Politics

Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday sought to liken BJP-led NDA government's last November demonetisation decision with infamous mid-1970s Emergency-era phenomena of forced 'nasbandi' (sterilisation).

A delegation of AIADMK MPs owing allegiance to rebel leader O Panneerselvam on Tuesday called on President Pranab Mukherjee and sought a probe into the circumstances surrounding the death of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

Accusing National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah of instigating Kashmiri youth against the country, the J&K unit of BJP on Sunday asked him to leave politics and lead the Valley's “militants” instead.

Over 1.84 crore voters will on Monday exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 617 candidates in 51 constituencies during the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.

DMK Working President MK Stalin on Sunday said displaying the portrait of a person who has been declared an accused by Supreme Court in government offices will only set a "wrong precedent".

Unlike sons and daughters of other politicians in the country, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's only son, Nishant Kumar, says he has no interest in politics and he will never take the plunge.

Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Thursday warned of "resurgence of militancy in Punjab", if the SYL canal is built without factoring in the realities of old "Naxalite and Khalistani belt" of the state's southern part.

Elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have thrown up a hung house with both the Shiv Sena and the BJP emerging on top but dodging questions on whether the allies will reunite in the cash-rich civic body.

Voter turnout for Amravati Municipal Corporation was 55%.

BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday ruled out any post-poll alliance with the BSP or any other party in the event of a hung assembly in Uttar Pradesh, confident that the party will get a "full majority".

Fifty-three constituencies will see polling on Thursday in the fourth phase of staggered assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

As per the data provided in August 2016, UP had more than 2 times the number of power cuts and 7 times the hours of power cuts as compared to (rest of) India, the Centre said.

"We have given a letter to the Assembly Secretary for bringing a No-Confidence Motion against Speaker Dhanapal," Stalin told reporters at the Secretariat here.

They hit the section of society from where the blockade starts, in this case the tribals living in the Hill districts of Manipur. The blockade then manifests along empty roads and highways. No trucks ply, no goods reach their destination.

Hitting campaign trail in water scarce Bundelkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday blamed SP, BSP and Congress for backwardness of the region and promised to transform it like Kutch in Gujarat.

On Shikohabad seat, Ramprakash Yadav Mahru, the maternal grandfather of Mainpuri SP MP Tej Pratap Yadav, is contesting as an Independent.