Politics

Eight BJP candidates who lost the 2018 assembly polls have been assigned posts as heads of various government-run boards and corporations by chief minister BS Yediyurappa to clear the way for MLAs who defected from Congress and JD(S) to contest the by-ele...

The rebellion in the Congress by the young turks, aided by Sonia Gandhi's desire to see a second coming for her son, may fuel the return of Rahul Gandhi as Congress president and the end of the Old Guard.

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi claimed top leadership of the Congress has 'ignored' important elections in Maharashtra and Haryana.

Adityanath expressed the hope while exhorting people to take inspiration from Lord Ram, but without elaborating further.

The 2018 assembly elections saw several candidates in the fray who were the children of sitting MLAs and MPs, a fact that does not seem to have gone down well with voters.

Debanjan Ballav, a student of Sanskrit College in Kolkata, complained that some people beat him up at a bus stand when he was returning home from Kolkata.

Eknath Khadse, once seen as the No. 2 in the Devendra Fadnavis cabinet, but sidelined in the party for the last few years, claimed 'several offers' were made to him, but he did not accept any of them.

KT Rama Rao also accused TPCC chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy of telling 'blatant lies' about the development in the Huzurnagar constituency.

Speaking to reporters after filing his papers, the CM exuded confidence that voters would ensure his victory with a bigger margin this time.

Aaditya’s foray in electoral politics is a departure from the party’s belief that a Thackeray does not contest polls. Neither Balasaheb Thackeray nor Uddhav Thackeray nor cousin Raj Thackeray ever fought an election.

Amit Shah will conduct a rally in West Bengal on Tuesday amid reports of a spate of suicides and shock deaths linked to the possibility of the drive against illegal immigrants being implemented in the state.

TDP's Telangana unit president L Ramana announced Chava Kiranmai as the party candidate for the poll.

Uddhav Thackeray had on Saturday recalled the 'promise' he had made to his late father Bal Thackeray to install a 'Shiv Sainik' (party worker) as the chief minister of Maharashtra.

The Congress wants that the Centre immediately release Rs 32,171 crore to MP, party MLA Arif Masood, who would lead the demonstration said. The party would also submit a memorandum of its demands to the prime minister, he said.

The Karnataka Congress leadership has decided to contest a delayed imposition of Model Code of Conduct as it would give the ruling BJP a huge advantage.

The Sena meet comes in the background of BJP leaders from the state holding discussion with the central leadership on Thursday in New Delhi to assess poll preparedness for all the seats.