Jamshedpur, Nov 3 : Normal life was hit on Friday as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) observed a shutdown in Jamshedpur today to protest against the killing of Ashish Dey, one of the owners of Sree

Jamshedpur, Nov 3 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called a Jamshedpur shutdown today to protest against the killing of Ashish Dey, one of the owners of Sreeleathers.

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 1 : Normal life in Kerala has been hit by a dawn-to-dusk shutdown being observed by BJP leaders and activists, in protest against the formation of the Salem Railway Division

New Delhi, Oct 31 : Two days after BJP and JD (S) leaders paraded their 129 MLAs in front of Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur to show their majority to form the next Government in the State, sen

New Delhi, Oct 20 : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader J P Mathur died on Saturday morning after prolonged illness. He was 86.

Mathur, who was ailing for sometime, breathed his last at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital at around 5.00 a.m.

His last rites will be performed later in the day.

Mathur, who served as a member of Rajya Sabha thrice, was born in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnaur Dstrict on November 9, 1921.

One of the founding members of the BJP, he also served as the party's deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha.

A bachelor, Mathur had a life long association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) since he joined it as a pracharak in 1945.

He was associated with the BJP since its Jansanghi days. (ANI)