“I won’t claim that I am a popular leader of the Muslim community. I am just a public servant. I’ll also come to former minister Tanveer Sait’s constituency. Let him also come. Then people will know who can pull the crowd”, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan challenged Tanveer Sait.
With the Jammu and Kashmir coalition government falling with the BJP walking out of it, Congress President Rahul Gandhi said "opportunistic BJP-PDP alliance cost the country strategically" while "damage will continue" under the Governor's rule.
Attired in smart-fit khakhi uniform and blue beret, constable Lalit Kumar Salve saluted his superiors here on Tuesday and rejoined duty a month after undergoing sex realignment surgery.
A solo exhibition of works of celebrated Indian artist Dashrath Patel, tracing his artistic journey across mediums and types over his long lifetime, will open here on September 13, a statement said.
Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner MN Nagaraj suspended a policeman here on Tuesday on charges of sharing a post against the state government in his Facebook account.
A gunfight started on Tuesday evening between hiding militants and the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.
Five persons, including a woman and child, were killed and over a dozen others injured as fire engulfed two hotels here on Tuesday, police said.
The elevation of Mr Bandekar is being seen by the opposition as the BJP's bid to woo the Shiv Sena, as he is considered close to party chief Uddhav Thackeray, say sources.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti asserted on Tuesday that a muscular policy won't work in the state and also ruled out any other alliance to form a government after the BJP quit the PDP-led alliance.
On Monday, Congress leader Manish Tewari asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the information displayed on the PMO’ s website about the Finance Minister portfolio.