suspended for the remainder of the Winter Session, three were suspended pending the report of the Privileges Committee.
'The Congress should have played a more active role to take care of the needs of regional parties. It failed.' 'Taking this into account, Nitishji took the final decision with the full support of the JD-U.'
'Singh was forced to submit his resignation to Nitish Kumar few days ago and convinced to announce his offer to resign at the party meeting.'
Urmila Matondkar returns to the movies, and we can't keep calm!
Union Home Minister Amit Shah himself sounded more open to such a possibility in a recent interview.
Aamir Khan's Lal Singh Chaddha was the first film screened at the Srinagar cinema.
