Politics

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday reacted sharply to National Conference President Farooq Abdullah's pledge to support "freedom" movement of Kashmir, accusing the opposition party of masterminding the recent unrest in the valley.

KPCC president V M Sudheeran on Saturday said people from all walks of life were suffering due to the withdrawing of high denomination currencies of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500.

The central government and the army rubbished the allegations, saying too much was being read into a routine exercise.

Pointing to the Rs 6,000 crore loan of Vijay Mallya being written off, Kejriwal asked the audience, ‘ Kitne log mante hai ki Modi ji beimaan hai, zara haath khade karo?’ to which the people responded by raising their hand in unison.

Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Wednesday appointed Manoj Tiwari as the Delhi unit chief, an official statement said.

The Congress leader said Modi first brought out a fair and lovely scheme from June 1 to September 30, 2016 and then announced the 'Tughlaqi decision of demonetisation'.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to set up an independent panel to probe the bank details of the last five years of all political parties and their MPs and MLAs.

The CPI-M on Tuesday hailed the "lakhs of people" for taking to the streets a day earlier against demonetisation but clarified that there never was a Bharat Bandh on Monday.

In the last elections, BJP tally was 298, Sena 264, Congress 771 and NCP 916

BSP chief Mayawati on Monday accused the BJP of doing a "Bharat Bandh" by demonetising higher currency and said the opposition was not divided over the issue.

There is no truth in reports that I am trying to get close to the BJP said Nitish Kumar.

Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Friday sprang a surprise by announcing that a Dalit will be the deputy chief minister of Punjab if his party comes to power in the state.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was here to lay the foundation stone for an AIIMS, to extend a helping hand to food growers in "this hour of agrarian crisis".

"The main issue is that the Prime Minister doesn't come to the Lok Sabha for discussion. The moment he comes to Lok Sabha, doodh ka doodh, paani ka paani ho jayega (everything will be clear).

AAP has supported "special category status" for Goa and promised to pursue the issue with the Centre if it wins the upcoming Assembly polls, days after Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar ruled out such a possibility.

Supreme Court reserves order in plea challenging bail to rape accused MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav.