Politics

With elections to BMC throwing up a fractured verdict, thinking is strong in Maharashtra Congress that it should consider the option of enabling the Shiv Sena to foist its candidate as mayor of the civic body.

The ruling BJD on Friday claimed that the Odisha state BJP president and two of its union ministers have been rejected by the people of their respective districts in the three-tier panchayat elections.

RJD President Lalu Prasad on Friday sought to play down the political controversy triggered by his wife Rabri Devi's assertion that people of Bihar wanted to see their son Tejaswi Yadav as the chief minister.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday took to twitter to take a fresh dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Now the buzz is of the new ‘metro’ superstition, in political lanes it is believed that if government of a particular state starts a metro rail project, then that party loses elections. The phenomenon is strongly believed by the examples of five Metro Rai...

Delighted by BJP's impressive show in civic polls in Odisha and Maharashtra, Finance Minister Arun Jatiley took to Facebook to write a scathing critique of the Congress, saying it has become "a crowd around a fading dynasty".

The man facing severe heat in Mumbai, both from within and outside Congress, at the moment is Sanjay Nirupam. Many have believed the Congress's Mumbai chief to have caused not just one, but several splits in the party, which has resulted in the party’s ab...

DMK leaders to go on hunger strike on Wednesday in protest against forcibly eviction of MLAs from the Tamil Nadu Assembly during vote of confidence on February 18.

AIADMK Deputy General Secretary T T V Dinakaran on Monday met his aunt and party chief V K Sasikala at the central prison, where she is serving her term in the disproportionate assets case.

Uttar Pradesh legislator Mukhtar Ansari on Monday opposed in the Delhi high Court the Election Commission's plea seeking cancellation of his parole granted by a trial court for canvassing in the ongoing UP Assembly polls.

Yog Guru Baba Ramdev on Monday alleged that no political party wished to promote swadeshi industries and MNCs have usurped India’s Rs 50 lakh crore market.

Telangana's Chief Minister Sri K Chandrashekar Rao will be fulfilling his vow to Lord Venkateswara Swamy at Tirumala by presenting Rs 5 crore worth gold offering to the deity on February 22.

A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal donated Rs 50,000 to rights activist Irom Sharila's party which is fighting Manipur elections, Aam Aadmi Party Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann followed suit and donated his one-month salary.

What happened in Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday was the worst in recent memory and it essentially shows a “thumb to the voter,” Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry Kiran Bedi told News18.

Despite his triumph in the House, Chief Minister Palaniswami will be looking over his shoulder every step along the way, wondering if he can be secure in the 'confidence' he enjoys or someone – either in his party or the 'family' – is waiting to pull the...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami is seeking a vote of confidence in Tamil Nadu Assembly.