Politics

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said, “Huge number of seats went uncontested during the panchayat elections in Bengal. We cannot remain oblivious to this fact. Out of 48,000 gram panchayat seats, nearly 16,000 went uncontested and this is puzz...

Earlier, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had also said that the accused should be hanged for committing such a heinous crime.

Issuing a statement a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the BSP-SP-Congress bonhomie, Mayawati said the BJP was trying to hide its failures ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The seat-sharing for 2019 Lok Sabha polls has not yet been decided though there are rumours that Congress will fight from 18 seats and the JD(S) will get the rest 10 in Karnataka.

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also rejected the Congress' allegation that the Modi government is politicising the surgical strikes.

Income Tax department had issued a notice to Vadra and his company Skylight Hospitality to pay arrears worth Rs 25 Crore for the year 2010-11, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said.

Rajyaguru quit the party on Monday evening alleging that those persons who had worked against Congress candidates in the Assembly elections continued to enjoy positions in the Congress party.

The President will now formally convene the session. The session will have nearly 18 sittings, Parliamentary Affairs minister Ananth Kumar said.

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was reacting to Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's tweet and statement that more militants were killed under the NDA government than in the UPA rule.

The BJP national president will review the ‘report cards’ of the MPs and plan a strategy for the upcoming elections.

The National Conference leader made it clear that his party would not ally with the PDP. "We did not have the mandate in 2014 and we do not have the mandate in 2018," he said.

One of the very first coalition governments formed in Jammu and Kashmir was in 1982. After the death of his father Sheikh Abdullah, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah won the elections and got a clear majority.

The BJP pulled out of the three-year-old ruling coalition with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir which now has been placed under Governor's rule.

The IAS Association held a press conference on Sunday evening to say that ever since the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, they have felt threatened and concerned over their security.

The chief minister also spoke about “Rythu Bhima Yojana” or insurance scheme for farmers, which will be launched on August 15 and will cover about 50 lakh farmers in the state.

The Delhi drama had offered the Congress the perfect opportunity to corner the BJP, but the grand old party did not seem too keen on supporting the AAP.