Politics

After CNN-News18’s Investigations Editor Manoj Gupta made contact with Dawood, the voice samples were run past several sources who have been tracking the fugitive Mumbai underworld don for several years. They have all confirmed that this voice indeed belo...

It was not just the public and fans, but religious seers from many mutts visited Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar at his home to express solidarity — a rare occurrence given that it is usually the netas who visit mutts to seek blessings.

Congress leader Ahmed Patel early on Wednesday managed to pull of a dramatic victory in Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections. CNN-News18's Marya Shakil spoke to veteran Congress leader Kamal Nath about Ahmed Patel's victory, the drama that preceded it and what i...

Ahmed Patel, the political secretary of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, also accused the ruling BJP of "intimidating and torturing" Congress MLAs and their families to "trigger more defections".

In the August 8 polls, the BJP has fielded its president Amit Shah and Union minister Smriti Irani on two seats, and Congress defector Balwantsinh Rajput on the third against Ahmed Patel. Patel requires 45 votes to win the election.

Will Prashant Kishor spring a surprise against all odds or will he quietly fade away lamenting that it is the politicians who failed him and not the people?

There is set to be renewed tensions as the Income Tax department raids on Karnataka Power Minister DK Shivakumar’s properties including the Eagleton Golf Resort, where Gujarat Congress MLAs are lodged.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that she would do everything for the development of Darjeeling but not anything which may lead to a riot or create disturbance among the people.

CNN-News18 had reported last week that former JD(U) Sharad Yadav was unhappy with Nitish Kumar’s decision to quit the Mahagathbandhan with the RJD and the Congress, and return to the NDA.

Now that Mahagathbandhan is history, close aides of Nitish Kumar opened up and shared the behind-the-scenes story.

Sources said Nawab and Singh are likely to join the BJP in the presence of Amit Shah, dealing a blow to the Samajwadi Party whose numbers will now go down in the Legislative Council.

The 'strategy' by political parties to move their leaders into resorts so that no one else can reach out to influence them is age-old. Recently though, all major national parties have tried the move to varying degrees of success.

MLA Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu said the 10 NPF legislators with Shurhozelie Liezietsu had challenged the decision of the Nagaland Speaker in recognising T R Zeliang as the whip on July 18 and 20 before the two Assembly sittings were held for the floor test.

Hundreds watched as AIAMDK minister Udumalai Radhakrishnan and Deputy Speaker Pollachi Jayaraman fought in public to occupy the chair next to Chief Minister E Palaniswami at a public event in Tiruppur.

Clearly, Mayawati is in crisis. It is a crisis of language. She is talking in the old middle class NGO language, which is not going to resonate with the larger section of Dalit community.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari promises that show cause notices would be sent to a TV channel and some newspapers over airing expunged remarks.