Politics

Shinde recalled that he had launched several agitations seeking permission for cluster development schemes in Thane

Yediyurappa’s ability to secure key posts for his son and loyalists has irked many, but after the May assembly poll debacle, the party high command has decided to let the political play continue

In this major organisational shift, Pande replaced Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who had earlier served as general secretary in-charge of the state

The right-leaning UK newspaper announced Boris Johnson would be writing a weekly column on Saturdays

But the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party took a swipe at the Congress, saying its promises were 'hollow' as people have seen what happened under the grand old party's rule last time

The race is between the NCP and the Shiv Sena, amid fears that some of its members may switch sides.

Rahul Gandhi, who is often criticised by the BJP for his frequent visits abroad, will skip a crucial party meeting for preps of the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' and internal elections of the Congress on Thursday

Earlier on Sunday, five of the 11 Congress MLAs in Goa had gone incommunicado, sparking rumours that the party may be splitting.

UP CM Adityanath said that the Tricolour should be there on 2.68 crore houses and 50 lakh government offices as part of the "Har Ghar Tiranga" programme

AICC Goa in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao, who earlier in the day dismissed talks of defection as rumour, accused Michael Lobo and Digambar Kamat of 'working in total coordination with BJP'

The development comes after 66 out of the 67 former party corporators of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) have extended support to the faction led by Shinde

As per the State Reorganisation Act, 1956, states were divided based on linguistic lines. Demanding a separate country became meaningless for Periyar after it

Shortly after the vote-count, Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal announced Narwekar as the new Speaker amid cheers from the treasury benches

PM Modi asked the BJP's UP unit to reach out to Muslim Dalits in the states, and explore the work that can be done to increasingly uplift their lives

Reacting to the RJD becoming the single largest party in the state with 80 MLAs, Gopal Mandal, JD-U MLA, said that it would not affect the government

According to booth-level data, BJP's Rajesh Bhatia got more votes than AAP's Durgesh Pathak, also majority of the booths under the all-women polling station