Politics

CAG said that a sum of Rs 9,633.75 crore was spent on the scheme by the Fadnavis government that sought to make Maharashtra a drought-free state.

An FIR has been registered in Ludhiana city on the complaint of a civil surgeon and legal opinion has been sought on the issue by the police, a police spokesperson said.

Mayawati alleged that during the SP government, Brahmins and Dalits were oppressed selectively and now, in the BJP government, along with them, there is a lot of oppression of Muslims.

He urged Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to reject the twin options given by the Union Finance Ministry to bridge the compensation gap -- one of which includes giving the state government leeway to borrow additional finances -- claiming the state treasury wa...

Youth League general secretary P K Firos alleged Bineesh Kodiyeri had invested money in a hotel business launched by drug case accused in Kammanahalli in 2015 and demanded a comprehensive investigation into it.

She reminded Modi that he, as chief minister of Gujarat, had opposed the implementation of GST, and Arun Jaitley had said the BJP did not trust the then government in honouring compensation of GST losses to the states.

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Tuesday summoned the assembly to meet on September 14 at 10 am in the multi-purpose hall on the third floor of the Kalaivanar Arangam.

His statement comes amid the opposition's demand for Cabinet Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot's resignation over his alleged role in the case.

Opposing the options proposed by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said in both options the states will have to sacrifice a part of the compensation.

A Delhi court had on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by Karat seeking lodging of FIRs against the BJP leaders for their alleged hate speeches in relation to anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh

The appointments came ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which is likely to commence from September 14. It is seen as a move by the Congress to strengthen its team of floor leaders in the Lower House, party leaders said.

Hussain, who was elected councillor from Nehru Vihar ward of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation, is in jail since March for his alleged involvement in the killing of IB staffer Ankit Sharma during the communal violence that shook northeast Delhi in Febr...

Local reports said that a group of Congress workers also raised slogans against Jitin Prasada, who said the issue had been discussed before the Congress president.

The state of affairs in Uttar Pradesh is such that despite the frequent use of NSA, sedition and other such stringent laws, there is no check on crime, BSP leader Mayawati said.

The NTA is scheduled to conduct the JEE (Main) and NEET 2020 for admissions to technical and medical courses from September 1-6 and on September 13 respectively.

Gandhi, who had offered to resign after the dissenting letter was made public, in the CWC said that she would remain the interim president till an AICC session is called and the next full-time president elected. The party has reportedly set a six-month de...