Politics

At all his election rallies in poll-bound Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a scathing attack on the Siddaramaiah regime, saying it was a "gold medallist" in corruption and calling it a "seedha rupaiah government" (corrupt), a punning allus...

Yashwant Sinha, who had recently quit the BJP after launching a political action group Rashtra Manch,' hit out at the government, saying his visit was part of efforts to bring together forces that were against the dispensation at the Centre.

Former finance minister P Chidambaram also claimed that Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on many items were reduced from 28 to 18 per cent due to the Gujarat Assembly polls last year.

The Collegium on Wednesday deferred a decision on the issue of reconsidering its recommendation to elevate Justice Joseph as the judge of the apex court, after it was sent back by the government last week.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi met RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Monday where the latter is undergoing treatment for various ailments related to heart and kidney.

The state goes to polls later this year and Singh, who was its chief minister between 1993 and 2003, said that he has conveyed his plan of a state-wide tour to Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

There were 23 chapters carrying information about Sikh Gurus, Sikh warriors and historical facts about Punjab in the Class 12 history book.

The polls were earlier supposed to be held in the three phases – on May 1, 3 and 5. If the SEC had maintained the three-phase timeline, polling would have spilled over into the Ramzan period and likely impacted Muslim votes.

Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said that according to Narendra Modi government, no one stole iron ore worth Rs 35,000 crore.

The resignation came just hours before the swearing in Chandigarh of the nine new ministers, whose names were announced on Friday after a meeting between Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Delhi.

BJP spokesperson and national media head Anil Baluni said it was clear from Sinha's comments and writing that he was no longer in the BJP.

The BJP is in power in MP for 15 years and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has led it to convincing victories in the 2008 and 2013 assembly polls.

An MLA candidate from Chintamani, a semi-urban constituency 80 km away from Bangalore, has gone a step further and released a manifesto, promising 600 grams of mutton weekly and free liquor to people above 18 years on a monthly basis.

The 62-year-old Hindutva leader, who quit the post of VHP International Working President last week after his nominee Raghav Reddy lost a key organisational poll, launched the fast outside the state VHP headquarters in the Paldi area after 12 pm with some...

The BJP is making overtures to the Sena, its oldest ally, after Thackeray, who has been bitterly critical of the saffron party despite sharing power both in the state and the Centre, announced that the Sena will contest future elections on its own.

Reflecting on the situation in neighboring Andhra Pradesh, where Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP left the NDA, he said no regional coalition would be able to challenge Narendra Modi in 2019. “Equations are made and broken before every election. We, too, lose alli...