Politics

The RJD leader said BJP's reverse countdown has begun and soon 'the party will vanish from UP and Bihar'.

BJP leaders said an effective opposition in the state assembly will strengthen the Bharatiya Janata Party's prospects in the parliamentary elections.

The measures are likely to be a drain on finances in Asia's third-biggest economy, where Modi government is trying to stick to a decade-low fiscal deficit target of 3.3 percent of the gross domestic product.

A day before the formal alliance announcement, RLD supremo Ajit Singh had said that he is likely to contest from his stronghold Baghpat and his son Jayant Chaudhary will once again contest from Mathura.

Mayawati said SP-BSP alliance would give Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah sleepless nights.

Mayawati-Akhilesh Alliance LIVE: Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati announced their tie-up for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on Saturday.

Defending former PM Manmohan Singh, whose tenure forms the backdrop of the controversial movie, the Trinamool Congress chief said she was waiting for the release of ‘Disaster Prime Minister’, an apparent reference to Modi.

The Congress President is in the UAE on a maiden visit and addressed the India diaspora in Dubai's Jabel Ali labour colony.

The LJP chief said RJD will 'not be able to open its account in Bihar' as many of the party's leaders belong to upper castes and would find it difficult to woo voters from their community.

In a caste-ridden polity, reserved seats are the only ones where voting in general tends to be on party lines as the caste of the candidate stands neutralised.

Former CM Tarun Gogoi claimed that even in the Assam Accord those illegally entering Assam after midnight March 24, 1971 would be detected as foreigners. Aliens are not to be identified on the basis of religion.

A separate committee for the public outreach campaign will be formed in both the constituencies which will work parallel to the block level committees.

In an exclusive interview to CNN-News18, Sitharaman questioned why the Congress-led UPA government had been unable to finalise deal for the fighter jets, saying one should pose the same question to Rahul Gandhi.

Hitting back at the BJP, the Sena said the 'people of the country had already started showing them the way with the results of five state polls'.

The BJP leader has been an MLA from Goshamahal, Hyderabad--constituency from the older part of the city which is communally sensitive.

Tharoor said the BJP must realise that when even "your friends are unhappy with you, the rest of the country will be even more negative about your performance".