
Sinha launches BJP's poll campaign in Jharkhand
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is seen by many countries as a peace envoy, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha said here.
"I have accompanied Vajpayee on foreign trips during which I observed how foreign leaders see him as 'shantidoot' (peace envoy)," Sinha said kicking off BJP's election campaign on Sunday from the Naxal-infested Chatra, 170 km from the state capital Ranchi.
Listing out NDA government's "pro-people" works, Sinha said Vajpayee was miles ahead of all Opposition leaders and the Prime Minister's statesmanship had been attracting the minorities as well.
He claimed that the Congress had been struggling to find allies because Sonia Gandhi-led Congress had a history of betraying political partners.
For the first time in the country, he said, elections were being fought on pro-incumbency factor with development being the key slogan.
On RJD supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav, the BJP's campaigning committee in-charge said the state had struggled for long before coming out of Laloo's Bihar which neglected the Jharkhand portion before division.
He appealed to the electorate to vote for BJP candidate and Minister of State for Social Justice Nagmani and help Vajpayee back to power.

High level EC team on 3-day Assam visit to take stock of assembly polls
- The Election Commission team will hold meetings with the senior bureaucrats and police officers including state chief secretary and police chief to know about security arrangements.

Two Manipur journalists held for article, released after admitting to oversight
- The police claimed that the article openly endorsed revolutionary ideologies and activities.

Retired Odisha professor seeks to donate house for construction of police statio
- In a letter to CM's private secretary, he offered to donate his three-room newly constructed house in Balitutha village of coastal Jagatsinghpur district to Odisha police.

News updates from Hindustan Times: SC panel to begin work on farm laws on Jan 19

India, Japan sign pact to give skilled workers access to Japanese jobs
- Foreign secretary Harsh Shringla and Japan’s ambassador Satoshi Suzuki signed the memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on Monday.

Tandav makers say sorry after a torrent of criticism over web series
- The controversy around 'Tandav' has triggered demands that the government quickly enact a law to regulate content on OTT platforms such as Amazon Prime and Netflix.

SC panel on farm laws to begin work on January 19
- On January 12, after two days of deliberation, the Supreme Court had suspended the pro-reforms farm laws approved by Parliament in September.

3,81,305 beneficiaries received Covid-19 vaccine, says health ministry

Indian, French Rafale jets set to take part in war games in Rajasthan
- The exercise has been codenamed 'Desert Knight 21'.

Nitish Kumar says cabinet to be expanded soon
- Nitish Kumar had said earlier that the BJP was still to hand over the list of probable candidates to be included in the cabinet.

J-K's Ganouri-Tanta village gets electricity for the first time

Vaccination drive total success in Gujarat, says CM Rupani

Karnataka political leaders blast Thackeray, protests erupt over his

India supplies two mobile harbour cranes to Iran's Chabahar port

Concerned about accidents due to fog, Agra mayor seeks expressways closure at ni
- Dense fog on Sunday morning claimed the life of a driver of a bus which rammed into a stationary truck on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway.