Politics

Acting Speaker Michael Lobo administered the oath to the MLAs--three from the BJP and one from the Congress.

Modi, who will take oath as the prime minister for the second time on Thursday, described the former president as a 'statesman'.

As many as 10 Rajya Sabha seats will fall vacant in Uttar Pradesh in 2020 and the BJP's huge majority in the state means it can win nine of those.

The decision was taken in a party's political affairs committee meeting, chaired by AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Subhrangshu, Mukul Roy's son and TMC MLA, left from Kolkata along with two other legislators. The three leaders are likely to join BJP.

Rathore's funeral will take place on Tuesday at his ancestral village Kelwa in Rajsamand district.

Gautam Gambhir's comments however did not go down well among a few of his partymen in Delhi who said the words of the cricketer-turned-politician may be used against the BJP by the opposition parties.

Six MLAs have declared cases related to crime against women such as assault or criminal force against women with intent to outrage her modesty, word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of women.

The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party swept the December 2018 assembly polls by winning 88 of 119 seats. Many exit polls had predicted that it would also do well in the Lok Sabha polls and could win 13-16 seats.

Congress leader Atanasio Monserratte on Thursday won the Panaji bypoll, necessitated due to the death of sitting MLA Manohar Parrikar in March.

Confirming the development, Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and legislative council deputy chairman Haroon Rashid said letters to this effect have been forwarded by two RLSP MLAs-- Lalan Paswan and Sudhanshu Shekhar-- and MLC Sanjiv Singh Shyam on...

Buoyed by his party's performance in the Lok Sabha election, the Dravidian party chief for the first time said his party would take the initiative to oppose the BJP -albeit without naming it explicitly- in other states by working with outfits in those reg...

Amit Shah said when Modi became the Prime Minister for the first time in 2014, ordinary citizens were filled with hope that a person from a modest background could be elected to the highest office.

Claiming that his regime has corresponded with hate crimes against Muslims, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar took to Twitter asking the United States to stand for religious freedom in India.

The ruling BJP had already opened its account in the assembly polls by winning three seats unopposed.

Farooq Abdullah said the prime minister should make efforts to unite the people of the country instead of dividing them.