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Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday announced that the newly elected BJP MLAs of Tripura have elected Bipal Kumar Deb as the leader of the legislative party. As a balancing act, Jishnu Deb Burman, has been named as deputy CM by BJP. Deb is known to be an RSS volunteer, ...

The BJP Parliamentary Board today appointed Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Jual Oram as central observers for Tripura, where the saffron party along with its ally won a two-third majority. The ministers have been tasked with selecting the party's chief ...

'Curiously, Pinarayi's approach, stressing the imperatives of development, is robustly backed by Nitin Gadkari.''I stand next only to Gadkari, one of the few outstanding ministers in the Modi government, in applauding Pinarayi's political courage and vision,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, left, with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Thiruvanathapuram, March 28, 2018.'Met CM of Kerala Shri Pinarayi Vijayan and discussed ways to expedite projects of ...

Days after apologising to former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal continued with his string of apologies on Monday, the latest recipients being senior advocate Amit Sibal, son of former Union minister Kapil Sibal, and Union minister Nitin Gadkari. Following the apologies, Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia were acquitted in two separate defamation cases lodged against them by Gadkari and Sibal.   Although Sisodia said they were not ...

At a rally on the occasion of the BJP’s 38th Foundation Day, the BJP president expressed confidence that his party would win the 2019 polls, “not by giving hollow assurances but on the basis of work done by the Modi government”. IMAGE: The BJP president Amit Shah also blamed the Opposition of not allowing the Budget session of Parliament to function. Photograph: Mitesh Bhuvad/PTI Photo Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Friday made stinging remarks against the ...

In a significant development, BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday called on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at RSS headquarters in Nagpur and held discussions with him for almost three and a half hours. Shah came calling at 3 pm and left at 6.30 pm. Prior to the ...

Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday called upon political parties to unite for what he described "Modi-mukt Bharat". "The country is fed up of ...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said he does not aspire to be the prime minister and is “content” with what he has achieved. Asked about strained relations of the Bharatiya Janata Party with allies -- the Telugu Desam Party, Shiv Sena and Akali Dal -- and if he could emerge as a consensus candidate if his party fails to get the required numbers in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, he said the BJP would retain power under Narendra Modi’s leadership. “I am content and not ...

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Biplab Kumar Deb took charge as Tripura Chief Minister on Saturday.Biplab Deb yesterday took oath as the Chief Minister; while, Jishnu Dev Burman swored in as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state.Prime Minister ...