Politics

Speaking at the release of a Marathi book, "Gof", penned by Sena's Rajya Sabha MP and 'Saamana' executive editor Sanjay Raut, Uddhav Thackeray said his father (late Bal Thackeray) had taught him to speak his mind.

The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Singh said he received complaints of pending MGNREGS payments in tribal-dominated districts to the tune of Rs 450 crore.

The state Congress had earlier decided against giving him the ticket after his son generated negative publicity with the alleged assault on a youth at a high-end pub in Bengaluru two months ago.

The day began with Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde alleging a plot to kill him. Hours later, a tiny detail forced a rethink.

BJP has been criticising the Siddaramaiah government's move for granting "religious minority" tag to Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats ahead of the polls as an attempt to divide the Hindu community.

Launching an attack on the BJP, Congress leader P Chidambaram said all children are perfectly legitimate and wanted to know what was BJP's stand on the issue.

A bench headed by Justice A.K. Sikri rejected the plea filed by the probe agency and Seema Singh, the mother of Sara Singh, against the release of the 35-year-old sitting MLA from Nautanwa.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) immediately hit back at the Centre, claiming that its appointees were being unfairly targeted.

Addressing a farmers' convention in Shajapur, Chouhan said, "The currency worth Rs 15,00,000 crore was in circulation before demonetisation. After this exercise, the currency in circulation increased to Rs 16,50,000 crore. But notes of Rs 2,000 are missin...

Karnataka Congress working president Dinesh Gundu Rao made the remarks at a candle march in Bengaluru to show solidarity with the victims of rape in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao and Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua.

The Gowda clan has made elaborate plans to give a tough fight to Siddaramaiah, their one-time blue-eyed boy, in Karnataka Assembly elections 2018.

Togiadia levelled counter allegations denying "false charges which show a political hand in getting bouncers to hurt VHP karyakartas and defame me”.

The election on April 14 in Gurugram will seek to end what was left incomplete on December 29 last year when VHP members met in Bhubaneswar to elect the international president but the unusual situation of two contenders emerged.

Sundara Devinagara was welcomed to the BJP at a function in the morning by U Rajesh Naik, who is to contest from Bantwal constituency against state Forests Minister B Ramanath Rai.

Lok Jan Shakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan also announced that he will contest from Hajipur seat while his son Chirag Paswan will re-contest from Jamui seat in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Kejriwal demanded that transfers and postings of officers should be handed to the Delhi government, saying vigilance powers can only be exercised by an elected government.