The urban unemployment rate rose to 10.09% in December from 8.96% in the previous month, while the rural unemployment rate slipped to 7.44% from 7.55%, the data showed.
Little seems to be in the way of Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina successful seeking to win a fifth term overall and a fourth consecutive term as the prime minister.
Politically, the saffron party does not need Muslim votes because it is in a hegemonic position in many parts of the country. So is the outreach actually a marketing exercise?
Amit Shah's statement on how rioters were 'taught a lesson' in Gujarat after 2002 is divisive and promotes enmity between groups, E.A.S. Sarma and Jagdeep Chhokar have said.
The Congress has filed a police complaint against Bommai, Bengaluru civic body commissioner, and other officials for allegedly collecting voter data by impersonating as government officials.
The mosque committee had objected to the plea citing the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which says that the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on August 15, 1947, must be maintained.