Politics

It is "utterly shameful" that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo was being used by private online payment firm Paytm, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday.

A court on Thursday framed charges against former Congress MP Vijay Darda, accused in an alleged coal scam.

Calling the government decision to demonetize higher denomination notes as a "gimmick", the CPI-M on Wednesday demanded the cost of withdrawing currency notes to be made public.

CPI(M) stands for Indian nationalism and not Hindu nationalism, its general secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Tuesday as he launched a veiled attack on RSS over its alleged efforts to implement Hindutva agenda in an intensified manner.

Firebrand Congress leader and former Odisha MLA Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra passed away following multi-organ failure at a private hospital in Gurugram.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday questioned the Centre’s “attitude” in providing “timely assistance” for the damage caused by flood in the state this year, for “delaying the arrival” of the Central team.

Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar said the Samajwadi Partys foundation day celebrations on Saturday should not be seen as a "prelude to alliance" for the coming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

UP's ruling Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav flagged off son Akhilesh Yadav's 'rath yatra' and Shivpal, with whom the Chief Minister was locked in a bitter power struggle, extended him his "best wishes".

Javadekar paid tributes to Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister of India, on his 141st birth anniversary.

Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar on Friday said he had not received any invitation to take part in the November 5 programme of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.

However, the court did not accept Soni's claim that Sidhu had spent much more than Rs 1,83,466 that he had shown to have spent on organising the public meetings during election campaign.

The Maharashtra unit of Congress on Saturday expressed "shock" over Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis mediating over release of a film featuring a Pakistani actor, saying he bowed before highhanded tactics of the MNS.

"Rafale is the best deal that we have managed. It was because Prime Minister of India and President of France agreed that we have this deal which has not been offered to any other country," Parrikar said.

While all top BJP leaders of Himachal Pradesh were present at a party rally addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here, the pictures of local leaders were missing in the posters, prompting Congress to take swipe at it over "infighting".

The land for the proposed museum has been provided by the Uttar Pradesh government.

I don’t believe in playing the caste card: This is what Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi said just before the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 when reporters asked him for his vision of politics for the party. More than two years later, his party has gone...