The polls are likely to see a fierce tussle for control of local administrations between the ruling Trinamool Congress, Indian Secular Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party and will be a litmus test for both parties ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections.
A joint delegation of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) consisting of three MPs from the CPI and two MPs from the CPI(M) is on a three day (6-8 July) visit to Manipur to express solidarity with the Manipuri people and share the grief of victims of
The situation is tense in some parts with sporadic incidents of firing, but is normal in most districts in Manipur, said an official statement from Manipur police.
Pointing out that there was rampant gun violence in the US, the Congress MP said, "We never told the US to learn from us as to how to rein that in. US faces riots over racism. We never told them that we will lecture them."
"I don't think it's about strategic concerns. I think it's about human concerns. I think all of us, you don't have to be Indian to care when children or individuals die in the sort of violence that we see. And we know that peace is the precedent for so many other good things," Garcetti said
Pointing fingers at the Opposition over the violence in West Bengal in the run-up to the July 8 panchayat elections, ruling Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Thursday said of the 73,000 booths put together for the polls, there are only about 6-7 where the BJP, Congress and the CPI(M)
The Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) on Thursday constituted a fact finding committee after taking suo moto cognizance of viral videos of violence in Tis Hazari court between two groups of lawyers. The committee shall file its report within three days.
"I would rather request the Central government that it is the need of the hour that we should take cognizance of the 'intellect' that the Governor of West Bengal has and immediately send him to Manipur and states like Madhya Pradesh," Abhishek Banerjee advised.
The regional police officers in Pakistan's Punjab province have been instructed to nominate former Prime Minister Imran Khan in all the cases lodged across the province in connection with the May 9 violence
"Assam makes another leap towards peace. A warm welcome to the 1,182 members of various Adivasi insurgent outfits who abandoned the path of violence and joined Prime Minster Narendra Modi's mission of peace and progress in the North East," Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.