Politics

Bypolls in Ajmer and Alwar Lok Sabha and Mandalgarh Assembly constituencies will be held on January 29.

BJP state Spokesperson Virender Gupta in a statement said, "A terrorist is a terrorist, whether he is a Pakistani or Kashmiri, and is enemy of the people of the state and the country."

One of the organisers and former JNU Students' Union president Mohit Kumar Pandey said that ever since the rally was announced on January 2, a lot of money has been spent on posters calling Mevani a deshdrohi (traitor) and urban naxal.

The sharp retort came in response to the UP CM’s scathing attack against Siddaramaiah for his recent assertion that he was a Hindu at a mega rally in Bengaluru on Sunday.

The special CBI court on Saturday sentenced Lalu Prasad and 15 others in the fodder scam case and also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on him.

Prakash Ambedkar, the grandson of BR Ambedkar, made the comments while addressing a function organised by Akhil Bharatiya Mahatma Phule Samta Parishad in Bhopal, equated the religion based politics to Hitler’s rule.

BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao alleged that the Congress had only focused on Dalit votes all these years, while Modi's focus was on the progress of the community.

“If there is one man who can make the fake nationalists in Parliament shut up, it is Dr Kumar Vishwas. But is someone in AAP scared of his growing stature that they are trying to finish off both this opportunity and the party,” Patel tweeted on Tuesday.

If Rahul Gandhi wants to seek the revenge for the 2014 election defeat, then he has to form a formidable combination of smaller parties and cobble together a non-BJP alliance.

Sanjay Singh, who is also the party’s national spokesperson, was the frontrunner for some time and had been asked to make preparations.

Vijayan directed the Director of Public Instruction (DPI) to ensure that proper action was taken against the Headmaster and Manager of the state-run Karnakeyamen School.

AAP is expected to announce its three nominees for the Rajya Sabha on January 3, a day after Arvind Kejriwal returns to Delhi with a meeting of the political affairs committee squeezed in between.

A day after the Lok Sabha passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill by voice vote, Waqf and Haj Minister Mohsin Raza said the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AMPLB) is neither 'Shariat' nor the Constitution of India and the its...

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley said the perception that PM Narendra Modi had insinuated a collusion between Manmohan Singh and Pakistani officials was “erroneous”.

The former Bihar CM can meet guests between 8 am and 12 noon during weekdays in line with the jail manual, Birsa Munda Jail Superintendent Ashok Kumar Choudhary said.

The case pertains to Rs 85 lakh being swindled out of the treasury through fake bills and vouchers pertaining to cattle feed. The fraud dates back to 1994-96 when Lalu Prasad was the Chief Minister of Bihar.