At a press conference on the Kashi Tamil Sangamam, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan insisted he would not answer any question on politics, but slipped in a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, it is learnt, was not present to greet the Vice President when he arrived, or escort him when he left.
The Congress leadership in Bihar is still waiting for a confirmation from Gandhi’s office on whether he will visit the party office in Patna, which most of the state’s leaders are in favour of considering that elections in the state are due later this year.
The Uttarakhand BJP wants him to hold rallies in Haldwani, Roorkee and Rishikesh.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who held pre-budget meetings with multiple stakeholders over the last few days, met his Cabinet colleague, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Wednesday.
Birla, who met Sir Hoyle on Wednesday in London, also highlighted the encouragement given to women voters to participate in the election process as a testimony to the inclusiveness of the electoral process in India. He was in London at the invitation of Sir Hoyle.
The SP, which won 37 seats in the general elections, has already started working at the booth level and connecting with the voters in the villages, making sure that the party’s message reaches them well in advance.
Dimple is now the second-time MP from Mainpuri and has grown in stature over the years with her becoming more active in public life.
Vaishnaw has taken an initiative to ensure that a variety of cuisines from different states are served at such press briefings held at the National Media Centre.
Union minister Jitendra Singh Thursday visited Andhra Pradesh’s YSR district (earlier Kadapa) to evaluate the progress of the government’s Aspirational Districts programme.
The Delhi Police Commissioner typically makes a round of the city on New Year’s Eve to meet police staff deployed on the streets, with the personnel usually offering him sweets.
“Space has given us space in the media as well,” said Union Science Minister Dr Jitendra Singh.
FORMER PRIME minister Manmohan Singh, who was often the target of the BJP’s attack on the UPA government, on one occasion dialled a senior BJP leader and thanked him for a comment made in his favour. When BJP veteran L K Advani called Dr Singh the “weakest prime minister” he had ever seen, then BJP […]
A group of CWC members seemed extremely impressed with the “hardworking” Srinivas BV, the former president of Indian Youth Congress who was nicknamed "oxygen man" during the Covid-19 pandemic for arranging oxygen cylinders for patients in need.
Before leaving for their extended CWC meet in Belagavi to mark 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s one and only stint as Congress president, Congress leaders conversed with journalists in a light mood.
While VP Dhankar did not shy away from taking direct questions from the journalists, he made sure the breakfast served to them also carried a special message
Samajwadi Party leaders say Charan Singh was the ‘political guru’ of Mulayam Singh who himself had unveiled a statue of the former PM at the same college as a tribute to his mentor.
One such event will be held at Alwar on December 23, the birth anniversary of former prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh
Akhilesh Yadav was back in Parliament on Friday where he joined MPs of his party in a protest against Shah’s remarks.
Justice Nagarathna then recalled that in the epic “Abhijnanasakuntalam” by Kalidasa, Sakuntala could get her gold ring back, thanks to a fisherman who stumbled on the ring swallowed by a fish he had caught. She was quick to add that it was a fishmonger in the play and not a meat vendor.
Amid the hostile atmosphere between the ruling party and the Opposition, the Congress managed to get an olive branch from the BJP.
Speaking during the discussion on the 75 years of the Constitution, Brittas said, “We are discussing this glorious journey. I would have expected the Prime Minister to come and listen to it."
Among those who got a chance were Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who asked about the human-animal conflict in her constituency Wayanad.
The visitors gallery in Lok Sabha was packed with members of the Gandhi family, including Sonia Gandhi, Robert Vadra and son Raihan, as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra gave her first speech in the House on Friday.
The wedding reception of the son of Sanjay Jaiswal, BJP’s chief whip in the Lok Sabha, turned out to be a grand event, courtesy the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.





