Politics

The BJP on Thursday released its first list of 17 candidates for the Punjab assembly elections on February 4.

Here are some key constituencies to watch out for during the first phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh.

Sakshi Maharaj is a very bad person. He is not a saint. He is a vagabond person. He should be arrested under Goondas Act and sent to jail...He always tries to communalise society," the RJD leader said.

The Central Information Commission has directed Delhi University to allow inspection of records related to all the students who had passed BA degree in 1978, the year in which, according to the University, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also cleared the...

The Special Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court in Bhubaneswar on Saturday rejected the bail petition of TMC MP Tapas Pal for the second time.

The Election Commission has removed the name of Punjab Congress vice president and former minister Avtar Henry from the voters' list, putting a spanner on his possible candidature from the Jalandhar (North) constituency.

All government publicity hoardings in the Uttar Pradesh capital were pulled down after the Model Code of Conduct came into force following the poll dates announcement, an official said on Thursday.

“With less than 45 days left for the polls, a temple cannot be built. Hence, this isn’t an issue. The main focus is development and good governance,” Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya told News18 on the day the Election Commission sounded the p...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Nasim Zaidi on Wednesday announced a number of new measures for the upcoming assembly elections in five states.

Amid the political turmoil, Uttar Pradesh is likely go to polls between February-March this year.

Instead of blaming the opposition, the Chief Minister should accept the responsibility for the failure of her administration and the killings of nearly 100 civilians during the unrest, he said.

Days after a Madras High Court judge indicated that he may order exhumation of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's body, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said he was not in favour of it.

Congress dismissed media reports that Rahul Gandhi travelled in a Sahara SUV in Amethi in 2014, with Rajya Sabha member Pramod Tiwari saying the vehicle in which the party vice president travelled was actually his.

Former Delhi Chief Minister and Congress' CM face in Uttar Pradesh, Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is shying away from an independent and a thorough probe into the Sahara-Birla payoffs.

NCP on Monday said it will boycott the meeting called by Congress in New Delhi on Monday to ramp up attack on the Narendra Modi government over demonetisation.

The Congress move comes days after its Vice President Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of taking kickbacks from corporate houses.