Politics

The larger political crisis in Tamil Nadu may be far from over but Chief Minister Edapadi Palaniswami has won the trust vote and has a chance now to entrench himself into the system.

The Palaniswami government on Saturday won the confidence vote in the Tamil Nadu Assembly by a comfortable 122-11 margin after high drama and bedlam in the House.

Politics, often, has its own ironies. The one staring in the face of SP-Congress alliance can be best described by this Hindustani couplet. “Humain To apnoon ne loota Gairon main kahan dum tha,‎ Meri Kishti hi doobi wahan jahan pani kam thaa.”

Congress on Saturday announced its candidates on two out of the four seats of Bihar Legislative Council that will see voting on March 9 notwithstanding presence of RJD nominees on both the seats, a decision which indicated widening of rift within the ruli...

Pandemonium erupted in the Tamil Nadu assembly on Saturday after chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami proposed his motion of confidence with Opposition DMK MLAs rushing to the well, breaking chairs and tearing off microphones.

The political situation in Maharashtra will change drastically after the February 23 civic polls with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis soon loosing his chair, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut claimed on Thursday.

Since the announcement of elections in Uttar Pradesh, the political activity is gathering steam.

After a BJP functionary wrote to the State Election Commission demanding ban on publication of Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' on three days, Sena president Uddhav Thackeray compared the situation to Emergency.

Terming demonetisation as a case study on how to get away with "dumb policies", Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said the drive could have been a sensible way of eliminating corruption but it was "disastrously" implemented by the government.

Soon after the verdict in the DA case which sentenced Sasikala for four years and asked her to surrender immediately, she expelled O Panneerselvam from primary membership of AIADMK.

In an appeal to the voters, the Prime Minister said, "Give us a chance. All those using 'katta, chaku and churi' (country-made pistol and knives) will be behind bars."

Minister for Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar has been directed to coordinate with the Ministries for this task, the sources added.

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Sunday attacked Amartya Sen and questioned about his contribution to the nation.

In a sharp reaction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's warning to Congressmen that he had prepared dossiers on them, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday warned that even he had the "horoscopes" of both Modi and BJP President Amit Shah.

andiarajan who accompanied VK Sasikala to meet the Governor to stake claim to form the new government has, today extended support to ‘caretaker’ Chief Minister O Panneerselvam. Even in his political career, he proved to be a true businessman knowing when...

Bright sunshine helped voter turnout to improve at many places, especially in the minority-dominated areas.