Politics

In the 2013 state elections, the BJP won 163 of the 200 assembly seats—its highest ever poll victory in Rajasthan. But the exit polls on Friday predicted a win for the Congress.

That’s because on over 30 seats rebel candidates – those who were hopeful of a party ticket but didn’t get it and went on to fight polls independently – could end up disturbing poll arithmetic of the two parties.

A truism often mentioned in context of MP elections is that whoever goes on to win the Malwa-Nimar region, with 66 out of 230 seats, goes on to win the state. But the more interesting bit about this region is that it always votes decisively in favour of o...

In a series of tweets, Chidambaram said it was former Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian, who first broke his silence by terming demonetisation a 'massive monetary shock'.

After the state was formed in 2013, the TRS had won with a simple majority holding onto 63 seats while the Congress only got 21.

The chief minister said that Yadav had not only hurt her with his sexist and misogynistic comments, but insulted all women.

A three-minute video that surfaced on Wednesday showed Sumit, 20, pelting stones before getting shot in the chest.

A leader said on condition of anonymity that Kushwaha is also likely to put in his papers as Union minister.

Taking on the Congress at a press conference in Rajasthan, Amit Shah said the party was involved in negative politics, promoting casteism and appeasement.

The statement comes after Congress working president Revanth Reddy was taken into preventive custody for reportedly threatening to disrupt Rao's election rally on Tuesday.

In an indirect but obvious reference to Nehru, Modi said the leader who wore a rose knew about gardens but not farmers or farming.

While Rao in his campaign meetings had been accusing Naidu of having claimed to have built Hyderabad, the latter has clarified that he only said he had put the Telangana capital on the world map and that Cyberabad was his brain child.

Referring to a report carried by the Indian Express newspaper on its front page, Shah alleged that the Nehru-Gandhi family's son-in-law had received commissions.

The Kerala CM said the state has to pay Rs 290 crore to the Centre towards the rations received and rescue assistance provided during the floods.

The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party seem to have worked out a formula for an alliance in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, throwing a formidable challenge to the BJP.

In the book, BJP MP Varun Gandhi says the UPA-era MNREGA is "principally a good scheme".