Politics

The Union home ministry has already sought action against the Kolkata police chief for alleged indiscipline and violation of service rules.

According to reports, a woman, who was divorced twice by her husband in Bareilly, was forced to undergo Nikah Halala as per the Islamic law.

The Karnataka Congress says it will invoke the anti-defection law against four rebel MLAs who skipped HD Kumaraswamy’s budget speech despite a whip.

If people make casteist comments against Mayawati on Twitter, a case can be registered against them under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Modi, while addressing a rally in Durgapur last week, had branded the Mamata Banerjee government as 'extortionist' which was run by a 'corrupt syndicate', and called for its ouster.

Om Prakash Rajbhar, who is a coalition partner in the BJP government in the state, has been threatening to pull out if his demand of implementing sub-quota for OBCs was not implemented ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

While, the BJP leaders decried the state administration's action, Banerjee dismissed the charge and instead put the blame on them for seeking permission from respective district adminstration.

Congress leaders, however, did not rule out the possibility of the leader contesting the election as an Independent candidate with the party's outside support.

As chief minister of united Andhra Pradesh, Naidu had introduced several reforms in information technology and focused on industrial growth. However, there were allegations that he ignored the farming sector.

P Sudhakar Reddy said he pointed out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also contested from two seats in the 2014 general elections.

Opposition leaders from across the country expressed support for Banerjee who began her sit-in protest in Kolkata on Sunday night over the CBI's attempt to question the city police chief in connection with chit fund scams.

Speaking on the menace of trolling on social media platforms, the actor-turned-politician said she had been trolled by celebrated journalists and politicians and not just by anonymous netizens.

Amit Shah said that the Odisha CM had not implemented Ayushman Bharat Yojana in the state as he fears that it will increase PM Modi's popularity.

The UP chief minister who was scheduled to address the "Ganatantra Bachao Rally" at Balurghat in South Dinajpur district on Sunday could not attend the rally after permission was denied for his chopper to land near the venue.

Questioning where the money for the announced sops would come from, Banerjee maintained that the Modi government had no moral authority to place a budget for the next five years.

The electoral compulsions mean that major economic reforms, such as tax cuts for bigger companies and plans to bring down the budget deficit, could be put on hold at least until after the election.