Politics

Three years ago, Sushma Swaraj and Nirmala Sitharaman, as leader of opposition and party spokesperson respectively, had a bit of a spat on Twitter, throwing into disarray the BJP’s message of ‘party unity’ and put forth questions whether everything was we...

Bimal Gurung softened his stand on Saturday after the West Bengal CID allegedly shot dead GJM activist Dawa Bhutia and arrested close aides of Gurung from Namchi area in South Sikkim on Friday.

Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, RJD leader and former deputy chief minister, alleged in a press conference that Sushil Modi purchased one flat in Ghaziabad for Rs 14.49 lakh in June 2006 by giving power of attorney to his brother Raj Kumar Modi.

The Patna High Court had on Thursday dismissed an appeal by controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin against the life sentence awarded to him by a Siwan court in an acid attack case which took place 13 years ago.

The two merged factions of the AIADMK passed four resolutions and declared all appointments made by Dinakaran as null and void. It was also decided in the meeting to take legal recourse to retrieve the party’s mouthpiece Jaya TV from the Sasikala camp.

Sidelined AIADMK Deputy General Secretary T T V Dinakaran on Saturday said all ministers and the chief minister had wanted V K Sasikala to take over the reins, but have now turned against her.

"We are duty-bound to conduct trial in expeditious manner. The single judge cannot be faulted for ensuring speedy trial," the bench said, adding that this applied to every matter being filed in the court.

Justice Indermeet Kaur issued notice to the EC and sought its reply on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs' petitions contending that after the high court ruled that their appointments were unconstitutional and set them aside, there was no need for the poll pa...

Deepa said she has the "moral and legal rights" to stake claim to the Poes Garden property and termed the announcement by the chief minister a "drama" while alleging that there was some motive behind it.

The 'sabha virasat bachao sammelan' in Delhi's Constitution Club is being seen as a show of strength by the Sharad Yadav-group in its fight against Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to wrest control of the party.

Vaiko said he will mobilise the "youth, the general public" against initiatives which will "desertify" the fertile Cauvery Delta region of Tamil Nadu.

When Subhash Barala was appointed state BJP chief, the move surprised many. He was, after all, a first-time MLA. He had contested and lost the state Assembly election twice, before finally winning in 2014.

A letter to this effect was served to Arun Shrivastav by JD(U) secretary general K C Tyagi.

The day is expected to be another stormy affair as the opposition are set to attack the government majorly on the Chandigarh stalking issue where Haryana BJP president Subhash Barala’s son Vikas and his friend stalked, chased a girl couple of days back.

As things stand today, this how numbers work out – 176 divided by 4, which equals to 44, adding one more to take it over the half-way mark – the number which a candidate requires to be elected to the Rajya Sabha sits at 45.

All the 44 Gujarat MLAs together landed at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International airport. Police personnel then escorted them to a private bus which left for Neejanand resort on Borsad-Anand highway.