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Sharughan Sinha said Sidhu has already made himself clear on the issue and "I don't think there is any scope for any controversy."

The timing of Patel’s appointment is also significant. Congress is bracing itself for the big battle for 2019. And paucity of funds is one the challenges it faces.

Lawyer and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party leader Sudhir Ojha filed a criminal case against Navjot Singh Sidhu under sedition and other charges for hugging Pakistan's Army chief.

Senior RSS leader Madan Das Devi said Atal ji always wanted that people should not break rules or violate laws but the circumstances were such that it was not possible to implement his suggestions.

M K Stalin's remarks come at a time when his brother M K Alagiri, expelled by DMK patriarch and their father M Karunanidhi in 2014, has raised a banner of revolt.

Ashutosh, who had a long career as a television journalist before joining politics and Anna Hazare’s India Against Corruption (IAC) movement, requested that his privacy be respected.

Sources said the BJP was exploring the possibility of deferring assembly elections of some states by a few months and advancing some others to ensure they are held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls.

In an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamana, the BJP's bickering ally said the prime minister should instead give answers to questions people have in their minds through "face-to-face" interviews.

I met him 15 days ago and he was battling for life. I wish the party could have given him back his membership. I am very depressed as it could not happen. I am hurt.

Apologising for his remark, Hussain Dalwai said, "Whatever remark I made was wrong and I have apologise. I didn't want to hurt anybody's sentiment. It was being intentionally politicised."

In a series of tweets, Kanimozhi referred to the NGT decision to allow mining major Vedanta to enter the administrative unit of the Sterlite copper plant, which was closed on May 28 following violent protests by local over the ecological damage by the pla...

Opposition MPs, including Raj Babbar, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Ambika Soni, CPI's D Raja, AAP MP Sushil Gupta among others held protest outside Parliament, holding placards and raising slogans demanding a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe i...

Many feel various regional and national outfits are seeking to woo Karunanidhi's heir apparent and party chief M K Stalin for the upcoming general elections, as the party is likely to fare better while riding on the sympathy wave.

Polls to 105 urban local bodies in the state are scheduled for August 29.

For the BJP to have conceded the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman’s post to Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) is borne both out of compulsion and foresight. It’s an assurance of sorts for present and potential allies.

A 60-year-old man and woman were killed in the commotion outside Chennai’s Rajaji Hall as the crowds became restless in line to pay their last respects to DMK patriarch Karunanidhi.