The Assam assembly ended the practice of a two-hour adjournment for Jumma Prayers, every Friday that was introduced by Saadulah's Muslim League government in colonial Assam.
Notably, Beijing and Manila have had heightened maritime confrontations in recent months, raising concerns of a conflict that could draw in the United States, a military ally of the Philippines.
Following Congress's announcement of allying with the National Conference (NC) ahead of the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah accused the Congress of repeatedly risking "the nation's unity and security to satiate its greed for power."
Following the pre-poll announcement of allying with the Congress and the National Conference (NC) ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections on Thursday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Shah slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his stand on the reservation policy, which do
Recently Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that, out of five seats where the bye-election will be held, BJP will contest in three seats while its ally parties AGP will contest in Bongaigaon seats while UPPL will contest in Sidli seat.
Speaking on allying with Ajit Pawar-led NCP, Eknath Shinde said that after seeing the work of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ajit Pawar decided to join the Mahayuti Alliance.
Ahead of bye-elections for five assembly constituencies and Panchayat polls in the Assam, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) - an ally party of BJP-led NDA, is now in election mode and has announced a series of programmes to strengthen the party organisation.
Union Minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Monday questioned why RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav did not pursue Special Category Status for Bihar when he was an ally of Congress and both parties were in power.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday spoke about his departure to the United States and asserted that Israel remains committed to its alliance with America regardless of the outcome of the Presidential election.
As the BJP's key ally in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), JD (U) demanded a special status category for Bihar, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, in a written reply, said that special status cannot granted to Bihar as per the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) report 2012.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), a key ally in the ruling coalition, advised the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday to reconsider its decision to file a review petition in the Supreme Court regarding the reserved seat verdict for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, according to Dawn.