Politics

In a major setback to the ruling Jagan Reddy-led YSR Congress camp, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday quashed a government order granting 59 per cent reservations in local body elections.

As the Upper House re-assembled at 2 pm after an adjournment earlier in the day, Opposition MPs including those belonging to the Congress, AAP, Left, TMC, SP, BSP and DMK were up on their feet shouting slogans and accusing the government of failing in its...

On Sunday morning, a group of BJP supporters marched chanting 'desh ke gaddaro ko, goli maaro s**lon ko' near Shahid Minar in the heart of Kolkata, during Amit Shah’s rally.

Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee said West Bengal is better off without bigotry, claiming the BJP is trying to spread hatred in the state.

Finding itself on the back foot over anti-CAA protests, the BJP has decided to send Amit Shah to Kolkata to clear confusion among the people.

Nawab Malik said Maharashtra BJP leaders, led by former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, were trying to create confusion among people on reservations to the Muslim community but the Maha Vikas Aghadi will manage to dispel all doubts.

Shah said people should come out and ask those fomenting trouble to explain which clause of the Citizensip (Amendment) Act talked about snatching citizenship of people.

Azam Khan and his family members had surrendered before a Rampur court on Wednesday and were sent to judicial custody till March 2 for their alleged role in securing a fake birth certificate of Abdullah Azam.

Mamata Banerjee had not attended meetings convened by the Centre. Her decision now to take part in the EZC meeting to be chaired by Amit Shah has raised eyebrows in the political circles.

Apart from registration of FIRs, the petition also seeks setting up of a Special Investigation Team to look into the alleged hate speeches.

Reacting to Shiv Sena's silence on AIMIM leader Waris Pathan's statement, Fadnavis said the Uddhav Thackeray-led party might be "wearing bangles”, but the BJP was not and would react to it.

The MP also asked those protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) to talk to the government instead of indulging in violence.

As Speaker Vijay Kumar Chaudhary was about to finish his speech in Urdu, one of the members from the treasury bench uttered "laholwilaquat", to which opposition members rushed to the well of the House.

In a tweet, Iltija Mufti talked about US President Donald Trump's visit to India and wrote about the anti-CAA violence in Delhi and the fundamental rights of Kashmiris.

Congress leader Usman Majid had been served a show-cause notice by the party for meeting the visiting European Union parliamentarians recently without prior permission.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar's first reaction on the violence was that Hindutvawadis were behind it, but police did not find any evidence to back up his claims, said former Maharashtra CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis.