Politics

Paswan, the veteran Dalit leader, died on Thursday at the age of 74 at a private hospital here where he had recently undergone a heart operation.

The name of the former state police chief, who was given membership of the JD(U) by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, was missing from the list of nominees made public yesterday.

Meanwhile, the All India Mahila Congress Committee president and former MP, Sushmita Dev, slammed the UP government over the affidavit filed in the Supreme Court related to the Hathras gangrape case, calling it a “bunch of lies” and an “attempt to save th...

Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal, the state BJP president, said that if any party or individual is found to be using pictures of the Prime Minister on posters or any publicity material in the run-up to the elections, the BJP will lodge an FIR.

As many as 14 of the Congress truncoats have already been made ministers in Chouhan’s government and need to win to retain their ministerial berths.

Congress leaders Sushmita Dev, Rajani Patil and Supriya Shrinate also demanded that all officers including the Hathras district magistrate be dismissed, alleging they are part of a conspiracy for a cover-up of the case.

The saffron party demanded CBI probe into the killing, saying the party does not have faith in the investigation by the police of Trinamool Congress-ruled state.

A three-time member of the UP Legislative Council, the leader from Aurraiya was a close associate of the party founder and often got unwarranted attention because of his name.

The CPI will be contesting Bakhri, Teghra, Bachhwara, Harlakhi, Jhanjharpur and Rupauli seats, the partys state secretary Ram Naresh Pandey said.

The Grand Alliance's chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav said on Saturday it would accommodate VIP in its quota of 144 seats, which is likely to have been the reason for Sahni's departure from the formation.

Talking to reporters, Raut said that Gandhi was a leader of a prominent political party and nobody would support the way he was "manhandled" by the police.

Bengaluru had given him the identity and those against the city's security should apologise and not him, Surya said adding he was for the safety and security of Bengalurians.

On Monday, Singh warned that ISI could exploit farmers' anger across the nation and described the three farm laws enacted by the Centre as "anti-national".

Singh appealed to his party colleagues to reach out to every farmer and explain to them "the big conspiracy being hatched".

An editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said it was surprising that NDA's 'last pillar' Shiromani Akali Dal was not stopped from severing ties with the alliance.

The populistic announcement was made at a press conference here by Tejashwi Yadav, the party's chief ministerial candidate who is faced with the uphill task of holding his own against the formidable ruling NDA in the absence of his father and RJD boss Lal...