Tag: BJP
Equity Indices Close At New High, Auto Stocks Surge Over 3%
Cheering the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) win in the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly polls and with a surge in automobile stocks, the key Indian equity indices -- the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50 -- rose to new closing highs on Tuesday.....
SDMC Bans Display Of Non-veg Food Items
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has ordered eateries to keep all meat -- raw or cooked -- out of sight as "it can hurt sentiments".....
Now 'Padmaavat' Banned In Haryana
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmaavat" was banned on Tuesday by Haryana's BJP government, even as massive protests against the movie's upcoming release continued in Rajasthan.....
CPI-M Central Committee Rules Out Electoral Understanding With Congress
The CPI-M's Central Committee on Sunday ruled out, by majority vote, any "understanding or electoral alliance" with the Congress in its draft political resolution, but General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said the final decision will be taken in the party Congress slated to be held in Hyderabad in April.....
BJP Releases First List Of Candidates For Tripura Assembly Polls
The BJP on Saturday released its first list of candidates for 44 of the 60 seats in Tripura Assembly, polls for which will be held on February 18.....
Requested Twice For Meeting LG, Denied Appointment: Delhi Speaker
Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Wednesday said Lt Governor Anil Baijal had "violated Indian culture" by not giving him time for a meeting despite two requests. ....
Rs 5 Lakh Cover For 10 Cr Poor Families Announced Under Ayushman Bharat
Terming it as the world's largest government funded healthcare programme, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced the National Health Protection Scheme under which Rs 5 lakh cover will be provided a year to 10 crore poor and vulnerable families in the country. ....
Five In Fray For Four Rajya Sabha Seats In Karnataka
Five candidates, including three from the ruling Congress and one each from the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) filed nominations for the biennial election to four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka, an EC official said on Monday.....
SP Heads To Victory In Gorakhpur, Phulpur Lok Sabha By-election
In a dramatic turn of events since the 2014 general election, the Samajwadi Party was on Wednesday set to wrest from the BJP the two Lok Sabha seats of Gorakhpur and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh that had been vacated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya.....
BJP Leader Stabbed To Death In Lucknow
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was stabbed to death here by unidentified assailants, police said on Tuesday.....
