Politics

On a cool Thursday afternoon in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee looked out the window of her office in Nabanna, clicked a picture of white clouds gauzing the bright blue sky, and posted it on Facebook.

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh on Wednesday said the farmer suicides in the state may be due to personal reasons.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee came to power through her movement for farmer’s right in Singur and in Nandigram. The same agrarian issue has put the state Chief Minister in a fix over the acquisition of land for a power project at Bhangar in Sou...

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung thumped his chest as he stood amidst his supporters and said Darjeeling was on the boil because of their fight for a homeland, a separate Gorkhaland. “There is no going back now,” he roared.

After a couple of days of calm, Madhya Pradesh could witness a new wave of protests. This time from the influential Patidar community.

In a quick U-turn, Dikshit said that he could have "framed his sentence in a careful manner".

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has removed Darjeeling Superintendent of Police Amit Javalgi after he reportedly failed to control the violence in the hills.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will sit on fast today at the Dussehra Maidan in Bhopal where he has invited agitating farmers for talks. The killing of six farmers in police firing in the state’s Mandsaur district has fuelled protests...

Derek’s statements came after union minister Piyush Goyal asked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee come clean on the source of the money.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, who was on his way to address a press conference on the ongoing farmers’ protest in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, was allegedly manhandled by two protesters belonging to a fringe outf...

Senior Congress leader P L Punia on Wednesday said that party vice president Rahul Gandhi will replace Sonia Gandhi as party president by the end of the year.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and BSP president Mayawati have confirmed their participation in the Patna rally on August 27 for which the RJD supremo made a personal call to both of them recently, said RJD state unit President Ashok Singh

Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav on Sunday said he has no plans to take Amar Singh in his proposed Samajawadi Secular Front and that he had also opposed his rejoining the party last year.

The chief minister earlier inaugurated the Rs 597 crore project of laying of bulk pipeline from Navda to Upleta under the Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) project.

Eight people, including the Kannur Youth Congress district president Rijil Makkutty, were arrested for allegedly slaughtering an ox in public.

Seeking to break the Congress' hold on the tribal belt of eastern Gujarat ahead of the state Assembly polls, BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday accused Congress of showing 'Sheikh Chilli' (unfulfilled) dreams to the tribals.