Politics

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday said it will contest Amritsar Lok Sabha by-election, being held on February 4 along with state assembly polls.

Defence personnel will be able to caste their votes by using electronic postal ballot facility at four assembly constituencies for the first time in the upcoming Punjab assembly elections.

The Congress will hold a day-long national convention, "Jan Vedna Sammelan", on January 11 to discuss the problems faced by the people across the country post demonetisation.

Playing the pro-poor card, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said they are the focus of his government and projected demonetisation as a long-term tool to fight black money and corruption to improve their lives.

On January 4, 2017, Congress spokesperson Ajoy Kumar held a press conference not on demonetisation, which was still the news of the day, but on social media trolls.

The Congress will be the main opponent for the BJP for the upcoming Goa polls, because it is the biggest opposition party in the assembly and a national party, a state BJP leader said on Thursday.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay was on Wednesday remanded in six days of CBI custody by a special court in the Rose Valley chit fund scam case.

The entire feud might be a well planned scheme of Mulayam and in the next one or two days they might unite also,” she said. Referring to Mayawati, who released the castes of BSP candidates, the minister said the Supreme Court should take suo motu conginan...

The Election Commission, most likely, will announce the Assembly election schedule for five states — Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Punjab and Goa — on Wednesday.

Senior leaders including Azam Khan have revealed that all efforts are being made to broker a truce.

The power struggle between Mulayam Singh Yadav and in the Samajwadi Party has become a cause of concern for the Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh.

BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi again over demonetisation, saying it continued to cause misery even after the end of the 50-day period.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday rejected the opposition demand for setting up of an inquiry commission into the recent unrest in the Valley even as she blamed NC and Congress for sowing the "seeds" of the turmoil in the state.

The ruling BJD on Monday alleged that the newspaper advertisement of PM Modi announcing packages for farmers, self-help groups and others is in clear violation of the model code of conduct which is in force for the three-tier panchayat elections in Odisha...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed a massive Parivartan rally in Lucknow eyeing on upcoming UP Polls.

BJP MP Chintaman Wanga has said that the Centre's demonetisation move will not have an adverse effect on the party's prospects in the forthcoming civic elections in Maharashtra.