Politics

Manmohan Singh's staff was reportedly cut down from 14 to five, four days before Modi returned to power for the second time.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had condemned the killing of 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari but said it was wrong to insult the entire state over the incident.

BJP state president and Lok Sabha MP Dilip Ghosh came out in support of the BJYM's decision saying, 'if Muslims can do it, why can't Hindus?'

Speaking to CNN-News18, Nusrat Jahan said she was unaffected by trolls as they were doing their job and she would only focus on hers, which was serving the people.

As aspirants, both Javier Meda and Bhuria have held rounds of talks with senior functionaries in Bhopal. Sources said the Congress is likely to repose faith in Bhuria and offer Meda a post in one of the boards or corporations.

Chandrashekhar Azad said that Kanshi Ram’s style of politics differed from that of Mayawati as he believed in keeping the prince grounded instead of making him a king.

Speaking during a debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address, DMK's Dayanidhi Maran asked the BJP to 'introspect' itself as to why people of Tamil Nadu rejected it during the recent Lok Sabha polls.

Ahmed Patel was cross-examined for the third day by the lawyer of BJP leader Balwantsinh Rajput, who has challenged Patel's election to the Upper House of Parliament.

TRS working president KT Rama Rao attended the foundation-laying ceremony of the party office in Siricilla district, his home constituency. Sources said an amount of Rs 60 lakh was being given out for each of the party offices.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) also alleged that the BJP was spreading communal violence in the state as it was in a great hurry to capture power.

Maurya's claim was similar to what Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said in September 2018 as the BJP president while addressing the party leaders in the national executive meeting in New Delhi.

The incident happened on Saturday evening when the three chanted 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans in front of some Trinamool Congress workers, who were returning from a rally led by state minister Suvendu Adhikari, BJP leaders said.

YSR Congress, which is the fourth largest party with 22 members in the 17th Lok Sabha, wants to maintain equidistance from both the ruling and opposition sides, said the unidentified leader.

Claiming that people gave overwhelming support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Singh said after the SP-BSP alliance, people were making a different guess but they could not get even 40 per cent of the votes.

Article 355 of Constitution pertains to the duty of the Union to protect states against external aggression and internal disturbance.

In a boost to the BJP, four of the six TDP MPs in the Rajya Sabha joined the party on Thursday and sought merger of the TDP Legislature Party with it in the Upper House.