Politics

As cooperative banks in Tamil Nadu come under the I-T scrutiny amid reports about deposits of a large amount of demonetised notes, DMK and PMK on Sunday demanded that the state government orders an inquiry and protect the integrity of the institutions.

Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Sunday said benefits of the Government-backed schemes have touched every household in the State, which he claimed has happened for the first time under any administration.

"In fact Kejriwal government which is beset with a authoritarian Tughlaqi approach has repeatedly threatened staff raising their bonafide demand," the BJP leader who also holds the northeast constituency of Delhi, said.

Delhi Congress leaders and workers on Saturday staged a protest march at Jantar Mantar against alleged "reverse migration" of unorganised sector workers hit by demonetisation and also sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reply on allegations of party lea...

Addressing a rally in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamsala, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the poor economic condition of the farmers in the state.

Shortly after convincing his party on the need for an alliance with Congress and the Rashtriya Lok Dal in the Uttar Pradesh polls, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has gone ahead with the next item on his agenda - stamp his mark on ticket distribution.

Union Minister Manoj Sinha was injured in a road mishap while he was on his way from Barabanki to Gorakhpur, police said.

Antony, also a former chief Minister of the state, said he and Karunakaran had reached agreements on several party issues even though they had differences.

Congress released a list of another 16 candidates for the upcoming Punjab assembly polls, dropping two of its sitting MLAs and renominating six others and bringing in four fresh faces.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the Centre for harassing bureaucrats and questioned why they are not conducting raids at BJP President Amit Shah’s house for ‘collecting money’.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for openly "advertising" Paytm, which is jointly owned by a Chinese company.

Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Monday ducked questions on whether he would pave the way for Sasikala Natarajan to become the chief minister of Tamil Nadu.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the Modi government did not understand the hardship faced by the people who were made "fakir" after demonetisation.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has said that his mother and party president Sonia Gandhi preferred Goa over Delhi, as she felt that there was "no pollution" in the state and the people were "very good".

Needling BJP over the washed out winter session of Parliament, ally Shiv Sena on Saturday asked the ruling partner to take cognisance of its party patriarch L K Advani's "tears" and called for a special session to discuss the demonetisation issue.

Nearly a dozen members of the Congress and TDP were suspended on Saturday from the Telangana Legislative Assembly over their demand for debate on defection of Opposition MLAs into ruling TRS.