Politics

Impeccable secular credentials and total commitment to the Constitution will the basic criteria for choosing the joint opposition candidate for the presidential election, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said.

Saying that the Telangana government was not going in the right direction, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has asked Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao if the state was formed for the benefit of his family.

The SC on Wednesday gave it's go ahead to the CBI to frame charges against top BJP leaders including Advani and Dr MM Joshi in the criminal conspiracy case leading to the demolition of the structure in 6th December, 1992.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan ramped up his attack on the Centre over an India-wide ban on the sale of cattle, and not just cow, for slaughter at animal markets.

Only the corrupt, communal and casteist people are upset with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said on Saturday as he attacked the "opportunistic" coming together of opposition parties.

The injuries have, however, not deterred the saffron party. “We didn’t expect such a turnout. This only shows that the lotus will bloom in Bengal,” said BJP state secretary Sayantan Basu.

The BJP is leaving no stone unturned to woo Tamil actor Rajinikanth who has dropped strong hints of joining politics in recent days.

Aam Aadmi Party MLA Alka Lamba courted controversy after she was seen perched on a rescue platform used by fire fighters while they were battling a blaze in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk area.

The communique, which did not give details of the nature of Paswan's sickness, said he would be designated as Minister without portfolio during the period of his indisposition or till he is able to resume his work.

To this, Jethmalani said he used the word on “instruction” from Kejriwal.

The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh's Muslim wing will organise iftars on Fridays in Uttar Pradesh this Ramzan and serve only cow milk and its products to drive home the message of 'save the cow' and that consumption of its meat invites diseases.

"There was a meeting between Pawar and Gandhi, in which the issue of candidates for the post of president was also discussed. Pawar clearly informed Gandhi that she should consider somebody else's name."

Pointing to farmer suicides and unemployment in the country, he said the last three years were a "betrayal" of the mandate the government had received.

Tripura Chief Minister and CPI(M) politburo member Manik Sarkar alleged that the BJP was "trying to break" the harmony between tribals and non-tribals of Tripura.

The festival is part of half-a-dozen other nation-wide programmes which are being planned by the party and they will extend till mid-of-June.

On a day When superstar Rajinikanth said 'if God decides that I join politics, then I will do so', BJP leader Subramanian Swamy called it a 'political joke' and advised him to stay out of politics.