Politics

Referring Gandhi's demand that Prime Minister Narendra Modi be present in Parliament during the debate, he said as somebody coming from a family whose members have been in power for 50 years he should know how government is run.

The Lok Sabha panel probing AAP MP Bhagwant Mann's Parliament House videography issue will submit its report in a week's time.

Nirupam said that as of now, around Rs 5 lakh crore had been deposited in banks but people had been able to withdraw barely 25 per cent of that amount, creating a panic situation.

The results of bypolls held on four parliamentary seats and 10 Assembly constituencies will be declared on Tuesday, giving a measure of the BJP’s popularity in the aftermath of the demonetisation move by the Modi government.

Upping the ante against demonetisation, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday exhorted people to "change" the Prime Minister instead of defunct notes, saying those supporting the exercise were against the country, even as AAP announced a march to Parli...

Rejecting reports that normalcy is returning to strife-hit Valley, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said dialogue with all stakeholders including Hurriyat is the only way to resolve the impasse.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was attacking any one who opposes his policy, retorting to his charge that political leaders behind multi-crore chit fund scams are attacking him over demonetisation.

In a surprise move, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who completes six months in office next week, on Sunday inducted trade union leader M.M. Moni into the cabinet as the Electricity Minister.

"This is a strike not on black money but on legal tender of India, its currency.

Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said that by creating a ruckus in Parliament, the Congress was trying to wriggle out of the discussion over demonetisation.

The Congress in Goa on Wednesday demanded an apology from Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar for what the party spokesperson Jitendra Deshprabhu said was "spineless prostration" before Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Flaying the Centre for the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that "it was based on one person's thinking and could turn out be a mega scam".

Hitting out strongly at the Centre over its "unplanned" and "inhuman" demonetisation move, Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that the step would backfire on the Modi government.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday projected herself as spearhead for a third front by giving call for a joint march by all Opposition political parties here on Tuesday to protest against the Centre’s demonetisation of Rs 500 and 1000 no...

Addressing a press conference in Mulayam Singh's home turf, Etawah, a teary-eyed Ramgopal pleaded innocent and alleged that Shivpal Yadav is distributing party tickets in a whimsical manner in Uttar Pradesh.

Dubbing the demonetisation move as another "jumla" (gimmick) for political reasons, Congress on Saturday demanded that BJP make public all its expenses in upcoming polls in UP, Punjab and other states if it was serious about eliminating black money and co...