Politics

The rebellion by Tamil Nadu’s ‘caretaker’ Chief Minister O Panneerselvam against AIADMK chief VK Sasikala seems to be gaining ground as five more party MPs joined his camp on Sunday, taking the number of parliamentarians on his side to 10.

An estimated 64 per cent voter turnout was witnessed on Saturday in the first of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh polls which passed off peacefully in 73 Assembly constituencies, barring some stray incidents of violence. Chief Electoral Officer T Venkatesh...

Uttar Pradesh votes in the first phase of assembly elections on Saturday. The first phase of elections covers over 73 assembly seats in mostly western UP.

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday submitted a list of witnesses in the National Herald case against Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi.

The Supreme Court on Friday slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakh on RJD MLA Ravindra Singh for challenging a Patna High Court order dismissing his plea which questioned veracity of an article published in a vernacular magazine way back in 1994.

Dissident AIADMK leader E Madusudanan has written to the Election Commission urging it not to recognise V K Sasikala as the party General Secretary saying she was not elected to the post as per party by-laws.

Jallikattu and its ban saw one of south India’s most fervent agitations last month when thousands came out on the streets of Chennai fighting for ‘Tamil’ pride. OPS – an just about everyone else – was blamed for not upholding the interests of Tamilians, b...

Tamil Nadu’s ‘caretaker’ Chief Minister O Panneerselvam met Governor Vidyasagar Rao on Thursday evening for less than 10 minutes, during which he reportedly sought to withdraw his resignation.

Tamil Nadu Governor is scheduled to come back to Chennai on Thursday and meet O Panneerselvam and VK Saisikala to break the deadlock in the AIADMK.

The AIADMK on Wednesday claimed that 131 out of its 134 MLAs attended the meeting chaired by party chief VK Sasikala to discuss the fallout of the revolt by caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam.

Reaching out to Jats, a politically crucial community in western Uttar Pradesh, BJP president Amit Shah has presented his party as the best bet for them, saying voting for the Ajit Singh-led RLD or any other party would not help their cause.

"We don't want Prime Minister to stand at any 'chowk' (a crossing) but cash withdrawal restrictions continue even after 90 days," he said demanding that the government lift all restrictions so that people can use their money at their will.

Meanwhile, RJD chief Lalu Prasad will campaign for his son in law Rahul Yadav, who is an SP candidate from Sikandrabad constituency of Bulandshahar.

The Election Commission may question Sasikala (Chinamma's) elevation as AIADMK general secretary, sources privy to the latest development told CNN-News18. Sources said that EC may cite the party constitution and say that there is no provision for a tempor...

Making light of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut's statement that state government is "on the notice", the Congress on Tuesday said the Uddhav Thackeray-led party had no "guts" even to raze encroachments despite being in power in BMC for two decades.

Shantilal Solanki, Govind Parumalani, Ajit Ramvani and Vasant Bhanushali had been suspended from the party, said president of district unit of BJP, Keshubhai Patel.