Politics

Vadra was on Wednesday questioned by the ED in connection with a money laundering probe into alleged possession of illegal foreign assets, days after his wife, Priyanka Gandhi, was formally inducted into the party.

The scion of the erstwhile royal family of Gwalior, Scindia has been entrusted with the onerous task of strengthening the Congress in western Uttar Pradesh, where the party did not win any seat in the last Lok Sabha elections.

Many have shown interest in contesting the upcoming elections, but it is the party high command that will take a final call. This comes amid speculation that the AIADMK and the BJP are holding discussions for a pre-poll alliance.

Shinde said that she was keen to contest elections, but did not specify if it was for the Lok Sabha or the state Assembly, both of which are scheduled for this year.

Priyandarshini Raje Scindia has remained away from political life, apart from on occasions when she campaigns for her husband during elections.

Sources said the five-time Lok Sabha MP was in touch with chief minister Chandrababu Naidu and waiting for an assurance of a TDP ticket from his old Lok Sabha constituency Araku in Visakhapatnam district.

The parties' strategy in the state has been finalised, as per sources, and party workers will soon be reaching out to people of every ward to raise awareness about the Central government’s alleged failures.

The minister for road transport & highways, shipping and water resources, river development & Ganga rejuvenation was speaking at a gathering of former workers of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), BJP's student wing, in Nagpur on Saturday.

Taking a swipe at the Trinamool Congress, PM Modi accused it of killing the aspirations of the middle-class people in West Bengal.

Finance ministers traditionally stick to their written speech in English. During the 100-minute speech, Piyush Goyal spoke in Hindi on various occasions.

The BJP's candidate Krishan Middha won the seat with a margin of 12,935 votes over his nearest rival Digvijay Singh Chautala of new party Jannayak Janata Party.

Parrikar on Wednesday had accused Gandhi of using their courtesy meeting for "petty political gains" by making a "false statement" on the Rafale issue, prompting the Congress chief to assert that he did not speak on details of their conversation and claim...

Mocking Rahul’s claim of being a Hindu, Hegde said, 'How can he call himself a Brahmin? His father was Muslim and mother Christian. So, how is that possible? You will not find such a hybrid specimen in any laboratory across the world, than Congress.'

At a gathering of imams in the city, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal last week announced the hike in their monthly remuneration from Rs 10,000 to Rs 18,000.

Trinamool Congress, however, has denied the allegations saying it is the handiwork of the BJP. The TMC has also alleged that it was the BJP workers who attacked.

The party, this time, is leaving no stone unturned to grab a couple of seats from the state which hosts bipolar politics in its highest degree.