Bhubaneswar,  High political drama unfolded in front of Naveen Nivas, the residence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs sat on dharna on Thursday.

The Chief Minister came out from Naveen Nivas and invited the protesting BJP MLAs for a discussion on how to end the

Hyderabad,  Telangana spent Rs 1,178 crore on measures to fight the coronavirus, state Finance Minister T. Harish Rao said on Thursday.

Presenting the State Budget for 2021-22, he said the amount was spent for isolation centres, medicines, beds, food and other necessities.

Speaking on the

Chandigarh, Promising to fulfill all the 2017 poll commitments before going back to the people in the 2022 Assembly elections, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said the Congress has no rival in the state, as neither the Akalis nor the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) offer any competition.

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New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear on March 25 a plea seeking immediate release of detained Rohingya refugees in Jammu.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan contended before a bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde that detained Rohingyas may be deported to Myanmar, which is currently under Army

Kolkata,  Countering Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress' popular slogan "Khela Hobe", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday trained guns at the West Bengal chief minister countering her with politics of developments, instead of unabated violence.

"Didi bole khela hobe, BJP bole

Jaipur, In the wake of a resurge in Covid numbers, the students from classes 1 to 5 shall be promoted to the next classes without taking the test in Rajasthan, confirmed officials here on Thursday.

However, final exams for Classes 6 and 7 students will start on April 15, while a separate guideline will be released

Hyderabad,  Notwithstanding the impact of Covid pandemic on revenues, Telangana on Thursday presented a Rs 2.30 lakh crore-Budget, 26 per cent higher than the previous year's outlay.

Finance Minister T. Harish Rao in the Assembly presented the 2021-22 Budget, proposing total expenditure of Rs 2,30,82

Gurugram, The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) will soon begin a sealing drive against ATM booths of the concerned bankers/Dish Antenna installers which are running without a license from the MCG, the officials said on Thursday.

As per the provisions of Haryana Municipal Corporation (Communication and

Siddhartha Nagar (Uttar Pradesh), An Apna Dal MLA has come out in support of the farmers agitating against three new agriculture laws of the centre.

The Apna Dal is an ally of the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh and this is the first time that the party Legislator had defied the coalition discipline.

New Delhi, The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested two Directors of a West Bengal-based Chit Fund Company from their hideouts in Uttar Pradesh.

The directors were based in West Bengal's Asansol and Burdwan.

A CBI spokesperson said that the two accused have been identified as Saket Baner