Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind is the National Democratic Alliance’s nominee for President, BJP president Amit Shah announced at a press conference in New Delhi on Monday after a BJP Parliamentary Board meeting. The Opposition is yet to announce its candidate for the presidential poll. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, and other political leaders […]
» Read moreThe government has roped in Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan to promote Goods and Services Tax (GST), ahead of the GST implementation scheduled from July 1. The Central Board of Excise and Customs will be making the 74-year-old Bachchan brand ambassador for GST. A 40-second video featuring him has already been shot and is being circulated. “GST — An initiative to […]
» Read moreThe ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party in Telangana has extended support to the National Democratice Alliance (NDA) nominee for President, Ram Nath Kovind. Party president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao conveyed the TRS’ decision to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over phone. The decision was taken by Mr. Rao after “consulting the party colleagues”. Earlier in the day, soon […]
» Read moreThe BJP Parliamentary Board, the party’s highest decision making body, will meet on Monday to take a decision on its presidential nominee. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah will attend the meeting. It is not clear whether the board will announce its candidate Monday as a party leader said it may authorise Shah to take a call. […]
» Read morePolice on Saturday raided a fertility clinic, which they suspect was being run illegally, in posh Banjara Hills area of the city and rescued as many as 47 surrogate mothers confined in the two-floor building, an officer said on Sunday. According to police, the owner of the centre was running the facility without any requisite permission. “Following allegations of irregularities, […]
» Read moreSenior AIADMK (Amma) leader and Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai on Sunday met Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao here, a day after opposition parties sought dismissal of the K Palaniswami government over alleged horse-trading of ruling party MLAs. The visit of Mr. Thambidurai, also party propaganda secretary, assumes significance as it came at a time when the DMK is raising […]
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