Politics

Rahul Gandhi's visit to the Shams-e-alam mosque in Raichur district is a departure from his pre-election strategy in Gujarat during which he abstained from visiting any religious places but temples to project what has been dubbed by political observers as...

Chidambaram also said the budget presented by Jaitley was silent on a possible rise in the crude oil price and its likely impact on inflation.

Patidar agitation leader Hardik Patel later said that he will campaign for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Stating that Congress has faced setback and BJP has won wherever Rahul Gandhi has campaigned in the past, in another tweet in Kannada Yeddyurappa said "Rahul's arrival is like arrival of good fortune for BJP."

Accusing Karnataka Ministers of indulging in "religion politics", Leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar questioned whether the government was "dead or alive".

BJP has fielded its candidates in 47 seats, which includes four turncoat MLAs who joined the party last month. However, it did not filed any candidate from West Shillong, following which the entire BJP unit of the constituency resigned.

As Opposition gears up for polls next year and alliance talks gain momentum, a section of the old guards in the Opposition have been reluctant to deal with Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi will be staying at a state government guesthouse in Koppal district. The BJP has alleged that the ruling Congress spent Rs 25 lakh to renovate the guesthouse at Kukanur, run by the Public Works Department (PWD), for the visit.

A short video in which Ramya is addressing the party volunteers has been leaked to the media by unidentified persons. Pro-BJP website Postcard carried the video, accusing Ramya of telling her party workers to have “fake accounts”.

Yashwant Sinha said he had been trying for an audience with PM Narendra Modi and had sent numerous letters to him, but failed to elicit a response, something that prompted him to float a political action group called 'Rashtra Manch'.

The Mamta Banerjee government was putting forth its arguments before a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra which is hearing a clutch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme and the enabling 2016...

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said she can sacrifice herself if people of Jammu and Kashmir could get rid of their agony and pain. She said it was the mission of former chief minister and her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to pull the people of the state ou...

The former PM was also not impressed with the plan to hike minimum support price to 1.5 times the production cost and questioned its implementation.

She criticised the BJP government at the Centre over the alleged growing intolerance in the country, farmer suicides and rise in prices of essential commodities, and asked party leaders to launch campaigns every weekend against these issues.

The first part of the report calls out the Modi government for reneging on key promises made to farmers ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

The Congress said in its twitter handle, "Congress President Rahul Gandhi to kick off the election campaign in a way truly unique to Meghalaya, with a musical festival showcasing the cultural diversity of Meghalaya."