Politics

During the last elections, opinion polls said that Akali Dal will be wiped out, but we ended up forming the government. The people of Punjab know exactly whom to vote for and they look at governance. They don’t go by media perception.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on Friday advised police officers to be impartial, humane and efficient.

Heaping praises on his lawyer CV Nagesh, he said “ I personally thank him. He argued so well. He proved my innocence in court. We are indebted to him”.

Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Tuesday said "everything is fine" in the party, adding that he will obey the orders of Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Goa, where the ruling BJP is seeking a fresh term, is pitted against Congress and AAP. In Manipur, the Congress is seeking to retain power.

The letter was released just few hours ahead of the party meeting called by Akhilesh Yadav.

Akhilesh is Not Forming a New Party: Shivpal Yadav's Son

On Thursday, in an interview to Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan, DMK chief Karunanidhi said, “Stalin is someone who has worked very hard from a young age. He has dedicated his life for the party and I naturally see him as political heir. I do not yearn for...

Rallying behind Kerala Vigilance Director Jacob Thomas, who has offered to quit after allegations of financial irregularities cropped up against him, the ruling CPI(M) and CPI on Thursday said he should continue as the head of the anti-corruption agency.

While all top BJP leaders of Himachal Pradesh were present at a party rally addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here, the pictures of local leaders were missing in the posters, prompting Congress to take swipe at it over "infighting".

Joshi had led the party in the last assembly polls in the state in which Congress came a poor fourth.

The party wants to portray that Punjab under Akalis had a decade of "tranquility and tarakki," a SAD leader said requesting anonymity.

India has has no problem in issuing visas to Pakistani artistes, a Union Home Ministry official said on Friday.

Leaders of the opposition Congress party spent the entire night protesting at the gate of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's official residence in Chandigarh

The opinion poll surveyed 6,552 people in all 117 constituencies.

"Who is that, we cant know as per law. Is it possible for a businessman to declare such huge money," he wondered yesterday, indirectly seeking to imply it was the YSRC president.