Politics

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting is being held at Vallabhbhai Patel's national memorial here, with top party leaders, including Manmohan Singh and newly-appointed Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in attendance.

Congress is looking to contest in 17 seats while CPI (M) wants to field candidates in 25 seats. The two parties, however, have been at loggerheads over a few seats including Purulia, Bashirhat and Jalpaiguri.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal leader wrote to 24 political party leaders, including Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Aam Admi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, urging them not to participate in the TV channel debates which he described as "shouting matches".

Empirical evidence over the last 15 years suggests outcome — both in assembly and Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh — may also depend on whether the states votes from West to East or vice-versa.

The general elections will be held in seven phases across India and the final counting of votes will take place on May 23.

It’s not written anywhere in Islam that one has to take rest in air-conditioned rooms while fasting during Ramzan, says BJP’s all-India minority morcha secretary Arshad Alam

It’s a direct contest between the Congress and incumbent CM Naveen Patnaik’s BJD in Odisha.

While BJP and Shiv Sena recently announced a tie-up, leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress held a meeting on Saturday to chalk out the election strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the state.

The Election Commission announced that the general elections will be held in seven phases across India and the final counting of votes will take place on May 23.

The Grand Alliance of RLD, SP and BSP wants to end the communal politics of the BJP in the state especially in western Uttar Pradesh by defeating the BJP, AJit Singh said, urging party workers to restore the brotherhood among communities in Muzaffarnagar.

If the plan works, the fragmented Dalit votes, particularly in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, will help Congress gain foothold in the region.

In 2018-19, the revenue surplus for the state was a meager Rs 265 crore, while revenue deficit surged to Rs 9885 crore when the BJP government presented its supplementary budget in July 2018.

Reacting to the remarks, BJP chief Amit Shah alleged that Rahul Gandhi 'lies habitually' and currently has no credibility in Indian politics.

Attacking previous governments, PM Narendra Modi said, "In the past 70 years no government thought of Baba (Lord Shiva) and were silent. They took care of themselves but not of this place."

The analysis shows that Akhilesh Yadav’s party has the highest income of Rs 47.19 crore, which forms 19.89 percent of the total income of all 37 parties, while the DMK and the TRS have declared a total income of Rs 35.748 crore and Rs 27.27 crore, respect...

By not naming Priyanka in the first list of candidates, the Congress has shown that it is still too early to bring her into active politics and to let her over take over the mantle from her mother.