Politics

Deshmukh, who had served as revenue minister in the Vasantsada Patil government in 1976-85, hailed from Shirala tehsil in Sangli district of western Maharashtra.

Yechury's remarks comes at a time when a section of the state CPI(M) leadership is keen on an electoral understanding with the Congress to defeat the Trinamool Congress and the BJP in West Bengal.

Kumaraswamy has come in the line of fire of BJP leadership, including PM Modi, who has been mocking the scheme, saying it had only offered a "lollipop" for an insignificant number of farmers.

Political watchers say that the alliance would not have been possible if Mulayam and Shivpal had dominated the Samajwadi Party's affairs.

Gandhi asserted that the Congress party now has to stand alone in UP and expressed confidence that it could spring a surprise.

The parties, however, said they would not field candidates in Amethi and Rae Bareli, represented by Congress president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

In a letter written to PM Modi, Naidu said that the move by the union government to transfer a case to an anti-terror agency, without hearing out the objections called by the state government, will just bring down the autonomy and sanctity of every instit...

The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed the plea of former Tamil Nadu sports minister Balakrishna Reddy seeking suspension of his conviction in the 1998 riot case.

The Congress party's confidence to go solo in 2019 comes from the 2009 General Elections experience, where the party single-handedly, against odds managed to get 21 seats in the state; party confident of their ability in UP

In an interaction with BJP workers, Modi had hinted at the saffron party’s willingness to make new allies and be more accommodative to the existing ones.

Khan said that he resigned from the TMC because he didn’t have any say in the party and that the party is now run by Mamata's nephew Abhishek Banerjee.

Azam Khan pointed out that reservation for Muslims was also recommended by the Sacchchar Commission almost a decade ago

The polls have not been held for the last seven years after the term of office of the earlier panchayat institutions ended in 2011.

The BSP chief also alleged that like the Congress, the ruling BJP was "misusing" the government machinery to "trap" its opponents in false cases.

Sanjay Raut, the executive editor of Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana', also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stature has 'declined' while that of Congress president Rahul Gandhi has risen.

Keshav Prasad Maurya said if the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya title dispute case is not favourable, the government would bring an ordinance.