Election

AAP leaders Gopal Rai (L) and Aitishi [Representational Photo] (PTI)

AAP names 15 star campaigners for Delhi

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has come up with 15 names to be the party's star campaigners in Delhi, senior party leader Gopal Rai said. Rai said these names would be submitted to the Election Commission for approval on Wednesday and they would...

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi greets Bollywood actor Urmila Matondkar as she joins Congress Party, in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. (Twitter Photo/PTI)

Actor Urmila Matondkar joins Congress, meets party president

New Delhi: Actor Urmila Matondkar Wednesday joined the Congress after meeting party chief Rahul Gandhi at his residence. Gandhi welcomed her in the party fold and wished her the best. Later, at a press conference, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the actor will contribute...

Subhas Chouhan joins BJD

Bhubaneswar: A day after resigning from the Bharatiya Janata Party, senior leader Subhas Chouhan Wednesday joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik welcomed Chouhan and suggested that his joining the BJD will further strengthen the party. “I am...

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram (PTI)

NYAY scheme will be rolled out in phases: Chidambaram

Chennai: The Congress party's minimum guaranteed income scheme will be rolled out in phases and the five crore beneficiary families will be covered in phases, senior leader P Chidambaram said Wednesday. Addressing a press conference here, the former Finance Minister said enough economists and experts...

Workers in the rural areas under NREGA scheme. (PTI)

EC likely to clear revised MNREGA wage rates flexing MCC

New Delhi: Going by precedents and instructions issued in the past, the Election Commission is likely to approve a Rural Development Ministry request to revise the wages under MGNREGA from April 1, a move that could benefit crores of beneficiaries across the country, sources said....

EC likely to approve MGNREGA wage hike

New Delhi: Going by precedents and instructions issued in the past, the Election Commission (EC) is likely to approve a Rural Development Ministry request to revise the wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) from April 1, a move that could benefit...

 

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