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07 Jun 2018

Lok Sabha

Ahead of 2019, Mamata Banerjee's TMC undergoes heavy restructuring

WB CM and TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee is gearing up full-time for the 2019 battle.

07 Jun 2018

Uttar Pradesh

BJP to reach out to voters; apprise them of Modi-achievements

Senior BJP leaders embarked on a mission to reach out to the voters in Uttar Pradesh and inform them about the work done by the Narendra Modi-led government in last four years.

Salary stopped, stay at official-residence allowed for 'rebel' Sharad Yadav

Rebel JD(U) MP Sharad Yadav will not be given a salary and other allowances, the Supreme Court ruled today, till the plea seeking his disqualification as Rajya Sabha member doesn't resolve.

Stop allowances of ex-MP Sharad Yadav; can retain house: SC

The Supreme Court today modified the Delhi HC order by stopping salary and allowances of former Janata Dal (U) President and MP Sharad Yadav till the plea challenging his disqualification from the Rajya Sabha is pending.

07 Jun 2018

West Bengal

Trinamool Congress to overhaul party organizations, revamp party structure

With internal disputes and BJP slowly making its entry into West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress has decided to revamp the organization ahead of next year's Lok Sabha polls.

07 Jun 2018

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Shah meets Uddhav Thackeray; discusses political-situation with BJP executive-committee

BJP President Amit Shah met the state executive committee of the Maharashtra BJP yesterday night to take stock of the political situation in the state.

07 Jun 2018

Pranab Mukherjee

As Pranab Mukherjee readies for RSS event, daughter Sharmistha disapproves

Sharmistha Mukherjee, former president Pranab Mukherjee's daughter and a Congress leader, took to Twitter on Wednesday to express her discontent over the latter attending an RSS event in Nagpur today.

06 Jun 2018

Narendra Modi

5 times Shiv Sena said absurd things about ally, BJP

Technically, politics and its absurdity can be perfectly summed up in this idiom - you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours, and nobody gets hurt.

06 Jun 2018

Karnataka

Karnataka: Mayawati's BSP gets first minister outside UP

Mayawati, the astute BSP supremo, who was instrumental in uniting Congress and the regional JD(S) for a post-poll alliance in Karnataka, has convinced them to induct her only state MLA N Mahesh into the cabinet.

06 Jun 2018

Narendra Modi

Hours before Shah-Thackeray meeting, Sena pokes fun at BJP chief

Shiv Sena has shown its displeasure with ally BJP several times, but today, it chose a crucial moment.

06 Jun 2018

Madhya Pradesh

SP dares BJP to hold UP-assembly, LS-polls together in 2019

Buoyed by opposition victory in key Lok Sabha by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today dared the BJP government at the Center to hold simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in the state in 2019.

06 Jun 2018

Pakistan News

Prostitutes are better than corrupt government officials: BJP MLA

UP BJP MLA Surendra Singh, known for his controversial statements, has once again put his foot in his mouth.

06 Jun 2018

Bihar

Nitish Kumar: No permanent allies of this political opportunist

Stairway to power goes through many U-Turns and who knows it better than Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. He had once said, "I shall get power, by hook or crook, but once I have got the power I will do good work."

05 Jun 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai: Amit Shah to meet Tata, Lata, Madhuri tomorrow

BJP president Amit Shah will tomorrow meet industrialist Ratan Tata, Lata Mangeshkar, and actor Madhuri Dixit and share the Modi government's achievements with them as part of his party's "contact for support" campaign.

05 Jun 2018

Samajwadi Party

No seat sharing discussion with BSP yet: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav today said there was no decision on seat sharing between his party and the Bahujan Samaj Party for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and that it would be discussed at an "appropriate time".

05 Jun 2018

Yogi Adityanath

On Adityanath's birthday, here are 5 lesser-known facts about him

Yogi Adityanath is a rare Indian politician who drove his wagon to electoral success quicker than most.

05 Jun 2018

Karnataka

Karnataka: Nine JD(S) MLAs to be inducted in first-phase expansion

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today said at least nine MLAs from the JD(S) will be inducted in the first phase of cabinet expansion of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in the state.

05 Jun 2018

Uddhav Thackeray

Bickering allies Amit Shah, Uddhav Thackeray to meet tomorrow

Days after the bickering allies contested the Palghar by-poll separately, BJP chief Amit Shah will meet Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's residence in Mumbai tomorrow.

04 Jun 2018

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh: 60 lakh registered voters are fake, alleges Congress

Congress leaders of Madhya Pradesh have approached the Election Commission demanding probe in electoral rolls, alleging 12% of the state's 50 million voters are fake.

04 Jun 2018

Narendra Modi

For Kapil Mishra, doors of BJP always open: Vijay Goel

Former Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel said doors of Bharatiya Janata Party will always welcome ousted Aam Aadmi Party leader Kapil Mishra.

03 Jun 2018

India

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minorities in India are the safest worldwide

Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, while speaking at the BJP's 'Transforming India' initiative in Goa, said that minorities in India are safer here than in any other democratic country.

03 Jun 2018

West Bengal

BJP worker's death in WB might have been suicide: Police

The post-mortem report of BJP worker Dulal Kumar, who was found hanging from a tree on Saturday in West Bengal's Purulia district, suggests that the party worker had committed suicide.

03 Jun 2018

Pranab Mukherjee

Will say whatever I have at RSS event: Pranab Mukherjee

Days after his decision to attend an RSS event triggered a political storm, former president Pranab Mukherjee has responded, asserting he'll say whatever he has to at the event.

03 Jun 2018

West Bengal

Center revises governors' allowances, West Bengal governor becomes richest

Four months after salaries of governors were revised to Rs 3.5 lakh/month, the Center has now issued fresh guidelines for allowances.

03 Jun 2018

Mayawati

Mayawati vacates official bungalow on last day, avoids showdown

In a sudden turn of events, BSP chief Mayawati announced yesterday that she is vacating her official bungalow at 13A Mall Avenue.

02 Jun 2018

India

5 highly educated politicians you wouldn't know about

If you want a government job in India, you should at least be a graduate. But if you're going to become a politician, people's support is more than enough.

02 Jun 2018

Assam

Restoring faith: Congress-MLA from Assam carries, cremates body of poor-man

At a time when elected representatives have made it difficult for us to have faith in them, a Congress MLA from Assam cremated the body of a poor man.

02 Jun 2018

West Bengal

Blood paints West Bengal: Another BJP-worker dies, after being kidnapped

Days after the body of a 21-year-old BJP worker was discovered hanging from a tree in West Bengal's Purulia district, another party member was found dead in the state.

02 Jun 2018

India

Term 'Bollywood' is derogatory, according to this BJP leader

Bharatiya Janata Party's General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has found a new project- to change the name of Bollywood to something that isn't 'derogatory'.

02 Jun 2018

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Will AAP and Congress forge pre-poll alliance? It seems likely

A number of tweets set off speculations that AAP and Congress may forge a pre-poll alliance in Delhi, joining the buzz of a united opposition to stop BJP's victory in 2019.

01 Jun 2018

Karnataka

Karnataka: Congress and JDS to fight 2019 General Elections together

Amid growing speculations of a pre-poll alliance between Congress and JD(S) for the upcoming LS elections, Congress leader KC Venugopal today confirmed that both the parties would fight the elections together.

01 Jun 2018

Narendra Modi

Today-in-what-did-I-read: BJP leader claims Sita was a 'test-tube baby'

Joining the long list of controversial statements made by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, Dinesh Sharma, UP's Deputy Chief Minister, said Sita's birth proves that test-tube babies existed during the time of Ramayana since she was born from an earthen pot.

01 Jun 2018

Karnataka

Karnataka's two-member ministry expansion likely to be on June 4-5

Newly-elected Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said that the expansion of his two-member Congress-JD(S) ministry is likely to take place on June 4 or 5.

01 Jun 2018

Karnataka

Karnataka: Kumaraswamy to remain CM for five-years, JD(S) gets finance

Ten days after the Congress-JD(S) government was sworn in, the parties successfully reached a power-sharing arrangement yesterday.

01 Jun 2018

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh: After brouhaha, Yadavs finally vacate government bungalows

Days after six former Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers were asked to vacate their government bungalows by Supreme Court, Samajwadi Party head Akhilesh Yadav and father Mulayam Singh Yadav were spotted leaving their residences.

01 Jun 2018

West Bengal

West Bengal: 5 incidents when TMC made mockery of democracy

The recent murders of 12 people in West Bengal's civic polls is nothing less than the murder of democracy itself.

31 May 2018

Jharkhand

BJP gets reality-check, wins just one seat in assembly bypolls

In a major setback, the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party secured only one seat in bypolls in 11 assembly constituencies.

31 May 2018

BR Ambedkar

5 moments of political bonhomie cutting through ideological Lakshman Rekha

To say that Indian politics, or rather politics across the world, is at a juncture where ideological slug-fest has overtaken courtesy, would not be an exaggeration.

31 May 2018

Maharashtra

Bypolls: BJP loses Kairana, wins Palghar in crucial elections

The counting of bypolls for four Lok Sabha seats started on Thursday morning.

31 May 2018

Uttar Pradesh

BJP will bite dust: RLD's Tabassum Hasan after winning Kairana

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) candidate Tabassum Hasan, who has taken a massive lead in Kairana by-polls, said the BJP will bite the dust once everyone joins hands.