Politics

Prasad claimed that the note ban reduced the number of stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir, put a check on Naxal activities, increased the provident fund (PF) and insurance cover of the employees immensely and gave a huge push to digital transactions.

Interacting with the press after his weekly Lok Samvad program, Bihar Chief Minister Kumar stressed the need for consensus as a constitutional amendment is required to extend reservation in non-government jobs.

“Note ban is a disaster. We will observe November 8 as Black Day to protest against this scam (demonetisation) that destroyed the economy,” Mamata Banerjee said.

The padayatra is an effort by Jagan to pitch himself as the alternative to incumbent Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "running from one constituency to another, in a desperate bid to garner support for BJP's candidates" in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls.

Rajinder Rana, who contested the 2012 election as an Independent and defeated his nearest Congress rival Anita Verma by 14,155 votes, is fighting the battle in his home turf and leaving no stone unturned.

The Union finance minister also targetted Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks on the Goods and Services Tax (GST), saying he firmly believes that the Congress vice-president has no knowledge of the subject.

Arki, capital of the erstwhile princely state of Baghal, saw the BJP deploying its star campaigners like UP CM Yogi Adityanath and state BJP incharge Mangal Pandey to target the six-time Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh over corruption and other issues...

The charge sheet filed by the CBI in connection with Pre-Medical test for 2013 listed 490 accused which includes three Vyapam officials - Nitin Mohindra, Ajay Kumar Sen and C K Mishra.

Congress' statement comes just a day after CBI filed a chargesheet before the trial court in the Vyapam scam giving a clean chit to Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Electoral politics in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh — as in Uttarakhand —is dominated by the upper caste. And within the upper caste, fault line run deep with the numerically and socially dominant Brahmins and Rajputs vying for a larger share in the...

On reservation, the Congress gave an assurance to the community that they would find a solution that is both legal and constitutional.

From the reactions of those around him, Chidambaram sounds like the first mainstream political leader to have made such a bold suggestion. As if three serving Prime Ministers of India (one from BJP, Congress and United Front each) had never made such a pr...

Canvassing for BJP candidates at Arki and Haroli, Yogi Adityanath said only crime and corruption increased under the rule of the Congress in Himachal.

The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh at the Secretariat in Raipur, state's Revenue Minister Prem Prakash Pandey told reporters in Raipur on Saturday.

Ahmed Patel issued a statement rejecting the allegations and said he had resigned as director of the hospital in 2015, a year before the suspected operative joined as an employee.