Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday alleged that opposition parties stalled the women’s reservation bill for three decades, and are now trying to divide women on the lines of caste and religion when the bill has been passed. He was speaking at a pro...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda reached here Wednesday evening to discuss the upcoming assembly elections with the party’s Rajasthan leadership, amid a buzz that two central ministers might be asked to contest. The speculation fo...

The Kerala government plans to approach the Supreme Court against governor Arif Mohammed Khan for not signing the eight bills passed by the state legislative assembly, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. The chief minister said that the government is in...

A preliminary enquiry was registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into allegations about irregularities in renovating the official residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the national capital. According to sources, the agency...

A political controversy erupted in Maharashtra after the state’s BJP unit Chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule was caught telling party workers “to take journalists to tea shops and treat them well to avoid negative publicity ahead of the polls.” The BJP leader...

Officials of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation met the chief priest of the Ram Janmabhoomi, along with local Congress leaders, and expressed the possibility that Rahul Gandhi may visit the Ram temple. Congress sources, however, said no decision on the visit has...

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday termed as painful the remark made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on women’s reservation bill targeting the opposition, and said several women-centric decisions were taken during the previous Congress rule. Addressing a p...

A day after a senior Punjab Congress leader claimed that at least 32 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators were in touch with him, chief minister Bhagwant Mann dared the opposition party to “topple” an elected government. The claims and counterclaims have aga...

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was on Sunday advised 10 days of rest by doctors, after she suffered an injury on her left knee during a recent trip to Spain and Dubai. Doctors conducted medical tests, including an MRI at the Woodburn Block of...

Protests over the Cauvery water dispute intensified in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, with farmers in Trichy demanding the release of river water into their state while pro-Kannada outfits as well as farmers in Karnataka’s Mandya also continued to agitate. The DMK...

The Congress will hold press conferences in 21 cities on Monday in which 21 women leaders will “expose the Modi government” on the issue of women’s reservation, the party said. While MP Rajani Patil will hold a press conference in Ahmedabad, Mahila Congre...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said his party is sure of a win in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, while it is a “very close” contest in Rajasthan and a likely win in Telangana. He said he is confident about the party’s performance in the upcoming assembly...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for carrying a “suitcase with wheels” on his head during the latter’s recent interaction with porters. Gandhi had interacted with porters at Anand Vihar ra...

The Kerala unit of the JD(S), which joined the National Democratic Alliance on Friday (September 22), is in a tough spot now. In this state, the party is in alliance with the ruling Left Democratic Front while their representative is also a minister in th...

The high-level committee formed to explore the feasibility of simultaneous polls under former president Ram Nath Kovind met on Saturday to decide on its action plan and discuss how to go about holding consultations with the stakeholders. The government ha...