Politics

Chandrapal, a close aide of rape accused SP MLA and UP Minister Gayatri Prajapati, surrendered to Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday.

Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav on Sunday alleged that Delhi College of Arts and Commerce (DCAC) has "postponed" an event on dissent that he was to address.

Hundreds of thousands of voters came out to cast ballots in the penultimate phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, registering 40 percent voting in six hours, with the highest polling seen in Kushinagar, Mau and Maharajganj constituencies.

The BJP stands for "Bahut Jhoot Paathshala"and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was its principal, as he failed to deliver on the promises he made to the people, the Congress said on Friday.

Arun Jaitley, at a press conference in Varanasi, said the debate was not started by the BJP government but the party will participate whenever there is a discussion on nationalism.

The often violent political battle between ruling CPM and RSS in Kerala took an ugly turn on Thursday when in faraway Ujjain a Sangh leader offered Rs 1 crore to anyone who beheads Marxist leader and state chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Katiyar was reacting to Uma Bharti's statement admitting that it was mistake on the part of the BJP if they were not giving a single ticket to Muslims in the ongoing UP Assembly polls.

Prominent contestants in this phase include controversial minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati (SP), who will be facing Amita Singh (Congress) and Garima Singh (BJP) in Amethi, the Lok Sabha constituency of Rahul Gandhi.

In the latest addition to the growing list of acronyms in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, SP MP from Kannauj Dimple Yadav on Sunday redefined 'Kasab' - the abbreviation coined by BJP chief Amit Shah.

The Congress on Saturday said the party would not support the Shiv Sena to capture power at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) or for installing its Mayor.

With no party securing clear mandate in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections, Shiv Sena, the single largest party, on Saturday expressed confidence that it would still bag the Mayor's post.

Prime minister Narendra Modi is set to address a election rally in Manipur's Imphal West district on Saturday.

Stung by repeated barbs by BJP leaders at former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the voice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "feebler even than that of a mouse".

BJP president Amit Shah on Friday pilloried Congress leader Rahul Gandhi quoting former Delhi chief minister Shiela Dikshit's statement that he "is still not mature and needs some time".

Among crorepati candidates party-wise, 43 out of 51 are from BSP, 38 of 51 from BJP, 32 of 42 from SP, 7 of 14 from INC, 9 of 30 from RLD and 14 of 220 Independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs 1 crore, the report released today by De...

Fourteen months to go for elections, and these are the questions plaguing Karnataka politics, with both the major national parties accusing the other of facilitating 'pay-offs' to their respective high commands.