Politics

The latest trigger is Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's budget proposal to reduce the Re 1 per kilo rice under Anna Bhagya scheme for the poor by 2 kg and the hike in fuel prices.

Tejashwi, who had served as Kumar's deputy in the previous Grand Alliance government in Bihar, had dismissed the gesture as "nothing but a late courtesy call".

From BJP leaders to opposition Congress and even celebrities, all condemned the language used in the online trolling against Swaraj. Among them is former union minister P Chidambaram, who believes that the trolls are the ‘new pracharaks’, who are ‘mobilis...

The statement comes a day after the home ministry criticised Arvind Kejriwal for insinuating that it advised Anil Baijal to not follow the Supreme Court order.

Over 2 lakh beneficiaries of various central government-run schemes in the state have been extended invitation to interact with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jaipur.

The Congress has alleged that the BJP’s Gujarat leadership is involved in converting black money through ‘hawala’ transactions.

Attacking the BJP government's foreign policy, Rahul Gandhi said despite the contentious and sensitive issue of Doklam on the border, Modi had preferred sitting on a swing with Chinese president, when he visited India.

The issue of appointing a new Kerala BJP chief is likely to dominate discussions during Amit Shah's visit as the post has been vacant since Kummanam Rajasekharan was posted as Mizoram Governor in May.

Patel was elected to the Rajya Sabha last year after beating BJP nominee Balwantsinh Rajput, who had resigned from the Congress to join the BJP.

Once Delhi becomes a 'full state', it would witness spurt in the development work, the AAP chief said, adding his party was fighting for the dignity of Delhi’s voters.

Railway officials, however, said most of these demands are "motivated by political reasons" and "regional considerations cannot override operational requirements of railways".

Taking to Twitter, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala wrote: GST completes 1 Year at 12 O'Clock tonight(Saturday), it remains ‘Grossly Scary Tax' for millions of traders, shopkeepers & businessmen.

Most Kashmiris believe that the manner in which the BJP masterminded the fall of the Mehbooba Mufti-led coalition government had little to do with the situation in the valley.

Addressing a BJP state executive meet, BS Yeddyurappa termed the JD(S)-Congress partnership an "unholy coalition" and the budget scheduled to be presented by it on July 5 as a "minority budget".

Rahul reminded how PM promised to get back black money and put 15 lakh in each account and how even demonetisation was an exercise to that effect.

Speaking to CNN-News18’s Anuradha SenGupta in his first interview after PDP-BJP divorce in Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti’s former advisor said her task of navigating through “male-dominated” Kashmiri politics was always a difficult one.