Politics

Speaking in in Dubai, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said he won’t be disappointed about the SP-BSP alliance as long as the BJP does not come to power.

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court had asked Ahmed Patel to face trial in connection with his election to the Rajya Sabha.

Two of Raj Thackeray’s emissaries travelled to Delhi this week to invite Rahul Gandhi for the wedding later this month.

In the 2014 polls, the Congress contested 26 seats in the state and won just two, while the NCP contested 21 and won four.

The Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, Jagan had launched the walkathon on November 6, 2017 from his native village Idupulapaya in Kadapa district with the objective of dislodging the Chandrababu Naidu government.

The National Conference (NC) vice-president also took a dig at some politicians and bureaucrats for ‘creating hurdles’ in holding assembly elections jointly with Lok Sabha elections in the state.

Former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has termed the development as a "black day for democracy"

The MGP had recently announced to field party president Dipak Dhavlikar from Shiroda Assembly seat, which was represented by Subhash Shirodkar of Congress before he joined BJP last October.

A political observer said that cancellation of bypolls over Gaja was not justified as Election Commission had announced the voting date after the rehabilitation work began.

At the time the Speaker was adjourning proceedings, Sivaprasad switched on an audio device that played a famous Tamil film song of MGR, who was also a cine actor.

Like Jats, Jatavs, Yadavs and Kurmi-Patels, Nishads (of which fishermen are a big sub-community) are finding their own voice and representation in parties made by them, for them.

Exuding confidence, former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh said he is ready to face the CBI, but people are also ready to answer the BJP.

A back of the envelope analysis of the 2017 UP Assembly polls shows that the SP or the BSP would have retained many seats if the Congress would not have been in an alliance with the SP.

In a letter released to the media, the former union Minister also said that the incumbent Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, should be sent to do religious work.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the city of Manipur to inaugurate eight key development projects worth Rs.100 crore.

Gandhi cited a media report on Swedish Telecom major Ericsson filing a contempt plea in the Supreme Court against Reliance Communications chief Anil Ambani and demanding that he be detained.