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Ahmedabad Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that by defeating the BJP in Ayodhya, the INDIA bloc defeated the Ram temple movement once led by L K Advani, and expressed confidence that the saffron party will run same fate in Gujarat in the next elections.He said the Congress has...

Puducherry, A political crisis involving the ruling AINRC-BJP coalition is brewing in the union territory, with a section of saffron party MLAs expressing displeasure against the government over issues such as corruption, and have called for the doors of national leaders with a plea to set...

Ayodhya (UP), According to temple trust officials, the priests of the Ram temple here have changed their attire and have been banned from carrying mobile phones in the temple.Till now the priests were seen in saffron clothes in the sanctum sanctorum. He used to wear saffron turban, saffron...

New Delhi: Delhi Police has beefed up security outside the residence of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after receiving intelligence inputs about disturbances by right-wing groups. Sources gave this information on Wednesday.Sources said a platoon of paramilitary forces, including local police...

New Delhi, Delhi BJP leaders and workers protested here on Wednesday over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks against the saffron party and demanded an apology from him.The protesters gathered near Jaisalmer House and tried to move towards the Congress headquarters on Akbar Road, raising...

New Delhi, Delhi BJP leaders and workers protested here on Wednesday over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks against the saffron party.The protesters gathered near Jaisalmer House and tried to move towards the Congress headquarters on Akbar Road, raising slogans against Gandhi and the...

Shivamogga (Karnataka): Expelled BJP leader KS Eshwarappa on Monday said he has been invited by the saffron party to rejoin it.However, he said he was in no hurry to join the party and would discuss it before taking any decision."Some BJP leaders approached me and asked me to rejoin the...

Mumbai: NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar on Thursday claimed that to cut off opposition votes, the BJP wants rival NCP led by his uncle and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to contest the upcoming assembly elections separately.He told reporters here, the saffron party is trying to...

Kolkata: A four-member BJP central team visited Cooch Behar on Monday to take stock of the situation following the alleged violence against saffron party workers in West Bengal after the Lok Sabha elections.The team includes convenor Biplab Deb, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad and two...

New Delhi/Kolkata: BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday formed a four-member committee to probe alleged political violence in West Bengal, as the party accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being a mute spectator.The committee includes Biplab Kumar Deb, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Brij Lal and...

Kolkata: Describing the Lok Sabha elections as "protest, resistance and revenge", senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee said the election results have "bruised the arrogance and pride of the BJP".He also accused the saffron party of "misusing central agencies, corrupting the...

Bhopal: After the BJP's victory in the Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat, which is the home turf of veteran Congress leader Kamal Nath, the saffron party is now all set to capture the Amarwada assembly constituency, the by-election for which will be held on July 10.Notably, in the recently held...

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala BJP general secretary George Kurien's ministerial berth in the third Narendra Modi government is indeed a reward for a loyal party worker who has been active in the saffron party movement after the Emergency in the late 1970s.He has been with BJP since its inception...

Hyderabad: Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who was sworn in as a minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet on Sunday, weathered political storms and discord within the party before successfully establishing himself as a flamboyant BJP leader in Telangana.The foundation of Kumar's political rise can be traced...

Thrissur (Kerala), He was trolled during the Lok Sabha election campaign but despite the tactics of his rivals, action hero Suresh Gopi rose to national stardom in cinema style on June 4, winning the Thrissur seat on a BJP ticket and Created history. Saffron party in Kerala.In other words, the...

BENGALURU: Pralhad Joshi, a staunch RSS loyalist and long-time BJP worker, is a fifth-time Member of Parliament from Dharwad, the saffron party's stronghold in Karnataka.Said to be close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP leader Amit Shah, he held the portfolios of Coal, Mines and...

Amaravati: Buoyed by the results of the recent assembly and Lok Sabha elections, the Andhra Pradesh BJP unit is demanding at least one cabinet post at the Center amid reports that there will be "adequate" representation from the state.BJP sources said the state unit has already sent a message...

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee's 'magic' worked once again for the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal as the party won 29 of the 42 parliamentary constituencies in the state, leaving the BJP reduced to 12, up from its previous count. Six seats are less. The saffron camp was restricted to less than 39...

Patna, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, one of the BJP's oldest allies and who heads the JD(U), finds himself in the kingmaker position as the saffron camp falls short of majority in the Lok Sabha.The septuagenarian had also played a key role in the formation of the India Bloc and hosted the...

Kolkata: Former West Bengal state president of the saffron party and BJP candidate Dilip Ghosh lost in the Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency by a margin of 1,37,981 votes, the Election Commission said on Tuesday.He was defeated by cricketer-turned-Trinamool Congress candidate Kirti...