Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): News

20 Sep 2022

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Kabaddi players served food in toilet, video sparks outrage

A viral video showing Kabaddi players in Uttar Pradesh being served food in a toilet has sparked massive outrage.

20 Sep 2022

Delhi

Delhi: Speeding SUV rams parked vehicles, drags biker for 100m

A Toyota Fortuner SUV rammed into several parked vehicles in Delhi's Karol Bagh on Monday evening as a 63-year-old man driving the car lost control, reported The Indian Express.

19 Sep 2022

Amarinder Singh

Captain Amarinder Singh joins BJP, merges his PLC party

Veteran politician and former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi on Monday.

19 Sep 2022

Akhilesh Yadav

UP: High-voltage drama as Akhilesh Yadav's 'padayatra' to Assembly halted

In what can clearly be called the season of padayatras, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav held a mega foot march to the State Assembly on Monday.

Congress vs BJP: The politics around India's cheetah relocation project

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released eight cheetahs flown in from Namibia into the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.

16 Sep 2022

Jignesh Mevani

Mevani, 18 others get 6-month jail in 2016 protest case

A local court in Ahmedabad on Friday sentenced Dalit leader and Gujarat Independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and 18 others to six months in jail term in connection with a case involving a protest at Gujarat University in 2016, according to Live Law.

16 Sep 2022

Amarinder Singh

Punjab ex-CM Capt. Amarinder Singh to join BJP on Monday

Former Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Capt. Amarinder Singh will join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, said PLC spokesperson Pritpal Baliawal.

Delhi liquor policy: ED raids 40 locations across the country

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided 40 locations throughout the country on Friday, including the premises of liquor sellers and makers, India Today reported.

14 Sep 2022

Delhi High Court

Vacate government accommodation within six weeks: HC directs Subramanian Swamy

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Member of Parliament Subramanian Swamy to vacate his government accommodation in the Lutyens' Bungalow Zone, PTI reported.

14 Sep 2022

Goa

Goa Congress in tatters: 8 of 11 MLAs join BJP

In yet another big blow to the already crumbling Indian National Congress (INC), eight of its 11 MLAs in Goa switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday.

13 Sep 2022

Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Noida 'Supertech Twin Towers'-style demolition drive after heavy floods

The Bengaluru civic administration on Tuesday demolished several illegal constructions and vowed a Noida "Supertech Twin Tower" like demolition of such structures.

13 Sep 2022

Tamil Nadu

You're untouchable as long as you're Hindu: DMK's A Raja

A video of Tamil Nadu's ruling party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (DMK) MP A Raja has stirred up a hornet's nest.

13 Sep 2022

West Bengal

West Bengal: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari detained amid 'Nabanna Abhiyan'

Amid the ongoing political battle between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, the police on Tuesday detained hundreds of BJP members, including senior leader Suvendu Adhikari.

13 Sep 2022

Mukul Rohatgi

Mukul Rohatgi set to return as Attorney General for India

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi is likely to assume the post of Attorney General for India (A-G)—the country's top legal officer—for the second time on October 1.

'Typo' leads TMC leader's sister-in-law to ED office at midnight

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was left embarrassed on Monday after the sister-in-law of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee, Maneka Gambhir, appeared before it post-midnight due to a typo in the summons issued to her related to an alleged coal scam case, PTI reported.

12 Sep 2022

Himanta Biswa Sarma

Why are RSS, BJP fighting Congress over 'burning' khaki shorts?

A tweet by the Indian National Congress (INC) triggered a major political row on Monday with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blaming the grand old party for instigating violence

12 Sep 2022

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

AAP claims Gujarat Police raided party office in Ahmedabad

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday claimed that the police stormed its office in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

10 Sep 2022

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi's interaction with Christain priest triggers Congress, BJP spar

Congress's ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra has triggered fresh infighting in the party with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

10 Sep 2022

Narendra Modi

BJP makes key leaders in-charge of states before 2024 polls

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced new party duties for prominent leaders on Friday.

09 Sep 2022

North Goa

Goa: Curlie's restaurant gets SC relief hours after being demolished

Authorities on Friday morning began demolishing the 'Curlie's' restaurant at Anjuna in North Goa before Supreme Court put a stay on it.

08 Sep 2022

Uttar Pradesh

UP BJP leader allegedly kills neighbor over stray goat, arrested

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader allegedly thrashed a 62-year-old man to death in Uttar Pradesh earlier this week.

08 Sep 2022

Delhi

PM unveils Netaji statue, revamped Central Vista along Kartavya Path

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the revamped Central Vista Avenue and the newly christened 'Kartavya Path' in New Delhi on Thursday.

07 Sep 2022

Karnataka

Karnataka Minister Umesh Katti dies of heart-attack; one-day state mourning

In a shocking development for the political circles of Karnataka, Umesh Vishwanath Katti, the Food and Civil Supplies Minister in Karnataka government, died of a heart attack on Tuesday.

06 Sep 2022

Haryana

Haryana: Expensive cars, furniture missing from Sonali Phogat's farmhouse

The saga of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, actor, and social media celebrity Sonali Phogat's death keeps getting murkier.

05 Sep 2022

Jharkhand

Jharkhand political crisis: CM Hemant Soren wins trust vote

Amid a raging political storm, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday won the trust vote, with 48 of 81 MLAs voting in his favor in the Assembly.

04 Sep 2022

Narendra Modi

RaGa's 'Halla Bol' on Modi, says hate rising in India

In a no-holds-barred attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi senior leader of the Indian National Congress (INC), Rahul Gandhi, said that under his rule, hate is on the rise in India.

04 Sep 2022

Goa

Sonali Phogat death: Aide Sudhir Sangwan was running extortion racket

Investigation into the mysterious death of Sonali Phogat, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and actor, has revealed that her aide, Sudhir Sangwan, purportedly ran an extortion racket in her name.

04 Sep 2022

Bihar

BJP will fall to 50 if…: Nitish Kumar's 2024 pitch

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday hit out at his former aide, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and gave a clarion call for opposition unity.

03 Sep 2022

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Don't quit BJP, but work for AAP: Kejriwal in Gujarat

In an effort to woo voters along with BJP workers in poll-bound Gujarat, Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal said BJP workers should not quit the party, but rather continue getting paid by them and work as an insider for AAP.

03 Sep 2022

Manoj Tiwari

Jharkhand: MPs Manoj Tiwari, Nishikant Dubey among 9 booked for forcing plane's takeoff

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliament members Nishikant Dubey and Manoj Tiwari have been booked after reportedly forcing authorities at Jharkhand's Deoghar Airport to allow their chartered jet for a night takeoff.

03 Sep 2022

Manipur

Manipur 'coup': JD(U)'s 5 of 6 MLAs switch to BJP

After reports of Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) planning to pull out from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led ruling coalition in Manipur, five out of six of its MLAs rolled over to the BJP on Friday.

02 Sep 2022

Jharkhand

Jharkhand: Governor Bais flies to Delhi, may meet Amit Shah

Amid a mounting political crisis in Jharkhand and uncertainty about the fate of Chief Minister (CM) Hemant Soren, Governor Ramesh Bais on Friday left for New Delhi.

01 Sep 2022

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Kejriwal wins floor test in Delhi Assembly amid poaching allegations

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government led by Arvind Kejriwal passed the floor test in the Delhi Assembly on Thursday amid political infighting over the excise policy in the national capital.

01 Sep 2022

Delhi

Delhi's old liquor policy comes back today with big changes

The Delhi government has reinstated the old policy of retail liquor sales in the capital city on Thursday. The decision follows a major uproar over the state's new liquor excise policy.

31 Aug 2022

Manipur

Nitish Kumar's JDU to withdraw support from BJP-led Manipur government

Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) will reportedly withdraw its support from the Manipur government where it was in an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

31 Aug 2022

Uttar Pradesh

BJP councilor expelled for buying baby stolen from railway station

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stated on Tuesday that it has dismissed a municipal councilor from the Firozabad Municipal Corporation in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly buying a seven-month-old baby boy from child traffickers, NDTV reported.

31 Aug 2022

Jharkhand

Torturing maid: Suspended BJP leader Patra sent to 12-day custody

A day after massive outrage against Seema Patra for allegedly torturing her tribal house help, the suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was arrested by the Jharkhand Police.

30 Aug 2022

Chhattisgarh

Jharkhand political crisis: Ruling alliance MLAs leave for Chhattisgarh

After a "political picnic" within the state to evade horse-trading, Jharkhand's ruling alliance MLAs reportedly left for Nava Raipur in the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh on a chartered plane from Ranchi on Tuesday evening.

30 Aug 2022

Jharkhand

Jharkhand shocker: BJP leader accused of torturing house help, suspended

In a jarring incident, Seema Patra, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and the wife of former IAS officer Maheshwar Patra, has been accused of torturing her house help for six years.