Politics

Defending his minister, the Congress chief minister alleged that the FIR was politically motivated and accused the BJP of politicizing the issue.

The case dates back to April 19, 2009 when Sanjay Dutt was campaigning for the Samajwadi Party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

The warrant was issued for not attending court proceedings, news agency IANS reported. A case was registered against Hardik Patel, leader of the Patidar quota stir, and 17 others in 2015 for ransacking the office of a BJP Legislator, Rushikesh Patel, duri...

CEC Achal Kumar Joti said that the poll schedule in Gujarat will planned in such a way that “the outcome of the (Himachal Pradesh) result should not affect the voting in Gujarat”.

Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam told reporters in Mumbai that the Maharashtra government has failed to enforce the Street Vendors Act, which seeks to protect hawkers.

The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, promulgated on September 7, also seeks to bar the media from reporting on accusations till the sanction to proceed with the probe is obtained.

Party spokesperson, Rajendra Chaudhary on Monday said that the SP had appointed leaders to respective regions of the state and those looking at districts like Kangra have already started their groundwork.

Accusing the opposition party of pursuing "negative politics", PM Narendra Modi on Monday dared the Congress to fight the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls on the development plank.

The BJP's reaction came after Sangeet Som, its MLA from Uttar Pradesh, questioned the Taj Mahal's place in history and said the presence of Mughals in India's history is "unfortunate".

Media and people are free to draw their own conclusions, Nitish Kumar told reporters after his weekly Lok Samvad programme during which he interacts with public.

Sharad Yadav said, "The DU elections are a reaction to the challenges faced in the country. You (NSUI) won because the situation in the country has changed."

With this, Shiv Sena's strength in the BMC, the country's richest municipal body, has increased to 90, eight more than that of BJP, a senior Sena leader said.

Manmohan Singh's comments at the launch of Pranab Mukherjee's book--'The coalition years'-- in the presence of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her deputy Rahul Gandhi left the audience in splits.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala took to Twitter to claim a conspiracy after the Election Commission, which was scheduled to announce the dates for Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat Assembly polls, only announced the dates for Himachal.

Trying to do damage control at the last moment, Patna University vice-chancellor Ras Bihari Singh extended invitation to Lalu Prasad Yadav, Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha on Friday.

Denting the BJP's bid to wrest power, the Congress was successful in limiting the saffron party's tally to six in the elections to the Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation (NWMC).