Politics

Global shares got off to a cautious start on Monday as surging coronavirus cases in Europe and the United states threaten the economic outlook, even as growth in China provides some support to Asia.

Former Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Sunday expressed concern over the choice of words of leaders during speeches these days, in particular in the bypoll campaign underway in Madhya Pradesh for 28 Assembly seats. The bypolls, scheduled for Nov...

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday hit out at BJP leaders Nirmala Sitharaman and Prakash Javadekar for their comments over the Hoshiarpur rape-murder case, dubbing their remarks as "political puffery" with no substance or basis to support t...

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said the funds for new jobs it will come from the state’s 2.13 lakh crore budget, of which only 60 per cent was spent.

Sushil Modi praised the Nitish Kumar ministry for effectively dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic in Bihar and hit out at the Maharashtra government in which Congress is one of the partners for doing precious little in this regard.

Besides the Assembly polls in Bihar in three phases starting October 28, bypolls to one Lok Sabha and 56 assembly seats including 28 in Madhya Pradesh, spread across 12 states, will be held on November 3 and 7.

Shah also said that there was "no question" of going back on the promise of restoring statehood to the Union Territory.

Shashi Tharoor said a large number of people are under detention for their words, although none of them is accused of hitting anyone or possessing a gun.

Rajdeo Ranjan was allegedly killed by an aide of jailed Bahubali Mohamad Shahabbudin in 2016 on station road in Siwan.

Leader of the opposition in the state Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, said the desire of the people of Assam was fulfilled when the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was updated under the apex court's supervision and both the Centre and the state government...

Referring to news reports that Jinnah's portrait was found in the office of Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union when Usmani was president of the body, Singh said, "The Congress has given the ticket to a supporter of Jinnah who divided India into two...

While CM Banerjee will be on a virtual spree inaugurating pujas, Modi will make his debut in Bengal and celebrate Durga Puja at around noon on October 22.

'What About 15 Years of RJD' is not a strong enough pitch for a CM who has won three consecutive assembly elections based on ‘Sushasan Babu’ image.

A senior BJP leader privy to the developments said Khushbu will meet the party’s central team in New Delhi on Monday in the presence of Tamil Nadu unit president L Murugan.

Speaking to the media soon after chairing the state secretariat meeting, state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said there is a concerted attempt by a section of the media to portray the CPI-M, the Left government and their leaders in poor light.

The answer lies both in what the state police and the SIT came up with in their initial probe and the larger political narrative to salvage the UP administration's image.