Politics

Former Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav passed away on Tuesday at a hospital in Lucknow after prolonged illness. Yadav (90) breathed his last at PGI Lucknow this morning, an official said in Bhopal.

Congress on Tuesday tried to corner the BJP government in the Chhattisgarh Assembly over the deaths of 13 women after sterilisation surgeries in the Bilaspur district in 2014, alleging that no action has not been taken against guilty officials.

Punjab Congress President Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday said there was "nothing unusual" in the possibility of giving tickets to turncoats as it was a common practice in all parties, and even Congress has done it on earlier occasions.

With frustration over the cash crunch mounting, Parliament looks set to witness a firestorm of protest on the issue of demonetisation when it meets for the winter session tomorrow, with a joint opposition having readied itself to put the government on the...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav flagged off the India-Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Motor Car Rally on Tuesday

"So, what I suspect is, whether she herself had released the statement or if it was someone else from behind the screen," Stalin told reporters.

The Shiv Sena has written to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asking him to stop treating every citizen like a "criminal" in the wake of the demonetization of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.

Renewing her attack on Modi government for demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday demanded withdrawal of this "black" political decision saying it is against the common people.

Stepping up its protest against the TRS government's move to construct a new Secretariat by demolishing the existing buildings, Telangana Congress unit on Thursday held a protest outside the state administrative headquarters.

It is "utterly shameful" that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo was being used by private online payment firm Paytm, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday.

Congress on Tuesday took strong exception to Home Minister Rajnath Singh's reported "maa ka doodh piya hai" remark at a poll rally in Uttar Pradesh and said it is sad that the one responsible for national security is using "pathetic and provocative" langu...

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday dismissed Congress' role in the national freedom struggle, saying the country got freedom due to the sacrifices by fighters.

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Monday chaired the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting as party president Sonia Gandhi skipped the session reportedly due to poor health conditions.

In October 1992 when Mulayam Singh Yadav decided to break away from Chandrasekhar's Samajwadi Janata Party to launch his own political outfit, even his closest aides were far from convinced. It took some persuasion to bring even Beni Verma, the powerful K...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was on Wednesday stopped at the Lady Hardinge hospital where dead ex-serviceman Subedar Ram Kishan Grewal's post-mortem is being conducted after Delhi Police detained Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Deputy CM...

Samajwadi Party, which was initially part of Bihar's grand alliance, had walked out of it after it was offered only a handful of seats to contest the assembly elections there.