Politics

"About 94 per cent of the black money is in Swiss bank accounts, gold and real estate. Just 6 per cent of black money is in cash," said Gandhi.

The ruling Left Front in Tripura on Friday swept the by-polls to the three-tier gram panchayat by winning 43 out of total 47 seats in the state, elections for which was held on December 21, officials said.

Terming the Akhilesh Yadav government's assent to include 17 Other Backward Castes in the SC list as a "mere drama", BSP supremo Mayawati on Thursday said the decision is both "unfortunate and condemnable" and aimed at deceiving these communities.

Former Goan civil service officer, Elvis Gomes, a well known and well respected face in the coastal state is Aam Aadmi Party's chief ministerial candidate from the state.

Kamal C Chavara, alias Kamalsy Prana, was taken into custody in Kozhikode yesterday on charges of insulting thenational anthem in a Facebook Post after a case was registered against him by police at Karungapally in Kollam a few days ago after a complaint...

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's corruption charges against Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not a "loose statement", senior party leader Anand Sharma said on Sunday.

Polling is being held on Sunday for the third phase of elections in 20 municipal councils and two nagar panchayats in Maharashtra's Aurangabad, Nanded, Bhandara and Gadchiroli districts.

Prakash Javadekar's remarks came soon after the Congress Vice President accused the government of not allowing him and other opposition leaders to speak in the Lok Sabha.

Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed former Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal's petition seeking bail and challenging his arrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Congress MLA from Dabolim constituency, Mauvin Godinho, said he would join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on December 16, after resigning from the party on the same day.

Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged the Punjab Congress chief had saved state minister Bikram Singh Majithia from CBI probe in a drug racket case.

The stage seems all set for Sasikala Natarajan to take over the reins of the AIADMK.

"Badshah (PM) by his demonetisation program has placed the country on the verge of destruction. His program is aimed at benefiting personalities favouring him," he said.

Sampath's regional turn soon inspired TMC to launch slogans in Bangla and BJP MPs and Ministers including Ram Vilas Paswan congratulated him.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday wrote a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and expressed pain over dragging the Army into a controversy.

Abdullah claimed that elections in India are fought using black money and will be continue to be so in the future.