Politics

Amid the fierce battle for the state, farmers have begun to skip loan repayments. This has been dubbed as an “abnormal trend” by officials of cooperative and nationalized banks since crops have been healthy this year.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had stumped the BJP by announcing farm loan waiver in Mandsaur while attending condolence met of six farmers killed in police firing in June this year.

The communique from Raj Bhavan also highlighted "fragile security scenario" and the need for "a supportive environment" for security forces.

Nasir Sogami, the provincial president of NC, described the Governor’s action to dissolve the state assembly as the demolition of democracy, but did not kept mum on whether the party would challenge the decision in the Supreme Court.

Manish Sisodia said that accused Anil Kumar Sharma's Facebook profile shows that he is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan referred to proceed to Pamba from Nilakkal in a state-run KSRTC bus as a mark of protest against the restrictions imposed by state authorities causing difficulties to pilgrims.

A total of 1,079 candidates, including 119 women, are contesting in 72 constituencies of the state with an electorate of 1,54,00,596.

As per the chargesheet, Hardik and his aides, who were part of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), were allegedly involved in inciting the Patel community youths to resort to violence as part of their conspiracy to put undue pressure on the governme...

CPI(ML) cautions the opposition Grand Alliance in the state against joining hands with ‘weathercocks in the NDA’.

Mukesh Pal of the Hindu Sena threw ink at Kumar and Mevani, which left a stain on their shirts, when the two were about to address the seminar

A letter containing what police claimed was the phone number of senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has been made part of the chargesheet against 10 activists arrested for alleged Maoist links in connection with the Elgar Parishad case, a senior offici...

Yogi Adityanath has also directed police chiefs to ensure that fat policemen are not put in charge of police stations.

Rahul Gandhi has termed the Centre’s nominees in the RBI board as PM Narendra Modi’s “coterie of cronies”.

Congress’s first list of 151 candidates released earlier this week mentions sitting MPs, former union ministers and top leaders who have decided to return to state politics.

Taking a swipe at the BJP government in UP, Patel claimed that while cities are being renamed, issues such as unemployment and farmer loans are being 'overlooked'. 'Today the BJP is only interested in names and idols,' he added.

According to sources, after Sultanpur, the next city in line is Robertsganj, which might be merged with Sonbhadra district. Sources also revealed that other cities to be renamed soon may include Shahjahanpur.