Politics

Earlier, the Commission had rejected a similar plea by the 20 AAP lawmakers to cross examine the petitioner in the office of profit case Prashant Patel. The MLAs had then moved the Delhi High Court against the EC order.

While Muzaffarpur observed bandh on Monday, all the opposition parties strongly condemned the “governance” of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Gandhi arrived in Amethi for a two-day visit, the first after his Kailash Mansarover pilgrimage, and said that the people of the country wishes to know the amount involved in the Rafale deal.

Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks, Naveen Patnaik said the Centre should rather think about the scams in the skill mission and Ujjwala schemes.

The BJP president's comments come in the wake of the Maharashtra police arresting five human rights activists late last month for their alleged links with Maoists.

The bodies of three policemen were found in an orchard in Shopian, hours after they were abducted from their homes in the early hours of the morning.

The chief minister’s clarification came a day ahead of the Brahmin Mahakumbh to be held in Ujjain. The mega event, among other things, plans to protest against the SC/ST Act.

Manish Tiwari said the former HAL chief had made certain "extremely pertinent points" that "absolutely demolish" the entire case that the NDA government has been trying to build on the Rafale issue.

Kumaraswamy warned that the state government could do anything to Yedyurappa if he really wants to trouble him.

On National Conference (NC) and PDP boycotting the upcoming polls, the state Congress president said they have their own issues "but secular parties have a role to play in stopping the communal forces".

Seeking to define how RSS works and allaying apprehensions of minorities in the country, Mohan Bhagwat said "inclusivity" is an essential part of the right-wing organisation and that if Muslims are not welcome in a Hindu nation, it is not 'Hindutva'.

The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in the state dissolved the Telangana assembly prematurely to swing elections in their favour by "manipulating" the voter list, the Congress alleged.

A resolution to this effect was one among the 34 passed at the party's state-level conference in Erode to celebrate the 50th year of the MDMK chief Vaiko's entry into politics and to remember Anna and Periyar.

President of Delhi BJP Manoj Tiwari said the government has appointed a private company for the verification of the documents collected by schools, which means the information of the parents is being given to a private agency.

After the killing of Burhan Wani, the situation became more volatile. Hundreds of Panchayat members resigned and vowed to never participate again.

Congress was the first to speak about the issue. Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Kamal Nath, responding to the media queries on upper caste anger, had said that the party would attempt to calm them down.