Politics

"The statement of Mehbooba reflects that she is suffering from frustration and is now banking on lies to gain public sympathy to hide her failures," a spokesman of the BJP said in a statement.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu wondered why Prime Minister Narendra Modi could not even say he would do justice to Andhra Pradesh by rectifying the mistakes.

A Sena source said there was a change of mind after the party learnt that the BJP, in a bid to woo Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghtana’s Lok Sabha MP Raju Shetti, assured him of considering his demand to increase the milk procurement price in Maharashtra, even...

The department recovered over Rs 170 crore in cash and 100kg gold bullion after a two-day raid across 30 premises of a road-construction firm in Tamil Nadu.

Asked about Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's claim that the Opposition had numbers, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar took a dig at her, saying, "Sonia Gandhi's maths is weak."

The proposed amendments, circulated among Members of Parliament, seek to do away with the parity given to information commissions with the Election Commission in terms of salary, allowances and conditions of service.

The party has issued a whip directing all its MPs to attend Parliament on Friday and Monday. Reddy said it doesn't matter even if a whip was issued.

The new Congress Working Committee (CWC) includes 23 members, 18 permanent invitees and 10 special invitees. This the first CWC formed by the Congress chief after assuming charge of the party.

Tejashwi Prasad Yadav ridiculed Nitish Kumar on Monday asserting the state deserved grant of special category status from the centre.

The BJP does not enjoy a majority in the House and, therefore, having its own candidate as deputy chairman will work in its favour.

Sources present at the all-party meet said that a joint candidate will be announced and backed by all parties. However, the name of the candidate was not announced.

The Congress and the JD(S) had bitterly fought against each other for the May 12 Assembly polls, but joined hands to form the government as the election threw up a hung verdict.

The opposition party is claiming that project is the brainchild of its leader and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, who laid a foundation stone for the same stretch in December 2016.

Yechury said the people of the country want to get rid of the "anti-people government" at the Center but an "alternative secular democratic government" can only be formed after the Lok Sabha poll.

PM Narendra Modi said that despite toiling hard, farmers could not think of a comfortable life and that they had to live a life of despair and despondency for decades because of the policies of the Congress-led governments.

The Assembly debacle of 2017 has made Mayawati seek partnerships outside her citadel in UP. Hers is the only party after the BJP and the Congress which has a truly national footprint.