Politics

In picking the new entrants to the cabinet, the AAP carefully factored in caste, gender, religion and regional considerations

The three states together send 168 MPs to the Lok Sabha out of a total 543

The supporters of rebel Maharashtra minister Rajendra Patil-Yadravkar, who is camping with the Eknath Shinde-led group in Guwahati, and some Shiv Sena workers came face to face with each other in Kolhapur district on Monday

The Samajwadi Party lost its strongholds to the BJP in the byelections for Azamgarh and Rampur

The minister's remarks came after the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the plea filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the clean chit given by the SIT to then Chief Minister Narendra Modi and several others in 2002 Guj...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the allegations against then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi were politically motivated, which has been proven with the Supreme Court dismissing a plea against the SIT’s clean chit

In an exclusive interview with CNN-News18, Sada Sarvankar said the party cadre could protest as much as they wanted but the rebels had acted due to “our issues”

A dozen-odd opposition parties declared Yashwant Sinha as their candidate on Tuesday, the same day the BJP declared Droupadi Murmu as its candidate for the post of the President.

The videos are the first to emerge since Monday night when Eknath Shinde flew to Surat in BJP-ruled Gujarat with 26 Shiv Sena MLAs following suit

The former Congress chief also thanked party workers for their support during his questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case, and said he was not alone during the questioning but all those fighting for democracy were with him

Sources say the rebellion is largely borne out of the mismanagement of Shiv Sena affairs and the way Sanjay Raut seems to have the last word in matters in the coalition

"The Hon'ble Chairman of the Rajya Sabha has accepted my resignation. I was honoured to represent the state of Maharashtra. I wish the people of Maharashtra the very best in the future, peace and prosperity," he said.

While voting takes place in Parliament House and state legislative assemblies, the counting of votes is held in the national capital

According to the State Election Commission, the BJP candidates won all the 26 seats while the Congress was a runner-up in a majority of the seats

Congress sources say Ajay Maken is likely to challenge the result in the High Court, while anti-defection action will be taken against Bishnoi if he doesn't resign

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies have a comfortable majority in the presidential electoral college comprising MPs of both Houses of Parliament and MLAs of all state assemblies