Politics

The court was hearing a criminal defamation complaint filed against Tharoor by Delhi BJP leader Rajeev Babbar, who had said his religious sentiments were hurt by the Congress leader's statement.

The Union housing and urban affairs minister also likened the AAP government with theories of 'broken window economics and broken window fraud'.

Mandi MLA Anil Sharma found that he had not been designated a seat during an event which saw Chief Minister Jairam Thakur thanking the electorate for supporting the party.

BJP MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday claimed the deceased youth belonged to his party and charged the ruling TRS with indulging in "murder politics" out of 'fear' of the saffron party's rise as an alternative in the state.

Stalin, who is also leader of the opposition in the state assembly, claimed the Centre was trying to impose Hindi under the three-language formula and it withdrew its decision following opposition from Tamils.

BSP chief Mayawati earlier told her party workers in New Delhi that the Lok Sabha poll drubbing in Uttar Pradesh was due to the "poor performance" of the alliance with the SP.

In a detailed post on Facebook, Banerjee described it as 'a deliberate attempt to sell hatred ideology through vandalism and violence'.

With an aim to realise ‘Sabka Vishwaas’ (earning the trust of all), PM Modi has said he will reach out to the Muslim community, which has so far been intimidated and used as a vote bank.

The Chautala-led Indian National Lok Dal suffered its worst ever drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections as all its 10 candidates had to forfeit their security deposits.

While promising the voters of Mandya that he will not leave them, Nikhil sought Sumalatha's intervention to bail out farmers of the state suffering due to drought.

RSS leaning Sarangi earlier represented the Nilgiri Assembly constituency twice from 2004 to 2014. He was the state vice president of the BJP from October 2014 to January 2015.

Meghwal, who grew up in a weaving community, formally entered politics in 2009 after resigning from the Indian Administrative Service and won the Bikaner seat on a BJP ticket the same year.

Shekhawat won the seat with a high margin of 2,74,440 votes. He defeated Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav from the Jodhpur Lok Sabha seat.

Before becoming a member of the top policy-making body of BJP (National Executive) in 1995, he successfully handled many responsibilities in the student, youth wings and main party organisation.

Sadananda Gowda, a former CM, four-time MP and two-time MLA, is a staunch RSS man and considered the “luckiest” politician in Karnataka, thanks to the coveted positions he has come to occupy without much effort.

The two leaders held deliberations on diversifying cooperation for the mutual benefit of citizens of both the nations, the Prime Minister's Office said.