Politics

These 40 MLAs were instrumental in Eknath Shinde’s rise to power; hence, as the leader of the ruling Mahayuti, he has prioritised loyalty over any other criterion in the first list of candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections

Union minister Giriraj Singh made the remarks in Kishanganj, Bihar's only Muslim-majority district, which he toured as part of the 'Hindu Swabhiman Yatra' he has taken out claiming that Hindus are under threat and needed to be "organised"

Tamil Nadu Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin said his remarks were misinterpreted and claimed that they were aimed at addressing issues faced by women and the allegedly repressive practices towards them in Sanatan Dharma

Stalin alleged that the word "Dravidian" was removed from the Tamil Thai Vaazhthu, the state anthem, during a programme where Governor RN Ravi was the chief guest

Nine of these seats fell vacant after its MLAs were elected as MPs in the Lok Sabha polls, while bypolls are being held in the Sisamau seat due to the disqualification of SP MLA Irfan Solanki

Naidu said the state is also hoping to get USD 10 billion in foreign direct investments

A day after the AICC announced the candidature of Mamkootathil for the Palakkad seat, KPCC Digital Media convenor P Sarin openly expressed his dissatisfaction with how the decision was made

The opposition must be fully informed as safeguarding India’s global standing is a shared responsibility, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said

State leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal (Secular), and Congress traded barbs over the severe flooding, accusing their respective governments of negligence and mismanagement

The by-election, necessitated by the resignation of SP MLA Awadhesh Prasad following his election to the Lok Sabha, presents a significant test for both the SP and the BJP

The Maharashtra MLA had opposed a Slum Rehabilitation Project (SRA) Project in Bandra’s Bharat Nagar before receiving death threats

Since the 1997 assassination of Datta Samant, Mumbai was far from the killings of elected representatives. However, the brutal murder of Siddique means police as well as other agencies will have to step up security for the politicians in the state

Dr Anirban Ganguly, chairman of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, used the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to draw parallels between Nehru and Rahul Gandhi

On his party’s stance on the abrogation of Article 370, which took away the special status of J&K, Abdullah said, “I would like to believe that Article 370 will be reinstated...It is our political ideology. We are ready for the struggle.”

The animosity between the leaders dates back to 2005 when Siddaramaiah left the JD(S) after a public fallout with party supremo HD Deve Gowda and his son, vowing to destroy the “father-son party”

Months before the Haryana Assembly polls, the BJP replaced its strongman Manohar Lal Khattar as chief minister with lowprofile OBC leader Nayab Singh Saini.