Politics

The bonhomie that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal shares with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is missing when it comes to other leaders and parties in the opposition spectrum.

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi took out time from his busy schedule to make an aerial survey of flood-hit areas in Bihar, Lalu Prasad remained busy supervising the arrangements for the RJD rally on August 27, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi sa...

Senior party leaders Ashutosh and Saurabh Bhardwaj lashed out at the central probe agency accusing it of "planting baseless stories" against Satyendar Jain in the media through unnamed sources.

With more regional parties joining the NDA fold, it wouldn’t be an easy task for the Modi-Amit Shah duo to satisfy all the new entrants.

Chief government whip S Rajendran took up with the Assembly Speaker the issue of disqualification of all 19 legislators who met state Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao two days ago.

The Puducherry Police has deployed a huge posse of personnel outside the resort in the coastal village of Chinna Veerampattinam in Ariyankuppam commune panchayat limits.

BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday urged ministers to make sure that the BJP wins all 29 seats in MP in the next general election, asking them to ensure that Congress’s senior leaders such as Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia are defeated.

The Delhi High Court had on June 15 rejected Sukesh Chandrashekar's bail plea on the ground that police had seized a fake Rajya Sabha member ID card from his possession, which was a "serious threat to Parliament's security".

Chaudhary's decision to quit has apparently been forced by the council initiating proceedings against him for deserting the SP for BSP.

Chhotubhai Vasava had kept everyone guessing till the last moment, making both sides wish that he would vote in their favour.

The Congress had sent its 44 legislators here on July 29 to fend off what it alleged were "poaching" attempts by the BJP ahead of Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat in which Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, was contesting.

"The word which is used is 'virgin'. It means unmarried girl, maiden. I don't think these words are not objectionable."

Lalu's statements come a day after reports said Sharad Yadav, who has voiced displeasure over the split in Bihar's Grand Alliance, might float a new party.

The JD (U) moved out of the 'grand alliance' with the RJD and the Congress and decided to join hands with its old-time ally the BJP to form the new government in Bihar. It had split from the NDA in 2013 after a 17-year-old alliance.

As speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Keshari Nath Tripathi had steered the Kalyan Singh government out of danger when fell short by just six votes in 1998.

Speaking to the media in Pune on a slew of issues, the Congress stalwart said the situation in the Kashmir valley has gone from bad to worse since the BJP-PDP coalition came to power.