Politics

Ahead of the annual India-Japan bilateral summit later in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on Japanese Emperor Akihito on Friday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following his announcement that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes will cease to be legal tender.

Samajwadi Party state president Shivpal Yadav on Wednesday said he was dropped from the ministry as he had opposed those doing illegal work.

BJP president Amit Shah took a dig at infighting in the Mulayam Singh Yadav family and targeted the ruling Samajwadi Party as well as the BSP, saying neither party is bothered about the development of the state.

In October 1992 when Mulayam Singh Yadav decided to break away from Chandrasekhar's Samajwadi Janata Party to launch his own political outfit, even his closest aides were far from convinced. It took some persuasion to bring even Beni Verma, the powerful K...

As a controversy raged over the suicide of an ex-serviceman, Union Minister V K Singh attacked Congress and AAP, alleging that they were "doing politics over dead bodies".

In a cryptic tweet to the Delhi Police chief, Kejriwal said on Friday: "Ask IB (Intelligence Bureau). They will tell you."

In a bid to take on the ruling SP and Mayawati-led BSP in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, the BJP on Thursday announced a 17,000-km 'Parivartan Yatra' in the state from Saturday.

In battleground UP, all key players have started to take pole positions. While Akhilesh Yadav is still struggling to hold onto his party leadership and BJP continues to vacillate on the question of promoting a CM candidate, BSP supremo Mayawati is beginni...

RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Tuesday scoffed at Prime Minister's 'Mann ki Baat' programme and said RJD would start 'Kaam ki Baat' to highlight the promises the PM failed to keep.

Asserting that Kashmiri Pandits are a key stakeholder in Kashmir issue, Union Minister Jitendra Singh has said no viable road-map is possible without involvement of the community.

In a commentary posted on its website, Congress dubbed as "strange" statement of Fadnavis that if talks can be held with the Hurriyat and Naxals, what is wrong in talking with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).

"Uttar Pradesh has seen a lot of politics, has witnessed all types of games. Those who wanted to indulge in playing games, they have done that, those who wanted to gain, have gained," he said.

Training his guns at Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad on Sunday said people "rejected" by the electorate have not only been made ministers but have become "all in all" in the government and the party.

With the Samajwadi Party on the verge of a break-up, regional satraps will be waiting keenly for the showdown before deciding their own political paths.

The growing rift in Mulayam Singh Yadav's family is likely to cost the ruling Samajwadi Party badly in the upcoming 2017 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.