Politics

The Shiv Sena, an ally of the BJP, has demanded an ordinance to pave the way for the temple's construction in Ayodhya, arguing that the matter has been dragging in courts for decades.

Party leader Pankaj Gupta said the extension of the national council's term means that the terms of the national executive and convener Arvind Kejriwal are also extended by a year.

The possibilities are a direct payment to all landowning farmers, compensation for those who sold produce below government prices, and a loan waiver scheme. The government has not yet discussed the ways in which it plans to fund any of the schemes.

On Thursday, Bhim Army founder and leader Chandrashekhar Azad in a tweet declared the outfit will go ahead with its programme in Mumbai, even after the Fadnavis government “deliberately” cancelled permission.

According to the ‘ADR 2018 Pan-India Survey Report of Governance Issues’, better employment opportunities was the most important issue for the voters in the five states that went to polls in November and December.

Mallah community leader who recently switched over to the UPA side, said that he will continue his fight for reservations.

By giving cabinet berths to the two former colleagues of Ajit Jogi - Kawasi Lakhma and Guru Rudra Kumar – Bhupesh Baghel hopes to further dent Jogi and demoralise his party’s workers ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election

The remarks gain significance in the backdrop of the Bharatiya Janata Party's loss in the recently concluded assembly elections.

The UP chief minister also criticised Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, saying people were flaunting the ‘janeu’ (sacred thread) for votes.

Senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury asserted that the Supreme Court has merely excluded the scam of this nature from its jurisdiction and hence, to say that the BJP has got a clean chit, is a misleading propaganda.

Ajit Pawar has dismissed reports that his party had given up its claim on the Pune Lok Sabha seat and said that while the decision of sharing 40 seats with the allied parties has been taken, the discussion on eight seats, including Pune, is still going o...

While the first reference is obviously to former prime minister Indira Gandhi, his second reference was to Rahul's father Rajiv Gandhi is alleged to have wanted a law for unrestricted access to read letters.

The division bench comprising Chief Justice Debasish Kargupta and Justice Shampa Sarkar send the case back to the single bench to consider intelligence inputs by state agencies.

Despite his party's poor peformance in the polls, Chouhan continues to be a popular figure in the state with crowds welcoming him in droves during public appearances.

During the just concluded Assembly polls too, the Congress alleged malfunctioning in voting machines, ballot units and VVPATs.

On Monday, the Delhi High Court convicted Sajjan Kumar for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and sentenced him to imprisonment for life.