Politics

Gandhi said Modi spoke about corruption but his party government in Karnataka had set a "world record" in corruption under the rule of B S Yeddyurappa, who was sacked from the post on graft charge.

The bypolls will also be a test for the Congress after its impressive performance in Gujarat polls in December and more recently in byelections in Rajasthan.

A fiesty Renuka Chowdhury threatened to move a privilege motion against Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju for tweeting a video of PM Modi making the sarcastic comment against her.

Madhya Pradesh government spokesperson Narottam Mishra added that the ministers inducted into the cabinet would be given IT training and that paperless functioning would help save time.

Uncertainty loomed large over the February 27 elections in Nagaland after 11 major political parties, including the BJP and the ruling NPF, signed a joint declaration to boycott the polls.

The ruling Janata Dal (United) hit back at the leader of the opposition in the state assembly pointing out that he was yet to vacate the bungalow allotted to him while he was the Deputy Chief Minister, despite having lost the chair several months ago.

There have been speculations in Maharashtra politics for a while now about the Congress and the NCP joining hands for a pre-poll alliance.

At a time when the state is experiencing a critical financial crisis, Speaker Sreeramakrishnan’s spectacles could prove to be quite costly for the state government that footed the bill for the glasses.

"We never had any meeting with any AIMIM leader. It is fighting against the Congress. So, there is zero truth that there was any meeting with their leaders," said Yaskhi, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary in-charge for the poll-bound Karna...

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said there were two models today -- one represented by Modi, and the other by the Congress president.

Modi on August 3, 2015, announced that the government had entered into an agreement with Naga insurgent groups.

A verbal duel of sorts broke out on Twitter between the BJP and the Congress ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Bengaluru. Modi’s rally in the poll-bound state will mark the conclusion of BJP’s 90-day Parivarthan yatra and the beginning of i...

AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad alleged that the government had devised a new tactic, under which opposition leaders are "harassed" through various central agencies such as the CBI and the ED, and asserted that they not get bogged down and fight t...

The Congress said the SIT should not have officers from the CBI and the NIA and added that if there is no proper probe into the matter, the party will go to "each village of the country".

The national party's tweet was in retaliation to Rahul Gandhi's "suit boot" jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had worn a monogrammed suit during a meeting with then US President Barack Obama in 2015.

When they refused to listen to the CM, he emphatically pleaded with them, saying, “Jaise kahoge waise kar lenge, baitho toh sahi! Arrey, chai toh peelo baith ke, yaar! (We will do as you say, have a seat! At least have some tea, my friends!)”