Politics

Taking the political battle to the Gandhi bastion of Amethi, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah will address a mega rally today, with CM Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya and Union Minister Smriti Irani in tow.

Acting state party president Kaukab Qadri had called a meeting of all 1240 delegates, MLAs and MLCs. However, to many district leaders' surprise, their names were missing from the list. They alleged Qadri of foul play.

Police have taken 10 BJP-RSS workers in custody, in connection with the country-made bomb attack in Panoor. They have also seized a few vehicles and mobile phones for further investigation.

The BJP chief launched a foot march on Tuesday to protest political killings in the state. He was joined by UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday, who raked up the love jihad issue as well.

Responding to Yogi Adityanath's allegations against the lackadaisical attitude of Kerala government, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan retorted that UP CM must stick to facts.

The Court had last month directed the EC to decide which faction enjoyed majority support in the ruling party in Tamil Nadu and allot the symbol to it before October 31.

Hitting back at Yashwant Sinha’s scathing criticism of the state of the economy in a leading newspaper, Arun Jaitley had said he does not have the luxury of being a former finance minister.

Hailing from Kashmir, Fotedar was ushered into politics by Jawaharlal Nehru in early 1950s and he gradually strengthened his position in the Congress to become one of the most powerful persons in the party.

The announcement was made by senior party leader and former Union minister Kamal Nath in Guna region of Madhya Pradesh.

Although Rahul Gandhi was not a big crowd-puller on Monday, it was a beginning well made. A sizeable crowd not only greeted Rahul Gandhi, but hundreds of men, women and children also interacted with him and shook hands.

Earlier on Saturday, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy had said that a decision on filing a defamation suit against L-G Kiran Bedi will be taken after consulting legal experts for her "baseless and derogatory statements" against him, his ministeria...

Delhi University student union elections are fought with all the rigour and seriousness of the senior league. Around 1.3 lakh regular students, nearly a 1.15 of which are undergraduates coming from different parts of the country are a microcosm of India's...

Senior Congress leader Rajeev Shukla said the Modi government had inherited 23 welfare schemes which were at various stages of implementation, renamed and presented them as its own.

Amid reports that the elevation of the Gandhi scion is around the corner, the former Union minister Salman Khurshid said the transition is psychologically important for the party.

Delhi High Court was hearing a plea by AAP leader Deepak Bajpai who along with others was put on trial in the defamation case, filed by Arun Jaitley against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders in the controversy surrounding the Delhi...

Interestingly, the coordinators of the Jan Vikalp are all supporters of Shankarsinh Vaghela. Vaghela will visit the Ambaji temple and a few other temples on September 21 to officially launch the election campaign for the front.