Politics

Mob lynchings were unheard of in the past, but now such incidents are occurring frequently, Sharad Pawar said, addressing an event organised by his party's minority cell here.

After being appointed as the new party chief in Rajasthan, Satish Poonia, a Jat leader, said that taking all castes and communities along will be his priority.

Amit Shah appealed the people to use Hindi more often, and contribute in fulfilling the dream of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel of 'one nation, one language'

The JD(U), it seems, wants the BJP to settle the leadership issue for Bihar polls as soon as possible and announce in no uncertain terms that Nitish Kumar will lead the alliance in November 2020.

Party workers said the marriage at 'Amma's'(Jayalalithaa) mausoleum gave them the satisfaction of the wedding being blessed by the late leader.

In 1984, Big B took a break from acting to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Allahabad, which he won. However, following allegations in the Bofors scandal, he resigned and vowed to never enter politics again.

Former Maharashtra minister Kripashanker Singh siad that he will reveal his political stand at an 'appropriate time' and added that he is not joining the BJP.

AAP leader Sanjay Singh said that not a single BJP leader came out to take part in the initiative to make Delhi dengue free while Kejriwal had joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachch Bharat campaign.

The development comes at a time when there are indications in political circles here that Scindia is eyeing the post of MPCC president, a position currently held by Chief Minister Kamal Nath who wants his man for the top organisational job.

Shashi Tharoor had recently sparked a row after he spoke out in favour of his party colleague Jairam Ramesh, who had publicly declared that it is wrong to 'demonise Modi'.

The three told the Commission that they are old parties and have played a key role in national politics. Hence, their status should not be based on recent electoral performance only.

Zoramthanga said he has full faith in the present dispensation at the Centre and he believes that it will not take a decision that will adversely affect the interests of the region.

The Congress warned that if BJP continues the 'path of negligence and deceit', the country will head towards recession.

Strange as it may sound, five years after it was declared as the capital of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati city is yet to be formally notified. The city remains a cluster of 25 revenue villages even as dark clouds loom over the city’s development.

The State Backward Classes Welfare Department launched several initiatives for the redressal of grievances of the people belonging to the backward communities of the state.

TMC MP from Krishnanagar Mahua Moitra said she had never requested BJP leader Dilip Ghosh to meet her party's MLA, actor-turned-politician Debashree Roy, adding that the saffron party leader's claim was politically motivated.