Politics

The Samajwadi Party has 47 MLAs in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly and can send just one candidate to the upper house. It chose Jaya Bachchan as its candidate.

Independent Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who has been given a BJP ticket to contest the upcoming Rajya Sabha biennial elections from Karnataka, will join the BJP on Monday.

The top actor had also touched upon key issues concerning Tamil Nadu, including the Cauvery river water dispute, alleged corruption and vote for money. He had told his followers to realise that they have a big responsibility and they had to be pioneers.

After the first meeting of the BJP council of ministers, headed by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, Tourism Minister Pranajit Singha Roy said names of the members of the expert committee would be announced soon.

The Samajwadi Party, the BSP, and the Congress can together send two candidates to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. The BSP has 19 seats, the SP has 47 and the Congress six. Each candidate requires 33 votes in the house to win.

Biplab Kumar Deb took oath as the chief minister of the first BJP government in Tripura, ending the 25-year rule of the Left Front, even as PM Modi assured full support for all-round development of the state.

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said the people of Gorakhpur had elected him MP five times, and “the fast-paced development work done by him would give his party the victory”.

Accompanied by party leaders Dimple Yadav, wife of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Rajendra Chowdhury and Kironmay Nanda, besides businessman Subrata Roy Sahara, Jaya Bachchan, who turns 70 next month, filed her nomination at the Central Hall of the state Assemb...

On the recent controversy of four senior SC judges holding an unprecedented press conference, the Congress president said that BJP has launched a very very aggressive and organised attack on the system and on the judiciary.

While Rajinikanth urged students to confine themselves to voting, Haasan said is important for them to monitor politics.

Though a majority of the leaders support severing of ties with the NDA, there is an alternative opinion which wants the party to extend the process over a period of time.

Earlier on Tuesday, during a meeting with Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, Siddaramaiah had reportedly told him that it would be unwise to send “outsiders” to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka ahead of the crucial Assembly elections.

Karti Chidambaram contended that his arrest was "illegal and arbitrary" but the agency opposed his bail plea, saying the investigation was at a crucial stage and his custodial interrogation was necessary to unearth the entire conspiracy in the INX Media c...

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president Amit Shah, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and BJP national spokesperson Nalin Kohli were present at the swearing-in ceremony.

Names of Ratnakar Mahajan and two leaders were recommended by the Maharashtra unit of the Congress to its national committee for selection, a senior party leader said.

The appointment of 37-year old Aroot Madni, Mehbooba Mufti's maternal cousin, had enraged other shortlisted candidates, who alleged he was favoured for the post of executive officer.