Politics

Chidambaram and his son Karti, facing the criminal probe, have filed separate affidavits in the apex court alleging vendetta.

Anandiben had replaced Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2014 after BJP’s victory in the general elections.

The Congress had contested the polls in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, which had fielded Prajapati from Amethi.

Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao had been given additional charge of the state since September 2016 before Kovind appointed Purohit as Governor of Tamil Nadu.

The newly set up PMG unit committee of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) in Thiruvananthapuram has 11 members and it is the first unit of the outfit in the country to have opened doors for the transgenders, sources in the DYFI said.

Former finance minister P Chidambaram's comments come a day after a stampede on a foot overbridge connecting Mumbai's suburban railway stations of Parel and Elphinstone claimed 22 lives.

In an exclusive interview to News18 India, the former Finance Minister and bureaucrat said that the first serious task of the government should have been to solve the NPAs issue, plaguing the banking sector and is holding back the economy.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the Indian economy is the fastest growing in the world and the country's credibility has been established in the international arena under the Modi government.

Close to 1,400 MLAs, 337 MPs and all MLCs, besides BJP's core group leaders from states, are among those expected on Monday.

Starting September 30, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh will start a 3,000-km parikrama of the Narmada river. The timing of it — ahead of the Madhya Pradesh elections next year — has raised eyebrows.

Supreme Court gives big relief to mining baron Janardan Reddy, allows him to visit Bellary for three days.

Officials decided to put the NOC clause after going through the Calcutta High Court’s order which categorically said that the immersion is only allowed if it if ‘found permissible’.

Akhilesh Yadav inducted rebel BSP leader Indrajeet Saroj and hundreds of his workers into Samajwadi Party, while his father Mulayam Singh Yadav expelled cousin Ram Gopal Yadav from secretary’s post in Lohia Trust.

Mayawati had already announced the appointment of her brother Anand as the party's national vice-president and introduced her nephew Akash to senior party leaders in a closed-door meeting.

With 18 MLAs disqualified, the total number comes down to 213 and the halfway mark is 106. EPS-OPS merged faction has the support of 114 MLAs which is more than the required numbers to form the majority.

BSP Chief Mayawati traveled by road to Meerut to address the first in the series of worker’s conferences.