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Mumbai: On expected lines, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Rahul Narwekar was elected the new Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly here on Sunday. He defeated his sole rival – the Maha Vikas Aghadi-backed Shiv Sena candidate Rajan Salvi – with a comfortable margin. The elections were held by a division of votes on the first of the […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lowering the reputation of the country during his official visit to Sri Lanka and forcing the Sri Lankan government to award a power project contract to “his businessman friend”. He maintained that Modi had actually acted as a salesman to further the interests […]

Hyderabad: BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday accused opposition parties of trying to derail various programmes of his party-led governments at the Centre and in States meant for a “resilient and resurgent” India. In his inaugural address at the two-day BJP national executive meeting here, Nadda said opposition parties in their zeal to oppose Prime […]

Hyderabad: TRS supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to list out the electoral promises that were fulfilled in the last eight years, when the latter addresses a public meeting in Hyderabad today. “You have made many promises before the elections. Now I demand that you list out how many […]

Hyderabad: The BJP State unit has ridiculed the ruling TRS party’s rally to welcome Opposition Parties Presidential candidate Yashwanth Sinha here on Saturday. Never in the history, was a bike rally organized and flexis and banners put up for Presidential elections. The ruling TRS party has made a mockery of the Presidential elections, charged the […]

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to field Karnataka Governor Thwarchand Gehlot for the post of Vice-President, according to highly placed sources. Gehlot hails from Madhya Pradesh and is a senior leader who held many positions in Modi government. He hails from Scheduled Castes. Another probable candidate for the post from BJP […]

Hyderabad: The BJP, which is holding its two-day National Executive meeting in Hyderabad starting today, is expected to mull over two proposals which include the political as well as economic agenda of the party. Under the political agenda, the party is likely to hold discussions over their presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu and the recently formed […]

Raipur: Chhattisgarh is probably the only state in the country where the Congress and especially its Chief Minister have become a big challenge for the BJP. Here the BJP is not competing with the Congress as much as with Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. This situation is likely to continue till next year’s assembly elections. There […]

Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Saturday inaugurated the party’s national officer bearers’ meeting at International Convention Centre in Hyderabad, ahead of the two-day long Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive meeting. A group of dancers performed outside the International Convention Centre where BJP’s national executive meeting will begin today. Defence […]

Hyderabad: Political heat in the State capital has gone up by several notches what with the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party sparring with each other in the wake of the BJP national executive meeting being held in Hyderabad on Saturday and Sunday. If the BJP chose to field its veterans […]

Hyderabad: The strategic placement of hoardings on the airport road and on main thoroughfares of the State capital, highlighting Telangana’s growth path has become the point of discussion among political circles, more so among the BJP echelons, as the party’s national leaders as well as the party stalwarts from different states are arriving in Hyderabad […]

Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be arriving in Hyderabad on Saturday to attend the two-day meeting of the BJP’s national executive. Modi, who will be reaching Hyderabad on Saturday afternoon, is likely to stay at Novotel hotel at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), the venue of the BJP conclave. According to the schedule, the […]

Like how a buyer on an e-commerce portal adds items to the cart before checking out, the BJP has just added Maharashtra to its political cart in yet another display of mastery in the toppling game. After multiple twists in the suspense-filled drama, the saffron party has decided to join the government headed by Shiv […]

Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy castigated the Central government for its failures and discrimination towards Telangana on various fronts. He said Telangana was the only State with highest budget allocation for agriculture sector and K Chandrashekhar Rao was the only Chief Minister in the country who is aware of the farmers’ plight as well […]

Hyderabad: Just two days ahead of the BJP national executive meeting in Hyderabad on June 2, the BJP State leadership got a shocker even as it is busy in the arrangements. Four BJP corporators in GHMC along with the BJP floor leader in Tandur municipality joined the ruling TRS in Hyderabad on Thursday. The BJP […]

Hyderabad: The battle of billboards between the ruling TRS and the BJP has now spread from the streets of Hyderabad to the nook and cranny of Telangana State. The TRS appears to be hitting out at the BJP with vengeance in response to the latter putting up a digital countdown board against Chief Minister K […]

Hyderabad: Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde will be the new Maharashtra Chief Minister, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis announced on Thursday. Fadnavis made the announcement at a joint press meet after the duo met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, ahead of the swearing-in slated for later in the evening.

Hyderabad: Ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national executive meet in the city on July 2 and 3 which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Cyberabad  Police have imposed Section 144 from July 1 to 4. On Wednesday, Cyberabad Police Commissioner Stephen Ravindra issued prohibitory orders against a gathering of more than […]

Media freedom is one of the key indicators of a successful democracy. In mature, liberal and open societies, journalists are allowed to express themselves freely and without the threat of any harassment from the governments. Unfortunately, over the last several years, India has seen a clear deterioration on this front, with a growing number of […]

Mumbai: Amid the political turmoil in Maharashtra following a rebellion by MLAs of the ruling Shiv Sena, senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday left for Delhi along with a legal counsel, a party functionary said. The Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra is facing a crisis as many of its MLAs, […]