Politics

In a statement issued in Chennai, Stalin said that Kamal Haasan, like any other citizen, has only reflected what the people of Tamil Nadu feels about the AIADMK government in the state.

While SP president Akhilesh Yadav has instructed party MLAs to vote for opposition candidate Meira Kumar, SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav and his brother Shivpal Yadav might go in favour of NDA's nominee Ram Nath Kovind.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi reportedly requested Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav to save the Bihar government “at any cost”.

In an effort to wean away a section of Congress's traditional Dalit vote bank, BS Yeddyurappa has decided to invite all of 27 Dalit couples he visited for breakfast during his pre-election campaign to Bengaluru .

The act was captured on camera when MLA Madkami and Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi were visited some panchayats in Motu area of the Malkangiri district to take stock of welfare projects on Tuesday.

The Chief Minister has warned officials of stern action if the practice is repeated in future. SP Goel, Yogi Adityanath's Chief Secretary, has sent instructions to all the commissioners, DMs, SSPs and SP of the state to avoid such arrangements in future.

In a setback for CS Karnan, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to accord urgent hearing on a plea by the former Calcutta High Court judge, seeking bail and recall of the order convicting him for contempt.

BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his three years in office has visited fewer foreign nations than his predecessor Manmohan Singh.

Cleansing political funding is a "big challenge" but the government is working on the electoral bonds mechanism announced in Budget to end corruption, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, in an indirect reference to right wing groups, said that some people were are conspiring against the state government in the name of cow protection.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has waded into another controversy with statements that appeared to make allegations of rape against soldiers. The comments triggered an angry reaction from the ruling BJP, which accused him of “defending terrorists”.

JD (U) general secretary KC Tyagi on Tuesday hinted that the days of the ruling grand alliance in Bihar may be numbered and said the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was much more comfortable when the party was in NDA.

DMK Working President M K Stalin on Tuesday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in expediting the inter-state river linking programme, saying it would benefit farmers across the country.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday hit out at detractors for casually using 'undeclared emergency' to describe the present BJP government saying they should introspect where they were during the Emergency under Indira Gandhi.

The West Bengal police have lodged an FIR against 40 people including Gorkha Janamukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung and his wife Asha in connection with the killings of three GJM supporters.

Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind has resigned from the gubernatorial post.