Politics

Following the Congress' defeat in Lok Sabha elections in 2019, Priyanka Gandhi met around five thousand party leaders and workers from across the state for an organisational overhaul.

Roy, a former TMC leader who had crossed over to the BJP in 2017 over differences with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is considered to have played a significant role in the rise of the saffron party as the main opposition in the state.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami had written to Rupani on Thursday requesting him to reopen the school.

The home minister said Upadhyaya gave birth to a new ideology soon after Independence, at a time when policies were being framed and the nation had begun its journey.

A day after the two contentious farm bills were passed by Rajya Sabha amid a bedlam, a number of non-NDA parties wrote to Kovind over the manner in which the government 'pushed through its agenda' and urged him not to grant his assent to the proposed legi...

Four MLAs, comprising three from the Congress and one from BJP, have been detected with the infection, and so have some Assembly personnel in tests conducted over the past couple of days.

After the Holy book was brought to the UAE consulate, the consulate general had sought help from Jaleel for distributing it as sakkath (charity) during Ramzan and the minister had obliged, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.

Alluding to Home Minister Amit Shah's 'chronology' comment, O'Brien in a scathing remark said the Central government had inadequately handled the Covid-19 situation by not discussing the lockdown with Chief Ministers prior to the nationwide announcement.

The MoS finance gave examples of the Rs 20 lakh crore Atmanirbhar package, faster clear of MSME dues, collateral-free lending programs and cash transfers under the Rs 1.70 lakh crore relief under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana for the poor, as exa...

Launching a scathing attack on the police administration, Ghosh alleged most of the 'police personnel don't have the spine' to stand up to the 'corrupt' Trinamool Congress dispensation in the state.

Deb's remarks on false reporting of covid-19 situation in the state came as the High Court of Tripura on directed the state government to file an affidavit within September 18 providing detailed information on the Covid-19 infrastructure available in stat...

On August 25, the Madras High Court had left it to the Privilege Committee to deliberate on the issue further and examine whether the conduct would amount to a breach of privilege, particularly since the legality of a conduct does not necessarily mean tha...

Jitender, a resident of Iglas town of the district, was arrested from neighbouring Mainpuri district on August 28 in a police raid. The police had been searching for him after eluding for several days in connection with a spurious liquor racket.

Any significant division in the Muslim vote share, a deciding factor in nearly 90 assembly seats out of 294 in the state could jeopardise Mamata Banerjee’s plans for 2021 Assembly polls, a fact BJP knows all too well.

Air quality is seen as an upper class luxury that the poor can't afford, but that is not true as the poor are the biggest victims of it, Tharoor asserted.

The party said Singh had gone to meet the family of former MLA Nirvendra Mishra, who died on Sunday after an altercation with a group of people over a land dispute,