Before violence, Gujarat proposed to reduce migrants’ residency period

The Bhartiya Janata Party government of Gujarat is planning to reduce the mandatory period of residence for immigrant to become a permanent resident to two years. Currently, the mandatory period of residency is 15 years. Read More
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Doval to chair Strategic Policy Group bringing it closer to PMO

The national security advisor, Ajit Doval, is all set to head Strategic Policy Group that was once used to be chaired by a cabinet secretary. The selection of NSA as a head of SPG has made the group close to the Prime Minister’s Office. Read More
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Civic poll: In Phase 2, 78.6% turnout in Jammu, 3.4% in Kashmir

The second of four-phased municipal election in Jammu & Kashmir witnessed a contrast voting patterns with Jammu registering voting of a total of 78.6 per cent of over 1.28 lakh voters and Kashmir as low as 3.4 per cent of 2.20 lakh voters. Read More
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Calcutta HC refuses to intervene in Bengal govt’s Durga Puja funding

The Calcutta high court has refused to intervene in the Mamata Banerjee government’s decision to fund ₹10,000 each to 28,000 Durga puja committees in the state and extended the interim stay granted by the court on the decision of disbursing funds to puja committees. Read More
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Congress and BJP hold different rallies in Rajasthan and MP

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Bhartiya Janata Party president Amit Shah attended separate rallies in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh respectively for the upcoming assembly elections in the two states. Read More
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Will go solo in LS poll if we don’t get ‘respectable’ seat share: Maya

Former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and the Bahujan Samaj Party chief, Mayawati, has put an end to the speculations of alliance with the Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha election by announcing that her party will rather contest the election alone than beg for seats. Read More
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In Gujarat, violence against Bihar, UP migrants triggers mass exodus

Thousands of migrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are leaving for their villages from Gujarat after the alleged rape of a 14-month-old girl that sparked violent attacks against non-Gujarati people. Read More
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‘We waited too long for Congress’: Akhilesh on being stood up in MP

The president of Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav blamed Congress, on Saturday, for failing to go into a pre-poll arrangement in Madhya Pradesh with his party. Read More
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Election dates for 5 states announced; results on Dec 11

Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram will go to the polls on November 28 while Rajasthan and Telangana will vote on December 7. Chhattisgarh will vote on November 12 and November 20. Read More
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Bihar shelter-home horror: Girl’s skeleton raises murder suspicion

The Central Bureau of Investigation probing the case has informed the Supreme Court that the female inmates who went missing suddenly could have been killed as they have recovered the skeleton of a girl. Read More
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