Politics

The polls were marred by cross-voting from both the sides, which led to the defeat of BSP candidate Bhim Rao Ambedkar in the prestigious battle of ballots, touted as a test for the new-found bonhomie between the parties headed by Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawa...

BSP MLA from Mau, Mukhtar Ansari, has spent the last decade in jail for his alleged involvement in the Mau riots and for killing BJP MLA Krishnanad Rai. SP’s Hari Om Yadav had surrendered before a court after a warrant was issued against him for his alleg...

Murthy, 52, is the co-founder of Seedfund and the founder and chief executive officer of Pinstorm Technologies Private Limited, a pay-for-performance digital brand management firm.

At a meeting with the floor leaders of various parties in his chamber on Tuesday, the RS Chairman conveyed anguish over the ongoing stalemate in the House and informed them of his decision to cancel the dinner.

The opposition Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had given a notice of no-confidence against the speaker on March 5, alleging that he was biased in conducting proceedings of the House.

Preeti Raghuwanshi, a native of Udaypura tehsil in Raisen, committed suicide by consuming poison. Her family has alleged that PWD minister Rampal Singh’s son Girijesh had married the girl secretly at Arya Samaj Mandir in Bhopal. She allegedly took the ext...

Addressing AAP workers in the city, Satyendar Jain said the Delhi government has done several remarkable works like creating 7,000 classrooms, opening Mohalla clinics, starting door to door ration scheme, free medical scheme among others.

The tweet was allegedly targeted at PWD Minister H C Mahadevappa, a trusted aide of Siddaramaiah.

Congress President likened BJP to the arrogant Kauravas in the Mahabharat and said his party, like Pandavas, is designed to fight for the truth while BJP is designed to fight for power.

Admitting that there was an "environment of mistrust" between India and Maldives caused by a host of issues in recent years, the envoy said, "lack of engagement" was responsible for the current state of affairs, but asserted that the two countries should...

Rao, popularly known as KCR, had recently said a non-Congress and non-BJP front should be formed in the country, as he called for a qualitative change in politics and had also announced that he was ready to take on the mantle of leading a political front.

Rautela has now been made the new divisional commissioner of Devipatan division, while K Vijyendra Pandiyan was made the new Gorakhpur DM.

The tenure of the 16th Lok Sabha formally ends next year in May 2019 but there is a growing belief that the elections could be held sooner along with assembly elections of a few states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

A back of the envelope analysis of the 2017 UP Assembly polls shows that the SP or the BSP would have retained many seats if the Congress would not have been in an alliance with the Samajwadi Party.

Out of nearly 19.5 lakh voters in Gorakhpur, the biggest caste chunk is those of the Nishads and Mallahs, whose population is around 4.5 lakh, or nearly 23 per cent of the voters.

Chandrababu Naidu has directed MPs to explain to everyone about the state of affairs in the Parliament and continue the fight till demands are fulfilled and justice is delivered.