New Delhi, March 16 : India has fast-tracked hydropower projects worth $15 billion in Kashmir in recent months, three federal and state officials said, ignoring warnings from Islamabad that power stations on rivers flowing into Pakistan will disrupt water supplies. The swift approval of projects that had languished for years came after Prime Minister Narendra […]
Guwahati : The first BJP-led ministry in Manipur was installed today with Governor Najma Heptulla administering the oath of office and secrecy to a nine-member ministry headed by Chief Minister N Biren Singh in Imphal in presence of a galaxy of BJP leaders and outgoing Chief Minister and Congress veteran O Ibobi Singh. A former […]
Lucknow, March 12 : The BJP on Sunday revoked the suspension of Dayashankar Singh, who had allegedly made derogatory remarks against BSP chief Mayawati, a day after his wife Swati Singh won the Assembly polls. Dayashankar’s wife Swati Singh, who is also the head of the BJP women’s wing, had won the Assembly poll from […]
Lucknow : Ending a 14-year “vanvaas” in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP juggernaut has stormed the Hindi heartland on the “parivartan” plank, winning 325 of the 403 seats, leading to an almost “Samajwadi-Congress-BSP mukt” Uttar Pradesh. These parties together mustered a measely 74 seats. The BJP on its own won 312 seats and its alliance partner […]
Chandigarh, March 12 : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday tendered his resignation from the post following the defeat of the SAD-BJP alliance in the state Assembly elections. Accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and eight other ministers, Badal submitted his resignation to Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore at the Raj Bhavan […]