Politics

While the BJP and Congress spar over the long-drawn Lok Sabha election schedule in Karnataka, experts explain why poll in some states are held in phases and what goes into planning the election calendar in the world's largest democracy

Pashupati Paras's Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) has been left out in the cold in the NDA seat-sharing deal for Bihar Lok Sabha elections. Adding insult to injury, the bone of contention between the uncle-nephew, the Hajipur seat once held by family...

Though Rahul did not name the leader, he was believed to be referring to Maharashtra Chief Minister and MP Ashok Chavan when he spoke about the BJP’s misuse of central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate

The complainant alleged that a statement of Swami Prasad Maurya published on November 15 last year in newspapers hurt the sentiments of crores of Hindus

The elections will be held in seven phases, with the first on April 19, the second on April 26, the third on May 7, the fourth on May 13, the fifth on May 20, the sixth on May 25, and the seventh on June 1

In 2019, the north eastern state had witnessed a saffron surge with BJP winning 41 seats in the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh Assembly.

Electoral Bonds Scheme: Union Home Minister Amit Shah defended his government's move and said it was aimed to end black money in politics

In Karimganj, the AIUDF candidate is Sahabul Islam Choudhury and he will be engaged in a fight with sitting BJP MP Kripanath Mallah and Congress nominee Hafez Rashid Ahmed Choudhury

The accident took place at around 1 am near Baladih in Rairakhol when the former MP was on his way to Sambalpur from Bhubaneswar

As many people have suggested that Kalyan contest the Lok Sabha election as well, he said he would take a decision on that later. He recalled that his supporters asked him to contest from Pithapuram in 2014 as well but he did not

The State Bank of India (SBI) told the Supreme Court that a total of 22,217 electoral bonds were purchased by political parties between April 1, 2019 and February 15 this year, out of which 22,030 were redeemed

Aam Aadmi Party convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a joint press conference with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann accused the BJP-led Centre of stalling all his government's good work for Delhiites. AAP is expected to launch a separate Lok Sabha...

Senior Advocate Vivek Tamkha, representing Congress, had requested a 10-day suspension of the order to allow the Indian National Congress (INC) to approach the High Court

With the latest cut in prices on International Women’s Day, the price of an LPG cylinder for the common man has come down to Rs 803, a nearly 30% cut in the price over the last six months. Coming just before the announcement of general elections by the El...

Venugopal joined the BJP in the presence of the senior party leaders, including its Kerala in-charge and former Union minister Prakash Javadekar

Amid the attack over the Vidhana Soudha case, the ruling Congress asked the BJP why no case was registered against the Mandya worker in 2022, when they were in power. The BJP has called it vendetta politics