Politics

A division bench of justices R V More and Sadhana Jadhav was hearing a petition filed by Congress leader Ashok Chavan who challenged the decision of Maharashtra governor C Vidyasagar Rao in 2016 granting sanction to the CBI to prosecute Chavan in the Adar...

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was critical of the Code of Conduct imposed by the Election Commission before every election, which, he said, affects governance and development projects.

Political analysts say power and recognition brought streak of arrogance in Mayawati's behaviour. Her birthdays were a brazen display of irrational extravagance.

When asked about his support for religious processions like Kanwar Yatra, which is seen as a public menace by a section of society, the CM said the procession must be allowed as long as the loudspeakers follow permissible sound limits.

Going through the list of missed calls, it occurred to him that someone in the national capital was desperately trying to get in touch with him in the all of two-odd hours his phone was switched off while he was air bourne.

Addressing students at the University of California in Berkeley, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi also admitted that some arrogance crept into the Congress in 2012, two years before the BJP swept to power at the Centre.

The Madras High Court had on Monday night upheld the order of a single judge dismissing a plea by Sasikala loyalist and MLA Vetrivel to stay the meeting convened by Chief Minister K Palaniswami-led faction.

The sidelined AIADMK leader had called for the protest against the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) last week.

Kerala Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran was invited to attend the 22nd general assembly session of UNWTO (United Nations' World Toursim Organsiation) scheduled to be held from September 11-16 as a full-time member.

In a letter addressed to the state housing minister Maheshwar Hajare but routed through the CM's office, Tejashwi Yadav has mentioned personal reasons for letting him allow retain the 5 Deshratna Marg bungalow which has been assigned to the current Deputy...

Kannanthanam said if a BJP-ruled state like Goa was eating beef, there should be no problem in Kerala.

Among the handful of women in the upper echelons of the BJP, very few can be said to have come up from the grassroots, that is, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its affiliates.

The four persons who will occupy ministerial berths are former IFS officer Hardeep Puri, ex-Mumbai Police chief Satyapal Singh, retired IAS officer Alphons Kannanthanam and former home secretary Raj Kumar Singh.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram accused the Modi government of not having a clear idea of the damages inflicted on the nation through demonetisation.

Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, P P Chaudhury, Jitendra Singh and Niramala Sitharaman were also present at the strategy meet held for Gujarat assembly elections.

The rift between the merged faction and TTV Dinakaran only widens with TTV proving his show of strength. On Wednesday, he again reiterated that there are 'sleeper cells' who will jump ship very soon.