Politics

The decision to ally with the Congress in Uttar Pradesh is like choosing the "lesser evil" because of the need for secular forces to come together to take on the BJP, feels senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan.

The BJP released it's manifesto 'Lok Kalyan Sabkalp Patr 2017' for Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. BJP national president Amit Shah while releasing the manifesto said,""I appeal to the people to give us one opportunity and we promise to turn UP into a develope...

Hours before the release of BJP UP manifesto, angry party leaders stormed Indira Gandhi Pratishthan and protested against Amit Shah after they were denied tickets to contest the UP elections.

A day after Shiv Sena decided to contest upcoming civic polls including Mumbai without tying up with BJP, state unit Congress president Ashok Chavan on Friday accused the saffron parties of being "partners in corruption".

Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on said demonetisation alone is unlikely to impact the outcome of forthcoming elections in five states, including Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lashed out at the Congress for "defaming" Punjab for political gains and urged the state's people to teach them a lesson in the February 4 assembly elections.

Meanwhile, BJP has denied the charge, with its Kannur unit refuting the claims of CPI(M) that it was linked to the bomb hurling.

Congress and Samajwadi Party are haggling over seats in Amethi and Rae Bareli, the parliamentary turf of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul.

In a first, a PAC member has demanded privilege motion against panel's Chairman K V Thomas, alleging that he used the committee to "lower the dignity" of the Prime Minister.

Devi, who cannot even stand on her legs without support, is hopeful of fighting corruption and giving a new direction to development.

Having won the intra-party battle and cobbled together an alliance with Congress, Akhilesh Yadav today hit the campaign trail, targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 'achhe din' promise and asserting the new coalition will win over 300 of state's...

On the day Samajwadi Party and Congress announced their grand alliance for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP came out with its second list of candidates for the polls.

Union Minister and BJP leader Arun Jaitley, who lost the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat to Amarinder in 2014, said his tenure was "absolutely bad and corrupt" in the 20 peaceful years that followed the era of militancy.

Congress on Sunday declared its candidates for 63 seats in poll bound Uttarakhand where Chief Minister Harish Rawat will contest from two seats — Kichha and Haridwar Rural.

Union minister Babul Supriyo on Saturday alleged that his room in the Circuit House in Malda, where he is staying in connection with the BJP's state executive meeting, had no water supply.