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There is a resentment among Bengal Congress workers after Abhishek Manu Singhvi argued on behalf of the state government in the SC and in Kolkata. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury himself pleaded his case for the deployment of central forces during panchayat polls...

Shiv Sena candidate Ramdas Kamble defeated Congress' Sunil Shetye by a margin of 845 votes in the election which was held on Friday due to the death of Sena corporator Prahlad Thombare.

The other accused in the case -- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and AAP members Raghav Chadha, Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh and Deepak Bajpai -- were acquitted by the court on April 3 after Arun Jaitley accepted their apologies for their statements again...

Congress general secretary Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said that after four years of the NDA rule in the country, "people of every section of society are feeling suffocated".

Reacting to the possibility of Tejaswini taking on him, Kumaraswamy said that no one could defeat him in Ramanagara.

The Prime Minister said at a BJP parliamentary party meeting that the ruling party was doing an inclusive politics while the opposition was doing divisive and negative politics due to the saffron party's rising strength.

The Madhya Pradesh government had, on Tuesday, accorded Minister of State (MoS) status to five Hindu religious leaders -- Narmadanand Maharaj, Hariharanand Maharaj, Computer Baba, Bhayyu Maharaj and Pandit Yogendra Mahant.

Arvind Sawant, a Shiv Sena MP from Southwest Mumbai, said his party was not consulted before the decision to forgo salary and allowances was taken.

The petition also sought deployment of Central forces for a smooth conduct of panchayat polls scheduled in the month of May this year.

HD Deve Gowda said political parties in Tamil Nadu had resorted to "intimidation" by staging a demonstration and in the past too, such tactics were adopted by leaders in that state.

The exercise involving three district level officers was described by officials as being in line with the Election Commission's directive to ensure free and fair elections in Karnataka.

The TDP boss, who also met BJP's Hema Malini and Jayant Sinha, later said on Twitter that his meetings were mainly on the issue of "injustice" done to his state.

The Congress president will travel to Shivamogga, Davangere, Chitradurga, Tumakuru and Ramanagar district on April 3 and 4 in his fifth round of campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka.

In their letter, Kejriwal and his aides—Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh and Raghav Chadha— expressed reget over comments against Jaitley over his tenure as Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) president.

Indira Gandhi was away in Vijayawada with P V Narasimha Rao when then AICC general secretary Buta Singh was asked by the Election Commission to pick a symbol and the choices given to him were an elephant, a bicycle and an open palm, the book published by...

The rally would see participation of all friendly party leaders, Stalin said, adding that it will begin from the Cauvery Delta region.