Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): News

19 Feb 2024

Arvind Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal skips 6th summons in Delhi liquor policy case

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in connection with irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy case on Monday.

19 Feb 2024

Rahul Gandhi

Ahead of 2024 polls, Gandhi vs Irani in Amethi today

Union minister Smriti Irani is expected to start a four-day tour of her Lok Sabha constituency, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, from Monday.

19 Feb 2024

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Chandigarh mayor resigns before SC hearing; 3 AAP councilors quit

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Manoj Sonkar resigned from the post of Chandigarh mayor on Sunday, citing "moral grounds."

18 Feb 2024

Kamal Nath

Didn't speak to anyone: Kamal Nath on BJP switch rumors

Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath clarified on Sunday that he had not spoken to anyone after rumor mills suggested that he could join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

18 Feb 2024

Narendra Modi

'Ram Rajya' for 1,000 years: BJP passes Ram Mandir resolution

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday celebrated the construction of Ram Mandir as a "historic and glorious achievement for the country" at its national council meeting in New Delhi.

18 Feb 2024

West Bengal

Sandeshkhali violence: TMC leader's court appearance today, security on alert

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader, Shibu Prasad Hazra, was arrested on Saturday in the Sandeshkhali violence case in West Bengal.

17 Feb 2024

Kamal Nath

MP: Speculation rife on Kamal Nath, son joining BJP

Months after being removed as the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee chief, speculations are rife that senior Congress leader Kamal Nath is going to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

17 Feb 2024

Nitish Kumar

Long over: Nitish on INDIA bloc, says was against name

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday claimed that the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc was already over.

17 Feb 2024

Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal wins trust vote, gets 54 MLAs' support

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal won the trust vote in the Delhi Assembly on Saturday.

17 Feb 2024

Narendra Modi

Spoke to PM Modi about BJP 'poaching' Congress leaders: Kharge

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for allegedly "poaching" opposition leaders through intimidation.

16 Feb 2024

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

7 BJP MLAs suspended from Delhi Assembly Budget Session

Seven of the eight MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were suspended on Friday for the remainder of the Delhi Assembly's Budget Session for allegedly disrupting Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's address.

15 Feb 2024

Gyanvapi Mosque

HC reserves order on plea against worship in Gyanvapi Mosque

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday reserved its order for a plea challenging the Varanasi district court's decision to allow Hindu prayers in the cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque.

15 Feb 2024

Mahua Moitra

Mahua Moitra summoned by ED in foreign exchange violation case 

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra on Monday (February 19) for questioning in an alleged foreign exchange violation case.

15 Feb 2024

Farooq Abdullah

J&K: National Conference to contest Lok Sabha polls solo

Farooq Abdullah, the National Conference (NC) chief, has said that his party will not join the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

14 Feb 2024

Trinamool Congress

Section 144 in Bengal's Sandeshkhali after BJP workers-cops clash

The West Bengal government has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC in seven gram panchayats of the state until Monday (February 19).

14 Feb 2024

Ashok Chavan

BJP nominates Congress turncoat Ashok Chavan for Rajya Sabha seat

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has chosen a former state Chief Minister Ashok Chavan as its Rajya Sabha candidate from Maharashtra.

13 Feb 2024

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut's co-star Malika Rajput dies by suspected suicide

Singer-actor Vijay Lakshmi, known by her stage name Malika Rajput, was found dead under suspicious circumstances on Tuesday. She was 35.

13 Feb 2024

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

AAP offers Congress only 1 Lok Sabha seat in Delhi

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday declared that it is willing to allocate only one of Delhi's seven Lok Sabha seats to the Congress within the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).

13 Feb 2024

Ashok Chavan

Ex-Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan joins BJP day after quitting Congress

Ashok Chavan, a former chief minister of Maharashtra, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday.

12 Feb 2024

Rajya Sabha TV

2024 Rajya Sabha elections: BJP announces 2 candidates from Rajasthan

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced the names of candidates for two seats from Rajasthan for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.

12 Feb 2024

Nitish Kumar

Bihar: Nitish Kumar passes floor test with 130 MLAs' support

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sailed through the much-anticipated floor test on Monday as his government won a vote of confidence in the legislative assembly.

12 Feb 2024

Nitish Kumar

Bihar: RJD's Awadh Bihari Choudhary removed as assembly speaker

Awadh Bihari Chaudhary of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has been removed as the Bihar Assembly's speaker after failing a no-confidence motion moved by the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

12 Feb 2024

Ashok Chavan

Maharashtra: Ex-CM Ashok Chavan resigns from Congress, might join BJP

Congress leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Monday resigned from the party's primary membership.

12 Feb 2024

Farmers

Farmers' protest: Government to hold second round of talks

Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda on Sunday said the Centre's was ready to hold discussions with farmer unions with an "open mind."

12 Feb 2024

Nitish Kumar

Bihar: Nitish Kumar's government to face trust vote today

A floor test of the new Bihar government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will be held on Monday.

11 Feb 2024

Delhi

Delhi: Residents troubled by police's drill ahead of farmers' protest

Residents in parts of Delhi complained of eye discomfort and respiratory ailments on Sunday as a result of the Delhi Police's anti-riot drill in the Yamuna Khadar area.

11 Feb 2024

Trinamool Congress

Bengal: TMC suspends leader after protests against land grabbing, atrocities

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has suspended a zilla parishad member, Uttam Sardar, from the party for six years after complaints of atrocities by locals in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.

10 Feb 2024

Amit Shah

BJP will get 370 seats in Lok Sabha polls: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will get 370 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections due to its role in the abrogation of Article 370.

10 Feb 2024

Uttarakhand

Haldwani violence: Uttarakhand Police books over 5,000 people, curfew continues

The Uttarakhand Police has registered a first information report (FIR) against over 5,000 persons, including 19 named individuals, for the violence in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, which killed six people and injured over 100 others.

10 Feb 2024

Kolkata

Kolkata: Mithun Chakraborty hospitalized after complaining of chest pain

Renowned actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mithun Chakraborty has been admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata.

10 Feb 2024

Narendra Modi

Parliament to discuss Ram Mandir, Centre's 'White Paper' today

The final day of Parliament's Budget Session on Saturday is expected to witness heated debates.

09 Feb 2024

Lok Sabha

BJP issues 3-line whip to party MPs for Saturday

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued a three-line whip to all its MPs in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, asking them to be present in both Houses on Saturday.

09 Feb 2024

KS Eshwarappa

Karnataka BJP leader seeks law to kill 'traitor' Congress leaders

Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader KS Eshwarappa has once again stirred a row, calling for a law that enables the killing of Congress MP DK Suresh and MLA Vinay Kulkarni

08 Feb 2024

Rahul Gandhi

Centre, Rahul clash over 'PM Modi not OBC' remark

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not born in an Other Backward Class family, and he is "misleading" people by identifying himself as an OBC.

08 Feb 2024

Narendra Modi

Congress counters Modi government's 'white paper' with 'black paper'

The Congress has brought a "black paper" to counter the Narendra Modi government's "white paper" on its performance over the past 10 years.

07 Feb 2024

Narendra Modi

PM's reply on Motion of Thanks in Rajya Sabha today 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

DMK MP's 'unfit' jibe at minister triggers uproar in House

A discussion on the Centre's flood aid for Tamil Nadu escalated into a massive row in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

06 Feb 2024

Nirmala Sitharaman

Interim budget for J&K more than Pakistan's IMF grant

India has announced an interim Budget of Rs. 1.18 lakh crore for fiscal 2024-25 for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

06 Feb 2024

Arvind Kejriwal

ED raids premises linked to Kejriwal's personal secretary, AAP MP 

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Tuesday, raided multiple locations in Delhi linked to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP ND Gupta, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's personal secretary Bibhav Kumar, and others.

06 Feb 2024

Uniform Civil Code

UCC Bill tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly

The draft bill on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) was tabled during a specially-convened Uttarakhand Assembly session on Tuesday.