Politics

The meetings chaired by Mayawati would be held on 18th of every month to remind her voters of her resignation from Parliament on the eighteenth day of July, 2017.

Voting for the presidential poll began at 10 AM on Monday and will continue till 5 PM.

A day before the presidential election, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday described the electoral contest as a fight against a "narrow-minded, divisive and communal vision".

Addressing members of the media in Madhya Pradesh, Meira Kumar on Thursday said she is contesting the election on various issues, including inclusive society, transparency, social justice, eradication of caste system, religious equality and press freedom.

Mehbooba said the people of the state should remember the sacrifices of the martyrs who gave up their lives for establishing a democracy and a prosperous state where Kashmiriyat is the basic principle.

DIG Roopa, in her recent letter to DGP of prisons HSN Rao, said Sasikala was getting facilities, including a special kitchen counter to cook food for her. She also stated that there were rumours that the former AIADMK leader paid Rs 2 crore as bribe to ja...

Congress MLA Aditi Singh on Tuesday reminded Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of BJP's 'free laptops scheme' as there was no mention of the said laptops in the state budget presented by his government on Tuesday.

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Department of Devsthan said that his blood boiled when he saw the statement of a politician on the Army, apparently referring to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's recent allegations against army personnel.

This has led to speculations whether a desperate Congress is expanding its social media team to catch with the BJP or the earlier team has left the organization with Hooda. Multiple sources have told News18 that it’s more of the latter.

The BJP expects cross-voting from opposition ranks, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, in favour of NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind.

The Shiv Sena on Wednesday said the prime minister has been assertive about India's stand on terrorism globally but the situation back home, especially in Kashmir has been worrisome, remarks that come against the backdrop of Narendra Modi's statement in...

The coming together of arch rivals BSP and SP to support the candidature of Meira Kumar as president could be a crucial step towards further consolidating anti-BJP forces in Uttar Pradesh, say political observers.

The opposition presidential nominee, Meira Kumar, on Friday said the President must uphold the values of “inclusiveness, social justice and pluralism” as the supreme representative of the nation.

The Congress government in Punjab that came to power in March presented its maiden budget for 2017-18 in Chandigarh on Tuesday, with a focus on reducing the crushing debt burden and restoring fiscal stability.

Hours after BJP sprung a surprise by announcing Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind as its pick for the presidential elections on July 17, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hinted that TMC is not going to support him.

A video showing former Akali MLA Virsa Singh Valtoha 'threatening' deputy commissioner of Tarn Taran and police officials for harassing party workers has gone viral on social media, prompting the ruling Congress to condemn the incident.