Politics

Congress claimed that in the country's history, it was the first time the Election Commission has cancelled elections after issuing notification without giving any reason.

Devti Karma, a housewife till her husband Mahendra Karma was killed by Maoists in 2013, defeated BJP's Ojaswi Mandavi by 11,191 votes.

The Aam Admi Party in its statement said the appointments are a part of its election strategy as dates for the Delhi elections are likely to be announced soon.

Manoj Tiwari has been calling for a verification drive in the national capital on the lines of the one in Assam, which led to the exclusion of 19 million people.

After he was not appointed the chairman of the panel, Tharoor claimed that the government had decided to end the tradition of an Opposition member heading the committee.

Those arrested claimed that they belong to a Tamil Nadu-based river water retrieval committee and have come to Thiruvananthapuram to submit a memorandum to both the chief ministers with regard to river-water sharing issue. Investigation is going on, polic...

The protestors, led by NCP youth wing's state unit chief Mehboob Shaikh, also shouted slogans against the ruling BJP and the government outside the ED office.

Manoj Tiwari, who has strongly rooted for the NRC, has on several occasions said that it should be implemented beyond Assam and in the national capital.

Tharoor had found himself in a spot of Twitter trouble when he posted a picture of Nehru and Indira Gandhi in what he claimed was the US only to clarify later that it was probably from their visit to the USSR.

The unease that existed between the former alliance partners ever since the fall of the alliance government in July has now come out in the open with the announcement of bypolls for the 15 seats where both parties will go it alone.

Azad, the leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, had reached Srinagar on Friday on his maiden visit to the state after the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status on August 5.

Stating that protests will be involved in all metro cities, the TMC supremo said it was shameful that the Centre was going for the privatisation and corporatisation of government organisations.

The senior leader of Nationalist Congress Party, Ajit Pawar, however, said that it can give tickets only to a limited number of aspirants.

TMC leader and Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said in a Facebook post in Bengali on Sunday evening that he believed the governor 'should speak within the constitutional powers given to him'.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao promised to continue with the government’s welfare, development and irrigation schemes despite a slump in the country’s economy.

BS Yeddyurappa is under pressure from the 15 disqualified MLAs who fear jeopardising their political career if the Supreme Court does not give them relief before September 30.