Politics

Opposition parties are expected to meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday to draw his attention to the logjam in Parliament over the demonetisation issue.

After threatening an earth-shattering disclosure on demonetisation earlier, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he wanted to expose Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal complicity in corruption but "a terrified government" didn't let...

With Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha witnessing uproar over the controversy involving Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, his cabinet colleague M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday rubbished the allegations levelled against him, saying it was part of Congress' "spit and run"...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sanction Rs 1,000 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund to the state for relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction in the wake of the havoc wrought by cycl...

Sniffing a chance because of demonetisation, Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh are inclined towards an alliance with the ruling Samajwadi Party as they feel it will decisively halt BJP and bolster its prospects in the upcoming Assembly polls.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the chaotic conditions post-demonetisation would not end within 50 days and attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he was behaving like a "king" who only knows how to speak and not listen

All India Mahila Congress President said that a lot of 'common people' were put to hardship due to a string of decisions taken by the PM in the course of demonetisation.

The Tamil Nadu Cabinet is likely to hold its first meet under new chief minister O Panneerselvam at the Secretariat on Saturday.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti left a Cabinet meeting midway after a rift with a BJP minister over police service restructure.

Blaming the government for the continued disruption in Parliament, Congress on Thursday said it was willing to consider the ruling party's proposal to break the logjam but accused the treasury benches of failing to come up with any suggestion to ensure sm...

Former state BJP President P.S. Sreedharan Pillai on Thursday said that Modi had on November 8, while announcing the demonetisation programme, said that the people will have to bear hardships for 50 days.

Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu hit out the opposition for observing a 'Black Day' on Thursday to mark one month of demonetisation, saying they are actually observing "Black Money Support Day".

Demonetisation is bringing back “Indian culture” by cutting down on “western-style consumer extravaganza”, and going cashless will help resume “the old practice of spending only on things we need”, leader of an influential RSS-aligned organisation told Ne...

AIADMK will head for a split as J Jayalalithaa's close confidante Sasikala Natarajan will take over the reins of the party and not allow newly-elected Chief Minister O Panneerselvam to function independently,claimed senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy.

Both Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have led the country in embracing economic reforms and aggressively pushed pro-market policies. But results have been quite different for the two. The southern state has performed better than Gujarat in lowering poverty, improv...

Senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "fakir" remark, saying how can someone call himself a hermit if he changes dresses thrice in a day and wear suits worth lakhs of rupees.