Politics

The delegation informed the president about the breakdown of the constitutional machinery in the state and infringement of fundamental rights of citizens.

When asked about the personal criticism by Fadnavis for being inexperienced, Thackeray hit back at the former alliance partner.

Asked to comment on the political crisis in Rajasthan, the former Union Minister appeared to back Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and also hinted that rebel leader Sachin Pilot should have patiently waited for his turn.

NC president and Lok Sabha member Farooq Abdullah and NC vice president Omar Abdullah filed the habeas corpus petitions, challenging the unconstitutional and illegal house detention of senior leaders and functionaries.

A senior party leader said the fresh appointments, a customary practice under a new president, will be a mix of continuity and new faces.

Sasikala, who surrendered before the prison authorities on February 15, 2017, a day after she was convicted in a disproportionate assets case, is currently serving four-year jail term in Bengaluru.

He said though there is a right to criticise and seek redress, the "exaggerated" picture was preventing poor people from seeking timely treatment in the government medical facilities.

The government has also put a ban on creation of new posts in all departments except health, and purchase of new vehicles for two years, they said.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar also recalled that when he was the defence minister in 1993, he had gone to China and a treaty was signed, under which soldiers from both sides were to be pulled back.

It is evident that the back-to-back advisories, issued after the state went through treating the infected for more than three months, pointed at the treatment gaps which continued to remain at state-run hospitals and identified by the state's specially dr...

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said while CM Yogi Adityanath claims in his campaigns that Uttar Pradesh has become crime-free, but the reality is otherwise.

Addressing a protest rally at Bankura against rising fuel prices and the proposed privatisation of trains on Saturday, Kalyan Banerjee demanded Nirmala Sitharaman's resignation.

In Kanshi Ram’s scheme of things, mobilisation of backward communities was critical to building winning coalitions. A municipality election in 1987 gave him an opportunity to test his ‘85 vs 15’ master key to political power.

Eleven persons have been arrested in connection with the clashes, officials said, adding that three more have been detained.

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi questioned how citizens can be safe in a state where the police are not, while the Samajwadi Party demanded Rs 1 crore compensation for the families of the deceased policemen.

Singhvi cited the J S Verma committee report which had said that the security of Rajiv Gandhi was wrongly withdrawn and subsequently he was assassinated by terrorists.