The LJP (Ram Vilas) office-bearers unanimously authorised Chirag to take any decision regarding the alliance.
The launch of ‘Who are these people?’, a fiction book on civil service officers authored by Union Environment Secretary Leena Nandan, on Friday had G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant helming the proceedings.
Nearly two years after he joined the Congress, former JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar has finally got a full-time organisational responsibility in the party. He was made in-charge of NSUI, the party's students' wing which he fought against as a political rival in JNU.
After skipping the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday morning, Union minister G Kishan Reddy, who was on Tuesday appointed as Telangana BJP chief, also missed the National Culture Fund meet, which was then presided over by MoS Meenakshi Lekhi.
The BJP also has to muster numbers to pass its legislation on the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, against which AAP is mobilising Opposition support.
Vaishnaw is learnt to have also instructed officers to consider technologies that would take care of age-old pain-points in maintenance. A novel block-chain system, as a result, is being considered, which officers say will be a game-changer.
With the BJP making desperate efforts to become a political force to reckon with in Kerala, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tried to woo non-resident Malayalees with his warmth and greetings in Malayalam.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the Metro to reach Delhi University on Friday, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri pointed out the rapid expansion of Metros.
Mallikarjun Kharge gifted the Australian High Commissioner B R Ambedkar’s book, ‘The Buddha and his Dhamma’, and a copy of Jawaharlal Nehru’s ‘The Discovery of India’ to the German Ambassador.
Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has been meeting different groups of people during the BJP's ‘Sampark Se Samarthan’ initiative.
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The MPs have been given a copy of the original, calligraphic Constitution book. While some have already taken the copy, offered during their visit to Parliament last week, some are learnt to have said that they require assistance to carry the heavy copy home.
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At the Patna opposition meeting, RJD president Lalu Prasad on Friday gave a paternal reprimand to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his 'refusal' to tie the nuptial knot.
As part of BJP leaders' outreach programmes, including prominent personalities, to mark nine years of the Modi government, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri on Thursday visited an old friend, cardiac surgeon Dr Naresh Trehan.
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan had hectic engagements in the US recently and then flew to Havana to express solidarity with Cuba in its “fight against US imperialism”.
Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka, tweeted on Tuesday that the Central government's move to “bring in 'Fact Check' as part of IT rules” was criticised, but “there's stoic silence” over the Karnataka government's move.
Om Birla called for a meeting of officials to review the performance of his office.
While yoga sessions have been part of all the G20 working group meetings across the country so far, this time will be special as it coincides with the International Day of Yoga.
The Health ministry had to come out with a clarification after a morphed video of Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya started circulating online in which he is shown as claiming that all diabetic patients should register for a government programme to get rid of the disease.
Bhagwant Mann called on Union Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday to discuss implementation of flagship schemes in his state.
After a meeting with party leaders from Bihar, BJP national leadership on Wednesday decided to kickstart the party’s outreach programme with BJP national president J P Nadda going to Jhanjharpur on June 24 to attend a public rally.
Tharoor’s manifesto during his campaign for the Congress president’s post last September drew criticism for featuring a map of India that was different from the official map.
During their conversation, the two recalled memories of Kozhikode, where Kant had served as a district collector in the early 1990s and Pillai was a youth leader at the time.
The expert committee formed by the Pushkar Singh Dhami-led government in Uttarakhand on uniform civil code (UCC), which has been meeting civil society representatives and state-based organisations, seems to have extended the consultation process to the national capital.


