Politics

Two days ago, the NCP's Mumbai unit chief Sachin Ahir joined the Shiv Sena, a ruling alliance partner.

Barely four days after losing power, the JD(S) legislators were a divided lot over their next course of action. While some JD(S) lawmakers suggested that the party sit in the opposition, others wished that it extends support to the BJP.

Speaking to reporters here, Ambedkar also gave reasons on why his party was not keen to have a tie-up with the Congress or the Nationalist Congress Party for the forthcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls.

Naqvi said that the bill is a constitutional commitment and aims at giving rights to the Muslim women and appealed that all people should support the bill without any pressure.

Whenever the country is in a problem, whenever there is a need for social enlightenment, these prominent personalities come to the fore and inspire people, Banerjee said.

Pointing at the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's aggressive actions, Ram Madhav said the chief minister is leaving people of Andhra Pradesh terrorised.

Though the BJP has been questioning the longevity of the Nath government, this is the first time that a Leader of Opposition has put it on record inside the House.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's bete noire, Bijoy Mohapatra of the BJP is locked in a fight at Patkura with BJD candidate Sabitri Agarwal, the widow of party leader Bed Prakash Agarwal.

BS Yeddyurappa thanked Amit Shah for supporting the BJP state unit in its battle against ‘bad governance of the coalition setup’ in Karnataka.

The bruised Karnataka Congress hit back, calling it a temporary defeat for 'democracy' and blaming the 'anti-democratic RSS/BJP' for orchestrating the government’s collapse.

Mayawati on Sunday had directed Mahesh to vote in favour of the Kumaraswamy government after he had said he would skip the trust vote in the absence of any clear instructions from the high command.

In their letter, whose contents are identical, the disgruntled MLAs, 13 of whom are camping in a Mumbai hotel, said a petition has been filed under Schedule 10 of the Constitution, by the party, seeking their disqualification.

The incident came to light when the maid’s mother came in search of her around 4:30pm on Tuesday. Tirunelveli Police Commissioner has reached the spot and is looking into the case.

DMK's Kanimozhi and Trinamool Congress leader Saugata Roy asked Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to incorporate suggestions offered by their parties in the bill.

Shatrughan Sinha said Priyanka Gandhi will prove to be 'a booster for the Congress party' as she is a truly dedicated leader.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar presented the report card and achievements of the government in the first 50 days in office, saying the country has felt assured that the pace of reforms, welfare and justice to all has increased as...