Politics

With DMK supremo finally deciding to make son MK Stalin the ‘working president’ – thus clearing the succession issue once and for all – Tamil Nadu is entering a new era where the two chief claimants to power are both from outside the tinsel town.

Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday advocated a quota in the Indian cricket team for Dalits.

As the crisis within the Samajwadi Party refuses to die down, senior leader Ram Gopal Yadav who is considered close to UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is schedule to meet with the officials of Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday to stake their claim for...

Actor Sridevi Boney Kapoor on Monday met V K Sasikala, confidante of former Chief Minister, the late J Jayalalithaa.

The Goa BJP's decision to welcome a tainted Congress legislator into its fold has brought to the surface a rift between the party's tallest state leaders, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik.

Calling Patidar leader Hardik Patel's arrest "bizarre", Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asked the Rajasthan government to immediately release him.

Lashing out at Narendra Modi over the demonetisation, Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the Prime Minister's move had led to panic among people with the decisions being changed frequently even as the December 30 deadline for depositing old not...

Alleging a Rs 1000-crore scam in acquisition of land for the National Highway 74 in Udham Singh Nagar district, BJP on Sunday demanded CM Rawat's resignation.

Seeking to stem the flow of black money in polls, the Election Commission has urged the government to amend laws to ban anonymous contributions of Rs 2000 and above made to political parties.

Newly-appointed Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) chief Poonam Mahajan on Saturday said the immediate task before her is to build a new team with a special focus on the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

People who used to get full value of Rs 100 in cash now have to pay 5 to 6 per cent as a commission when they use card for making payment, he said, addressing an election rally in Fatorda village near here.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has organised a four-day meeting of its pracharaks from Saturday onwards, where Mohan Bhagwat, head of the organisation, would remain present.

The penultimate day of the winter session of Parliament on Friday is setup for a big tussle between the government and the Opposition as both try to break the deadlock.

The SP leader had said that a "political conspiracy" is involved in the gangrape of a minor girl and her mother on the highway in Bulandshahr on July 29, 2016.

Punjab Congress President Captain Amarinder Singh demanded a rollback of the demonetisation scheme and termed its implementation a 'total fiasco'.

The chief minister was reacting to Rahul's remarks that he wants to present in the Lok Sabha detailed information about "personal corruption" by Modi but is not being allowed to do so by the PM.