Politics

Soon after finance minister Arun Jaitley announced the cut, Shah tweeted his response in which he also welcomed the decision.

Questioning whether Swaraj's address was a UN speech or BJP slogans, Shashi Tharoor said she devoted the first half of her speech mentioning Modi's vision for a "New India" and discussing programmes as the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Manohar Parrikar will come back soon. We are not able to tell you the exact date of his arrival, said Goa BJP president Vinay Tendulkar.

Alleging that the Congress and JD-S alliance had "hijacked" some independents who offered support to the BJP, its legislators and corporators staged a protest walkout ahead of the voting.

The top Court on Wednesday paved the way for grant of quota for promotions in the government jobs to SCs and STs, holding that the states were not required to "collect quantifiable data" reflecting the backwardness among these communities.

Congress social media chief Divya Spandana was booked for allegedly posting an "insulting" tweet against PM Modi. A case was registered on Tuesday at Lucknow's Gomti Nagar police station.

While Rahul Gandhi and Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee president Madan Mohan Jha were described as representing "Brahmin community", Gohil's image was labelled "Rajput samuday" (community).

Goa Congress spokesman Ramkant Khalap told reporters in Panaji that the situation in the state is right for the governor to dismiss the Parrikar government.

Soon after Patel got elected, BJP leader Balwantsinh Rajput filed a petition in the high court challenging the poll panel's decision to invalidate the votes of the two rebel MLAs. Had these votes been counted, he would have defeated Patel, Rajput had cont...

There is "anarchy" prevailing in the coastal state in Manohar Parrikar's absence, the Sena claimed, adding the party was grappling with the problem of who could replace Parrikar as it does not have anyone "suitable" for the top post.

In a clear consequence of Mulayam Singh Yadav siding with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav at a recent rally in Delhi, his photo has been removed from the new Secular Morcha posters in Etawah.

On a two-day visit to Amethi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being a “thief”.

The SAPAKS is not willing to announce the names of candidates until poll dates are declared as it fears the opposition might threaten or lure away their candidates.

Rahul Gandhi made the remarks at a meeting of top office-bearers of the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC), which was reconstituted earlier this week.

The Congress party, which has 16 members in the 40-member Assembly, gave a 14-day notice for convening of a session of the House for undertaking the process of removing Pramod Sawant from the post.

In keeping with the way the Telangana Congress has always functioned, unveiled were nine jumbo committees, most of them accommodating more than 30 leaders.