Politics

Kerala has been witnessing clashes between the cadres of the BJP-RSS and the CPI(M), especially in the northern district of Kannur, for a long time.

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday accused Congress leader Digvijaya Singh of "justifying" terrorism for his remarks that "injustice" to Indian Muslims makes terror outfits attractive to them.

They were pitted as the referendum on Modi government’s demonetisation and a prequel to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Less than 48 hours from now, we will know who won the states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand. Is the heavy turnout...

Colourfully decked-up men and women came out in huge numbers to mark their democratic choice, as over 78 percent votes were cast in the first seven hours of polling for the second and final phase of the Manipur Assembly elections on Wednesday.

Dubbing Prime Minister Narendra Modi today as a 'thug' (con man), Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav today accused him of lying to the people to form his government.

Banarasi, a tea seller, got the surprise of his life on Sunday as Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi dropped by for a cuppa at his stall in this remote area of Uttar Pradesh.

The NCP on Saturday termed the Shiv Sena's demand to allow Opposition leaders and journalists at the cabinet meetings of Maharashtra government as "laughable".

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav is the latest addition to the list of leaders who have asked the electorate to take money from other outfits but cast vote for their respective parties.

Manipur recorded a tentative 84 per cent voter turnout in the first phase of polling for the 60-seat state assembly on Saturday.

The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala on Saturday said it wanted the state police to register a case against former RSS functionary Kundan Chandravat who had announced a Rs 1 crore bounty for beheading Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "electric shock" jibe, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said he had not asked him to touch a wire and would never say anything like that.

In yet another setback to VK Sasikala, who is currently jailed in a corruption case, the Election Commission has rejected the AIAMDK’s response on her elevation as the party general secretary.

Dimple Yadav - SP's Lok Sabha MP from Kannauj and wife of Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav - breaks her silence on Amar Singh and in a exclusive interview to CNN-News 18, said, “Main Ese Logon Ki Batein Sunti Nahi Hoon (I don’t pay heed to such people)”.

The rivalry between the CPM and the RSS in Kerala has always been a murderous one. In October 2016, there were six murders — three of RSS-BJP workers and three of CPM workers — in Kannur after the assembly elections in May in the home district of the Kera...

The Peace Party had been a successful political phenomenon in 2012 UP assembly polls with the party wining 4 seats, out of which Khalilabad and Dumariyaganj were from East UP. Both these 2 seats have already gone for voting in phase 5 polling. While Peac...

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said the government fully supports freedom of expression while criticising those who "abused" DU student Gurmehar Kaur on the social media.