Prabhat Jha

The "fever" to destabilise a state government rises when Rajya Sabha elections are due, the Congress said on Thursday, accusing the BJP of abducting 14 of its MLAs in Madhya Pradesh.

BJP national vice president Prabhat Jha today alleged that a Congress leader, while delivering a speech at a public meeting in Madhya Pradesh, had threatened to kill him.

There has been a tremendous rise in the number of neonatal deaths in connection with premature births and babies with low-birthweight over the period of past 15 years even though the country has witnessed decline in early deaths from infections, according to health officials.

The "misdeeds" of the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi have "exposed its real character" and it is not a force in Punjab politics anymore, BJP vice-president Prabhat Jha has said, adding that the Congress is the main rival of the state's Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance.

BJP vice president Prabhat Jha has said that his party's alliance with Akali Dal in Punjab will continue and the two would contest the forthcoming Assembly elections together in the state, due next year.

A mining baron arrested on charges of being a prime player in the Vyapam or jobs scandal in Madhya Pradesh paid for the air tickets and other undefined expenses of top leaders of the BJP and its ideological parent, the RSS, according to an income tax report from 2013.

BJP president Amit Shah has made several changes in the party organisation reshuffling office bearers who are in charge of various states for the party. Mr Shah has made 17 appointments while retaining 19 office bearers 19 in the same capacity. New appointments have also been made to the various party morchas (cells).

Downplaying the exit poll results that have projected a majority for AAP in Delhi Assembly elections, the BJP today held a review meeting and expressed confidence of forming a government.

BJP today appointed party vice-presidents Prabhat Jha and Uma Bharti as in charge of organisation affairs in Delhi and election in charge in Uttarakhand respectively.

Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh, BJP vice-president Prabhat Jha and senior BJP leader Satya Narayan Jatiya were today declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha in the biennial elections for the Upper House from Madhya Pradesh.

A day after BJP leader Uma Bharti defended spiritual leader Asaram Bapu against charges of sexual assault on 16-year-old girl, BJP Vice President Prabhat Jha termed the allegation of rape against him as a "Congress conspiracy".

On a massive stage, with 5000 people in attendance, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced uninterrupted power supply today in state capital Bhopal. The trappings and scale of the function, and a well-timed tweet by Mr Chouhan right after, were reminiscent of the Narendra Modi style of doing things.

In a startling move, Madhya Pradesh BJP chief Prabhat Jha today urged President Pratibha Patil to accept his request for "death by wish" in the wake of spiralling prices."Government is a giver of life, not death but the Congress-led UPA government is giving death along with price rise," the state BJP president said. Jha said he wanted Patil to gran...

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today issued a legal notice to Madhya Pradesh BJP chief Prabhat Jha for reportedly dubbing him as an "agent" of naxalites. "I have asked Jha to tender apology for dubbing me an agent of naxalites or face defamation," Singh, a former Madhya Pradesh chief minister, told reporters here. Jha had alleged at a co...

BJP MP Prabhat Jha returned a bottle of alcohol that was given to him as a Diwali gift by Vijay Mallya.

The "fever" to destabilise a state government rises when Rajya Sabha elections are due, the Congress said on Thursday, accusing the BJP of abducting 14 of its MLAs in Madhya Pradesh.

BJP national vice president Prabhat Jha today alleged that a Congress leader, while delivering a speech at a public meeting in Madhya Pradesh, had threatened to kill him.

There has been a tremendous rise in the number of neonatal deaths in connection with premature births and babies with low-birthweight over the period of past 15 years even though the country has witnessed decline in early deaths from infections, according to health officials.

The "misdeeds" of the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi have "exposed its real character" and it is not a force in Punjab politics anymore, BJP vice-president Prabhat Jha has said, adding that the Congress is the main rival of the state's Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance.

BJP vice president Prabhat Jha has said that his party's alliance with Akali Dal in Punjab will continue and the two would contest the forthcoming Assembly elections together in the state, due next year.

A mining baron arrested on charges of being a prime player in the Vyapam or jobs scandal in Madhya Pradesh paid for the air tickets and other undefined expenses of top leaders of the BJP and its ideological parent, the RSS, according to an income tax report from 2013.

BJP president Amit Shah has made several changes in the party organisation reshuffling office bearers who are in charge of various states for the party. Mr Shah has made 17 appointments while retaining 19 office bearers 19 in the same capacity. New appointments have also been made to the various party morchas (cells).

Downplaying the exit poll results that have projected a majority for AAP in Delhi Assembly elections, the BJP today held a review meeting and expressed confidence of forming a government.

BJP today appointed party vice-presidents Prabhat Jha and Uma Bharti as in charge of organisation affairs in Delhi and election in charge in Uttarakhand respectively.

Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh, BJP vice-president Prabhat Jha and senior BJP leader Satya Narayan Jatiya were today declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha in the biennial elections for the Upper House from Madhya Pradesh.

A day after BJP leader Uma Bharti defended spiritual leader Asaram Bapu against charges of sexual assault on 16-year-old girl, BJP Vice President Prabhat Jha termed the allegation of rape against him as a "Congress conspiracy".

On a massive stage, with 5000 people in attendance, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced uninterrupted power supply today in state capital Bhopal. The trappings and scale of the function, and a well-timed tweet by Mr Chouhan right after, were reminiscent of the Narendra Modi style of doing things.

In a startling move, Madhya Pradesh BJP chief Prabhat Jha today urged President Pratibha Patil to accept his request for "death by wish" in the wake of spiralling prices."Government is a giver of life, not death but the Congress-led UPA government is giving death along with price rise," the state BJP president said. Jha said he wanted Patil to gran...

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today issued a legal notice to Madhya Pradesh BJP chief Prabhat Jha for reportedly dubbing him as an "agent" of naxalites. "I have asked Jha to tender apology for dubbing me an agent of naxalites or face defamation," Singh, a former Madhya Pradesh chief minister, told reporters here. Jha had alleged at a co...

BJP MP Prabhat Jha returned a bottle of alcohol that was given to him as a Diwali gift by Vijay Mallya.