Politics

Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang announced his decision to step down on Sunday in face of vociferous protests over local body polls that have crippled normal life in the state.

Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday said there was no rift in the party and his son Akhilesh Yadav will become Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister again.

Forecasting that mid-term assembly elections in Maharashtra are "inevitable", NCP President Sharad Pawar on Saturday said there is no question of his party propping up the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in the state.

BJP has withdrawn a TV ad, made as part of the party's campaign for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, after criticism in social media.

With a thumping majority of 122 MLAs supporting the VK Sasikala-nominated Chief Minister Edapadi Palaniswami, Saturday’s floor test was a spectacle of ruckus and chaos. But with the eviction of 88 DMK MLAs by the speaker, the legitimacy of the floor test...

NCP President Sharad Pawar on Saturday asserted that his party will not bail out the BJP Government in Maharashtra if it is reduced to the minority and dared the Shiv Sena to withdraw support to it.

The HRD Minister's comments came in the backdrop of the Army chief's statement on tough action against stone pelters in Kashmir.

On the day he filed his nomination papers, Shivpal had announced that he will float a new party once the elections are conducted in the state.

The swearing-in of Edappadi Palaniswami as the CM has spiked tensions in the state caught between VK Sasikala, who is serving time in a Bengaluru jail, and former CM O Panneerselvam.

Ruling Samajwadi Party is facing a tough battle as it tries to retain the seven Assembly seats it had won last time out of nine in Uttar Pradesh capital, while BJP and BSP queer the pitch.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has emerged as BJP's face in Maharashtra civic bodies poll campaign-related publicity material, with a new video hitting the social media on Thursday that lauded the work initiated by him since assuming charge in October 2...

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has taken the lead in restoring peace in Kannur and called an all-party meeting, trying to bring peace to the violence-hit district.

The Shiv Sena on Tuesday alleged that BJP MP Kirit Somaiya has links with the infamous National Stock Exchange Limited (NSEL) scam and that he "pressurised" the Prime Minister's Office to stop an inquiry against him.

"And none other than CM, who is responsible for law and order in the state, accorded a warm welcome to all these people," Pawar said addressing a public rally in the city ahead of civic election.

The Centre on Tuesday gave the CBI sanction for the prosecution of Rajendra Kumar, former Principal Secretary to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in a corruption case. The Centre also rejected Kumar’s plea for voluntary retirement.

The rebellion by ‘caretaker’ Chief Minister O Panneerselvam against AIADMK leader VK Sasikala grew on Monday with a party parliamentarian and an MLA jumping ship.