Terming the urination incident disrespectful to the entire tribal community, Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh on Friday said that merely washing the victim’s feet won’t be enough. It is a disrespect to the entire tr...

NCP leader Praful Patel on Friday said the party had not broken up, and Ajit Pawar was unanimously appointed as party president by its legislature and organizational wings on June 30. Addressing a press conference here, Patel said they had submitted a pet...

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray claimed that CM Eknath Shinde has been asked to resign. Speaking to ANI on the rumoured upheaval in the Shinde-led Sena-BJP-NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) government in Maharashtra, Aaditya Thackeray said, “I have heard...

The BJP on Friday welcomed the Gujarat High Court’s decision rejecting Rahul Gandhi’s plea to stay his conviction in a defamation case, and alleged it is a “chronic habit” of the Congress leader to abuse and defame others. Addressing a press conference he...

The Congress on Friday said it will move the Supreme Court after the Gujarat High Court refused to stay Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a defamation case, and alleged that the government is finding newer techniques to throttle his voice as it is rattled by h...

Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday explained why the absence of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has “perpetuated inequalities” and has “hindered nation’s progress towards social harmony, economic and gender justice”. In an opinion piece in The Hi...

National Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Thursday expelled 12 rebel leaders including his nephew Ajit Pawar and Praful Patel from the party and said he is still effective even at his age. His remarks came after Ajit Pawar urged his 83-year-...

Nearly two weeks after their leaders came face to face at the Opposition meeting in Patna, stalemate continues between the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party over the former dragging its feet on a key demand. Unless the Congress denounces the Centre’s Ordinance...

Reacting to Gujarat High Court’s verdict upholding the sessions court order in the plea seeking a stay on Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a criminal defamation case in connection with his remark on Modi surname, Congress said the judgement only “redoubles ou...

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD (S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday appeared to be warming up to the BJP saying that ‘a new chapter has to begin to control looters’ as he targeted the Congress government alleging corruption. The JD(S) second-in...

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has opposed the government’s move to provide land to landless people in the union territory. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader alleged the government was eyeing land in Jammu and Kashmir and...

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Tuesday claimed that the political developments in Maharashtra could have the blessings of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar himself. He was talking to reporters here about NCP leader Ajit Pawar and eight...

The induction of the NCP group led by Ajit Pawar in the Maharashtra cabinet has dented the prospects of ministerial aspirants from BJP and Shiv Sena leaving some of them upset and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is aware of this feeling, Shiv Sena MP Gajanan...

Amid former Congress leader Sunil Jakhar taking over the reins of the BJP in Punjab, political circles in the state are abuzz with the possibility of the party’s “remarriage” with former ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), considering its nationwide exercise...

Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav on Tuesday rubbished SBSP chief O P Rajbhar’s claim that several SP MLAs are thinking of switching sides, on the lines of the recent Maharashtra developments. He also said that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sh...