Politics

The 'yatra', to mark the launch of the BJP's electoral campaign for next year's Assembly polls, would criss-cross the state, covering all the 224 Assembly segments.

Electoral politics in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh — as in Uttarakhand —is dominated by the upper caste. And within the upper caste, fault line run deep with the numerically and socially dominant Brahmins and Rajputs vying for a larger share in the...

Sushil Modi was speaking at a function after the release of a book "Nitish Engineering: Reconstructing Bihar".

The Samajwadi Party on Monday released a list of its 55-member national executive, with its chief as Akhilesh Yadav but the names of veterans Mulayam Singh Yadav and Shivpal Singh Yadav were missing from it.

After being sworn into office earlier this year, this would be the maiden visit by CM Yogi Adityanath to the mausoleum of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan - The Taj Mahal.

Rahul has been drawing some traction with his witty tweets and aggressive campaigns but when it comes to realpolitik and building a second rung of leadership he has failed so far.

Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday said the VHS would make efforts for the construction of a grand temple dedicated to Lord Ram's consort Sita at Sitamarhi in north Bihar, believed to be her birthplace.

Vijay Rupani alleged that it was Congress, in fact, that had influenced the commission's declaration of dates for 2012 assembly election to Gujarat assembly.

IUML chief PK Kunhalikutty who vacated the Vengara seat and later won the Malappuram Lok Sabha seat earlier this year said the CPI-M used all its might, but we knew what was going to be the outcome.

R Roshan Baig made the remark in his address to Congress workers of Pulikeshinagar assembly constituency, which has a large Tamil population, in the city three days ago.

The Congress is the incumbent party in these civic elections and is trying to retain control.

Mukul Roy, who will resign later today from Rajya Sabha as TMC MP, has already met finance minister Arun Jaitley and BJP’s Bengal in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya.

The BJP president took up the cudgels against the human rights activists, questioning why they weren’t protesting “political murders” in Kerala. "Their selective protest exposes them. Why don't they carry out a candle march against their fellow Red comrad...

Speaking at a public rally after laying the foundation for Rajkot international airport at Chotila, PM Modi asked the audience if they wanted ‘vikas’ or not and whether they had dreamt they would get an airport.

“The arrogant rulers had to bow down before the might of people....they (the government) had become helpless after feeling the fire burning inside people. After the GST cuts, the government should do something for the common man. Reduce Inflation, fuel pr...

Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao had been given additional charge of the state since September 2016 before Kovind appointed Purohit as Governor of Tamil Nadu.