Politics

Akhilesh Yadav said, "Some people are saying they were feeling suffocated as the atmosphere of the party had gone bad. This should not be an excuse for leaving the party, they should find a better excuse."

Denying the reports that the MLAs would first be flown to Delhi to meet Sonia Gandhi, Congress spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil told reporters in Bengaluru that they would be returning to Gujarat "directly".

The Congress vice-president said the attack on his convoy was carried out by the BJP and RSS workers and this was Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the BJP's way of politics.

The GJM has given a 10-day 'deadline' to the Centre to intervene in the logjam arising out of its demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland or else, it has threatened to intensify the movement in the Darjeeling hills.

The RJD supremo said he never wanted Nitish Kumar to be part of the Mahagathbandhan but relented when he came running to his house to seek his blessings.

Sukesh Chandrashekar was arrested for allegedly taking money from TTV Dhinakaran to bribe ECI officials to get the AIADMK's 'two leaves' symbol for the Sasikala faction.

Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav said if Mulayam Singh Yadav does not get "due respect" in the party, he would constitute a 'Samajwadi Secular Morcha' within the next two months.

Congress was keen on supporting CPI party general secretary Sitaram Yechury for a third term in the Rajya Sabha. However, the CPI (M) Politburo decided not to give Yechury a third term.

Calling for a grand alliance to oust BJP from power, she announced that Bengal is with Soniaji, and roared to launch ‘BJP Bharat Chhoro’ abhiyan from August 9 to August 30.

The ruckus caused Speaker Sumitra Majan to adjourn the House, and she suspended the six MPs, who are all from the Congress, for "undermining the Chair's dignity" when the House met at 2 PM.

Members of the Yuva Sena, the party's youth wing, were among the first to approach the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai chief and seek action against the popular RJ Malishka for maligning the civic body.

T R Zeliang was sworn-in on Thursday after the governor sacked the then Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu, who failed to turn up for the vote of confidence. Zeliang on Friday won the trust vote in the assembly by securing 47 of 59 votes.

The Bihar BJP leader said Rahul Gandhi had failed to make his own party CM Virbhadra Singh in Himachal Pradesh resign after he was chargesheeted by CBI.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had on Friday urged the Opposition to stand shoulder-to-shoulder to oust the BJP.

TMC general secretary Partha Chatterjee said, “I don’t know about other political parties but none of our MLAs voted for NDA’s nominee. Our CM Mamata Banerjee has asked all of us to vote for Meira Kumar ji and we followed her instruction.”

The Siddaramaiah government’s move to set up a panel of nine members to design a legally acceptable flag for the state became a big controversy on Tuesday, just days after the state saw big protests against the imposition of Hindi.