Politics

As part of a quid pro quo in which BSP extended support to SP candidates in the UP Lok Sabha bypolls, Akhilesh Yadav's MLAs will vote for Mayawati's lone candidate in the RS polls.

Congress MPs Ambika Soni, Pratap Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo accused Swaraj of misleading the House for four years and dared her to make public the sources who formed the basis of her claims that the 39 Indians kidnapped by ISIS were alive.

Union minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Wednesday rejected Nitish Kumar’s "avoid making divisive statements" advice by saying he won’t tolerate atrocities against the Hindus.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing the final arguments in the culpable homicide case, involving the three-time Amritsar MP and current cabinet minister in Punjab government, Navjot Singh Sidhu as the prime accused.

Tollywood superstar and Jana Sena founder Pawan Kalyan said people in Andhra Pradesh are very upset with the BJP and they do not trust the party. The demand for special status is not an emotional one but driven by practical needs. Till the time our demand...

Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal's apology letter to Bikram Majithia for accusing him of being involved in drugs trade, had taken everyone by surprise, especially the AAP's Punjab unit.

The results of the by-elections in UP, Bihar and Rajasthan have indicated that BJP's stock was decreasing and the people were disillusioned with the lead party of the NDA, party General Secretary S Sudhakar Reddy said.

BJP spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao said the Congress is incapable of mounting a political challenge against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Akhilesh took a direct dig at the UP CM Yogi Adityanath and said, “The CM is rattled by the recent results of the by-elections and now he has started to talk of development of the state."

Punjab's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Bhagwant Mann resignation comes a day after AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal apologised to former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia for alleging that he was involved in the "drug trade".

BJP MLA Anil Gote made the accusation in a letter to MoS Defence Subash Bhamre where he also questing the work done by him as minister.

Hawking passed away early on Wednesday, following which several people paid tribute to him on social media. Robert Vadra, who is Rahul Gandhi’s brother-in-law, paid tribute to physicist on Twitter.

The decision, a last-minute one, comes as a surprise, as Pawar has also planned a meeting of the opposition camp for talks later this month in what is being perceived as an attempt to take charge of the so-called federal front.

Delhi BJP general secretary Ravinder Gupta said the party would not attend the meeting, adding that after the incident at the CM's residence on January 30, where a delegation of saffron party was "misbehaved with", it was proved that the AAP does not beli...

Elections to the five Rajya Sabha seats from the state has been necessitated as the terms of Kunal Ghosh, Bibek Gupta and Nadimul Haque of the TMC and Tapan Sen of CPI(M) will end on April 2.

Sources say, PM Narendra Modi and Chandrababu Naidu spoke for about 10 minutes. Naidu informed him how he was left with no choice but to quit the government.