Politics

A three-time member of the UP Legislative Council, the leader from Aurraiya was a close associate of the party founder and often got unwarranted attention because of his name.

By keeping the Mahagathbandhan less congested, Lalu wants to contest more than 60% seats in the state assembly. His main rivals — BJP and JD(U) in alliance — will be contesting far lesser number of seats.

Rahul Gandhi arrived here on Sunday for holding tractor rallies across Punjab from October 4 to 6.

The 9.02-km Atal Tunnel, the world's longest highway tunnel which reduces the distance between Manali and Leh by 46 km and the travel time by four to five hours, was inaugurated by Modi on Saturday.

The Congress leader also accused the Centre of having weakened laws like MNREGA and Right to Information (RTI) Actwhich her party's government had enacted to protect the interests of common people.

Although the BSP’s vote share had declined only by 1.3% compared to in 2013, and the party won only two seats, it played a key role in deciding the outcome of the polls.

Amid murmurs of discontent in BJP's Bengal satrap, Shah along with Nadda held a meeting with the top brass of the state unit on Thursday and discussed various organisational issues.

Terming the suicide of a Maratha youth from Maharashtra's Beed as "tragic", NCP chief Sharad Pawar's grandnephew Parth Pawar said he will file an intervention application before the Supreme Court over the Maratha quota issue. In a series of tweets on We...

According to Azamgarh Superintendent of Police Sudhir Singh, the Samajwadi Party Yuvjan Sabha had put up some objectionable posters which have been removed and an FIR has been lodged in this connection.

The opposition parties, including Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, have been protesting three farm sector laws enacted by the Narendra Modi government, alleging these are "anti-farmer measures" and will "destroy" the agriculture sector.

The decision will provide a major relief to the scheduled tribes (STs) and others living in forests in the scheduled areas of the state, it said.

Congress has advised the party-ruled states to explore the possibilities to pass laws in under Article 254(2) of the Constitution which allows the state legislatures to pass a law to negate the Anti-Agriculture Central laws encroaching upon State's jurisd...

Mukul Roy will face his toughest challenge yet, maintaining a delicate balance in avoiding any rift in the state leadership while also working on strategies to defeat West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress next year.

A SAD delegation led by Badal had met the President, urging him not to give his assent to the farm Bills and return them to Parliament for reconsideration.

The populistic announcement was made at a press conference here by Tejashwi Yadav, the party's chief ministerial candidate who is faced with the uphill task of holding his own against the formidable ruling NDA in the absence of his father and RJD boss Lal...

Although Gupteshwar Pandey, who took VRS less than half a year before he was scheduled to superannuate, has chosen to keep his cards close to the chest, the speculation is rife that he may get a ticket from one of the assembly segments in his native distr...