Politics

Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted everyone not to "politicise" the issue of triple talaq, the Congress party hit back, saying it was PM who was politicising the issue to gain electoral mileage.

BJP had got 44 wards in the 2012 MCD polls, while Congress got 29 seats.

Breaking her silence on the Alwar lynching case, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Tuesday said that none of the culprits would be spared and no such incident would be tolerated in the state.

Taking a swipe at BJP and more particularly Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Yadav said "as a Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi was opposed to GST but after his elevation to post of PM he came in support of it." Leader of Opposition Prem Kumar lauded t...

AIADMK factions led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and his predecessor O Panneerselvam will begin formal merger talks today. Both camps have formed their respective committees to hold discussions.

Kerala Power Minister M.M. Mani on Sunday drew flak for allegedly calling an IAS officer "mad" and made disparaging remarks about women plantation workers.

In another setback to the Delhi Congress just ahead of the civic polls due on Sunday, Barkha Singh on Thursday quit as the party's women's wing chief in Delhi.

A chargesheet was filed against Uttar Pradesh minister Suresh Rana and nine others in a local court on Thursday for violating the Model Code of Conduct during the Assembly elections.

The BJP on Wednesday alleged that the ruling LDF and the opposition UDF had focussed on creating "unnecessary fear" among Muslims about the Narendra Modi government in the run up to the Malappuram Lok Sabha bypoll.

Though the BSP's base is not as strong in urban areas (as in rural areas), the decision has been taken in view of the growth in people's support in urban areas as well, the release said.

In a late night development on Tuesday, a senior Tamil Nadu minister informed the media that V K Sasikala is no more the AIADMK president. He also informed that Sasikala's nephew TTV Dinakaran has also been ousted from all the posts that he held in the pa...

"The Cabinet has given its nod to the proposal to gift a smartphone to newly-wed women under the Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana," Minister for Public Relations Narottam Mishra told journalists after the meeting.

The petitioner sought to know why the Delhi state election commission asked for generation one EVMs, which are least secure with minimum security features to conduct MCD election.

here are signs of a thaw in AIADMK. O Panneerselvam’s offer of a reunion is being discussed in the E Palaniswami camp despite the rider ‘No Saikala, No Dinakaran’. What prompted this thought is perhaps the FIR against party deputy chief and Sasikala’s nep...

Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi has urged the government to release funds for purchase of paper trail machines for use in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, citing "prevailing environment".

BJP President Amit Shah has hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the most popular political leader in post-independence India.