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07 Feb 2017

Manipur

Irom Sharmila will contest against Manipur CM

In the upcoming Manipur Assembly elections, rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila will contest against Manipur CM and Congress candidate Okram Ibobi Singh.

07 Feb 2017

Nagaland

Nagaland pressurises Centre to revisit schedule IX-A

Nagaland cabinet has decided to up the pressure on the Centre for revisiting schedule IX-A, which deals with municipalities.

06 Feb 2017

Lok Sabha

Hitmen, guns/liquor smugglers in demand before UP elections

Steps have been taken to keep politics clean in polls-bound Uttar Pradesh (UP).

06 Feb 2017

India

Independents complicate Uttarakhand polls

The two biggest parties in the Uttarakhand elections, the Congress and the BJP, are facing a tough challenge from dissidents who are contesting the polls as independent candidates.

06 Feb 2017

Tamil Nadu

Chidambaram reacts to Sasikala's elevation to CM

General Secretary of Tamil Nadu's AIADMK, Sasikala was elected as the party's leader on Sunday, and is on her way to becoming the CM.

Nabam Tuki gets relief from SC in corruption case

Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki was granted relief by the Supreme Court in an alleged corruption case.

06 Feb 2017

Narendra Modi

AAP launches Azadi Aandolan in Gujarat

The AAP has launched a two-month political campaign across all 182 assembly seats in Gujarat, dubbed as the 'Gujarat Azadi Aandolan'. Gujarat goes to polls in December this year.

06 Feb 2017

Narendra Modi

UP elections: BJP MP says will raise Ram temple issue

BJP MP Vinay Katiyar said the party would vigorously raise the Ram temple issue during the UP elections as it was the "base for the giant leap of BJP."

06 Feb 2017

Venkaiah Naidu

Rahul Gandhi joins protest over Ahamed's death

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi joined the protests in the Parliament complex over IUML MP E Ahamed's death.

06 Feb 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Congress, AAP confident of victory in Punjab

Both the AAP as well as the Congress expressed confidence that their campaigning was sufficient to oust the SAD-BJP from the state.

05 Feb 2017

Delhi

Baijal to deal with Jung's AAP issues

Sources stated that Delhi's LG Anil Baijal will have to deal with issues raised by his predecessor Najeeb Jung. Jung clashed with the Delhi government's decision to appoint its own lawyers to argue their cases in the SC.

05 Feb 2017

Politics

Smriti Irani claims she was victim of misogyny

Union Minister Smriti Irani has alleged that Tehseen Poonawalla published a sexist tweet against Irani, asking her to erect a 56-inch pole in all universities with a condom over them.

05 Feb 2017

Nagaland

Protesters call for bandh in Nagaland

Naga protesters have demanded the resignation of CM T. R. Zeliang and his Cabinet, threatening to impose a bandh against government offices and vehicles.

05 Feb 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Goa: First-time women voters get pink teddy bears

Officials in Goa gave away 600 pink teddy bears to first-time women voters in the state.

05 Feb 2017

Tamil Nadu

Sasikala elected Legislature Party Head

Sources revealed that V. K. Sasikala has been elected as the AIADMK Legislature Party Leader.

05 Feb 2017

Manipur

Manipur's Irom Sharmila contesting elections frugally

Manipur's newest political party, People's Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA), was co-founded by Irom Sharmila in October 2016.

04 Feb 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Goa witnesses its highest voter turnout at 83%

EC officials announced final voter turnout for polling in Punjab and Goa in their media brief.

04 Feb 2017

Politics

Chargesheet against Teesta Setalvad, husband by CBI

The CBI filed a charge sheet against social activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and her company Sabrang for infringement of foreign funding laws.

04 Feb 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

So far, Goa voter turnout - 67%, Punjab - 48%

As of 3pm, Goa has recorded an overall voter turnout of 67%. In Punjab, the overall voter turnout is 48% (as of 2:30 pm).

04 Feb 2017

Venkaiah Naidu

Janata Dal United seeks a probe into E Ahamed's death

Janata Dal United has come out in ardent support of the investigation of Former Union Minister E Ahamed's death.

04 Feb 2017

Karnataka

SM Krishna to join BJP: BS Yeddyurappa

Karnataka unit president BS Yeddyurappa announced that veteran Congress politician SM Krishna would soon join the BJP.

04 Feb 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Goa and Punjab go to polls to decide next CM

Goa and Punjab go to polls on February 4 as Assembly elections begin in five states.

Once robust Punjab now has wasted children, anaemic men

Punjabis have for long been perceived as relatively well-off people who eat heartily and live an energetic lifestyle.

03 Feb 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

What are political parties promising Goans?

Assembly elections in Goa are finally here.

03 Feb 2017

Lok Sabha

Notes Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

To give legal permanence to the ordinance that led to nation-wide demonetization of high value bank notes, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley introduced the Notes Bill in the Lok Sabha today.

03 Feb 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Whom should you vote for in Punjab

The Punjab assembly elections, a three-way contest between the Congress, incumbent Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance and Aam Aadmi Party, begins tomorrow.

03 Feb 2017

Mulayam Singh Yadav

SP-Congress continue sparring over seat-sharing

The Samajwadi Party and the Congress are continuing their tussle over seat-sharing for the UP elections.

03 Feb 2017

Rahul Gandhi

TN Congress lambasts Budget

The Tamil Nadu Congress has criticized the General Budget for not including Tamil Nadu in the list of states for an AIIMS hospital. Jharkhand and Gujarat have been selected instead.

03 Feb 2017

Nagaland

Nagas burn government offices, torch vehicles in Nagaland

Nagaland CM TR Zeliang's refusal to resign led to the Kohima Municipal Council office and the office of the Directorate of Transport being set on fire by Nagas.

03 Feb 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Goa falls short of female candidates in 2017 assembly polls

Despite of a higher female literacy than the national average and female voters outnumbering men, Goa still fell short in female candidates for its 2017 assembly elections.

02 Feb 2017

Punjab

Rahul Gandhi accuses Kejriwal of destruction of peace

On Thursday, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi accused AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal of assisting in the destruction of Punjab's peace.

02 Feb 2017

Rahul Gandhi

Kerala Finance Minister, RSS affiliates dissatisfied with Budget

Finance Minister of Kerala, Thomas Issac on Wednesday said that the Union Budget was a "big letdown" and that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley "played a game with statistics to draw a wrong picture."

01 Feb 2017

Rahul Gandhi

Budget 2017: Congress disappointed but supports clean political funding

A range of reactions by various political parties, including the Opposition, poured in following Budget 2017-18 today.

01 Feb 2017

Mulayam Singh Yadav

Shivpal's men have no place in SP: Akhilesh Yadav

On Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh CM and National President of the Samajwadi Party said that Shivpal's loyalists had no place in the party.

01 Feb 2017

Venkaiah Naidu

Doubts over Budget after sitting MP E. Ahamed passes away

Doubts were raised over the Union Budget's presentation following the death of E Ahamed, a sitting MP and former union minister.

31 Jan 2017

Mulayam Singh Yadav

Shivpal Yadav will form a new party after UP elections

Brother of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, Shivpal Yadav has decided to form a new party of his own because of being "attacked repeatedly" by members of the SP.

31 Jan 2017

Mulayam Singh Yadav

Mulayam asks SP workers to contest all 403 seats

Hardening his stance against the SP-Congress alliance, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav asked party workers to contest from all 403 seats in the state, saying "The alliance does not serve the interests of the SP."

31 Jan 2017

Delhi Police

Over 26,000 unresolved complaints against the Delhi bureaucracy

Amidst the grievances piling up against the Delhi government, Chief Secretary M. M. Kutty found that there were over 26,000 unresolved complaints in Delhi's public grievance cell.

30 Jan 2017

Punjab

101 candidates contesting Punjab elections face criminal charges

Poll watchdog Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has stated that as many as 101 assembly-elections candidates in Punjab are facing criminal charges.

30 Jan 2017

Uttarakhand

EC-RBI tussle over withdrawal limits

The Election Commission and the RBI are embroiled in a tussle over the EC's request to increase the withdrawal limits for candidates in the state elections.