Politics

Madhav also denied charges that the ruling party was following schemes of the previous UPA dispensation.

The winter session for most state legislatures begin between late November and early December and it is important for the bill to be passed from Parliament by that time to ensure that the same is taken up for ratification by states, the government sources...

The Congress vice president said his fight to make them equal partners in the progress of the nation will continue.

The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the dates for the high-stakes Assembly elections in Bihar.

Sinha's recent meetings and praise for JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar have upset the BJP at a time when it hopes to deny him another term as chief minister.

Opposition parties accused the UDF regime of trying to postpone the democratic exercise.

The government would be given a feedback over the issues but it would not be any threadbare analysis of any specific programme or policy.

Three dogs with their throats slit were hung by the neck from an electric pole in Kannur district.

BJP general secretary and Bihar in-charge Bhupender Yadav told reporters that they had informally met the leaders of their allies like LJP, RLSP and HAM (Secular).

The government constitutes the Pay Commission almost every 10 years to revise the pay scale of its employees and often these are adopted by states after some modifications.

Opposition parties including DMK and CPI(M) staged a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Assembly for the second day on Wednesday over issues including Mekedatu dam issue.

Hardik Patel, the youth who is spearheading the campaign for reservation for the Patel community in Gujarat, has appealed to his supporters to maintain peace.

Senior Congress MLA in Telangana and Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) P Kishta Reddy died following a heart attack on Tuesday.

The social media debut for the Delhi Assembly came alongside an orientation programme for the members of the House.

Each smart city will have a SPV which will be headed by a full time CEO and have nominees of Central and state governments and urban local body on its board.