Politics

Gandhi on Friday alleged that Dassault Aviation, the makers of Rafale jets, paid Rs 284 crore to Reliance Defence as the 'first installment of kickbacks' and claimed Prime Minster Narendra Modi was having "sleepless nights" fearing action if a probe was c...

BJP, which is going it alone in the December 7 elections to the 119-member assembly, has earlier released its first list of 38 nominees on October 20.

He said the demand for an ordinance was a trial balloon and the government is letting its followers "test the water".

Addressing a function at the district congress committee office here, the Congress leader said there was no such gigantic statue for Mahatma Gandhi in the country.

The idea is to keep the party’s vote bank intact by reminding people of the schemes floated under four years of KCR’s rule, and to ask voters for their support this time too. With over 400 schemes and about 1.5 crore beneficiaries, the ruling party has be...

"Let me tell you one thing. SAD has given me an opportunity to serve. If they will say you leave and let someone else take over, I am ready," Badal said.

The Lok Janshakti Party leader's son Chirag Paswan said rigorous campaigning may take a toll on his father's health and it's better for him to be in the Rajya Sabha.

Claiming that democracy was on the verge of becoming 'non-existent' due to family politics, the transport minister said that earlier Prime Minister gave birth to a Prime Minister, Chief Minister gave birth to a Chief Minister, but BJP changed this.

The minister was responding to a question on former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti staying mum on the death of Sepoy Rajendra Singh, who passed away after sustaining injuries during stone-pelting by a group of youths.

Asking the debarred MLAs and other Dhinakaran loyalists who moved away from AIADMK to revert to the parent party, the top leadership asked them to "understand the reality" of the Madras High Court judgement that upheld their disqualification.

The Madras High Court on Thursday upheld the June 14 order of the then Chief Justice disqualifying 18 rebel AIADMK legislators, in a huge relief to the EK Palaniswami government.

In the event of there being no clear verdict in the floor test then the House will have to be dissolved and that could mean an early Assembly election in the state, along with the Lok Sabha elections in 2019.

Sharad Pawar said his mother Shardabai carried him in a state transport bus to Pune to cast her vote when he was just four days old.

During his Bihar sojourn, Kanhaiya has already been booked on three accounts — intimidating doctors at AIIMS, Patna, inciting riots, and hurting religious sentiments of Hindus in his speech.

The RSS chief has made this demand at a time when a substantial chunk of influential Hindu priests in and around Ayodhya have put the government on notice on Ram Temple issue.

The Congress is seeking to oust the Raman Singh government in the state. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is yet to come out with the list of its candidates.