India Political highlights: Kejriwal's 10 guarantees to Chhattisgarh; Scindia loyalist returns to Cong from BJP

Karnataka BJP to hold protest in Bengaluru on Aug 23

The protests will be carried out against "rampant corruption" by Siddaramaiah-led Congress govt and lack of development work in state: B S Yediyurappa

BJP says rise of Indian middle class 'phenomenal' under Modi govt

Actor Rajinikanth will be meeting UP CM Yogi Adityanath at 7 pm today

'Rahul Gandhi has suffered a lot...people are with him,' says Congress leader Udit Raj

The kind of power Kejriwal wants for transfers, postings, to save himself from anti-corruption branch, is not ethical...: Sandeep Dixit, Congress leader

Congress treated Amethi as their family's private property...chewed people like gum: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Members of Trinamool Mahila Congress in Siliguri hold protest over atrocities against women in Manipur

Rahul Gandhi to visit Raipur on Sept 2

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi rides a bike to Pangong Lake in Leh

Rajasthan Congress leaders meet in Rajasthan

MP: BJP MLAs from Gujarat, UP, Bihar and Maharashtra arrive in Bhopal; to visit assembly seats in poll-bound state

Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh elections, BJP MLAs from Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra have arrived in Bhopal as part of the ruling party's programme wherein every legislator will be allotted one assembly seat each that they are supposed to visit to take stock of the ground situation, party leaders said. (PTI)

Kejriwal announces ten guarantees in Chhattisgarh; promises free electricity, allowance for women & unemployed

Seeking to make inroads in Chhattisgarh, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced ten “guarantees” for the upcoming assembly polls in the Congress-ruled state including free electricity, monthly 'samman rashi' for women and Rs 3,000 monthly allowance for the unemployed. (PTI)

Union Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers Bhagwanth Khuba on Saturday said the Indian economy is growing because of the "stable government" under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "The Indian economy currently stands at $3.3 trillion and it will achieve the target of $5 trillion in the next four years. When India will be celebrating 100 years of Independence, the size of the Indian economy is expected to remain between $32 to 42 trillion. In that, the contribution of the health sector will be significant," said the minister.

Congress has suspended its MLA from Punjab Sandeep Jakhar for indulging in anti-party activities. He is the nephew of state BJP Chief Sunil Jakhar. (ANI)

Scindia loyalist returns to Congress from BJP citing neglect in saffron party

A loyalist of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and working committee member of the Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party has joined the Congress.

Samandar Patel (52), an Other Backward Classes leader from Jawad area of Neemuch, had joined the BJP when Scindia and MLAs loyal to him rebelled against the Congress in March 2020, leading to the collapse of the Kamal Nath government.

"The BJP neither accepted or respected me nor my supporters. I was never invited to party functions despite being a working committee member. In fact my supporters were bullied with false cases," he told PTI.

Mumbai: Members of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha protest against Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece 'Saamana' and former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray over an editorial targeting Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, in Mumbai, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023.