Politics

Pew said the public's "positive assessment" of Modi is buoyed by "growing contentment" with the Indian economy: more than eight-in-ten say economic conditions are "good", up 19 percentage points since immediately before the 2014 election.

"Thus, we can say that demonetisation was done 700 years back. Though Tughlaq is infamous for shifting his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad, he has also done demonetisation," Sinha said.

Amit Shah said that Prime Minister Modi is personally looking into the GST matter, and the results will be there for everyone to see.

Sitaram Yechury told CNN-News18 that, Sonia Gandhi played a very crucial role in the formation of the UPA and, in the entire effort to get rid of the NDA government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee which was then necessary for the country.

Congress general secretary in-charge of Gujarat, Ashok Gehlot told PTI that the GST Council on Friday decided to cut the tax rates due to the pressure mounted by Rahul Gandhi and the "huge response" he had been receiving in the poll-bound western state.

Roy, who was inducted into the BJP last week, also alleged that the much lauded ‘Biswa Bangla’ project is nothing but a private company owned by Mamata’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee.

Senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar and his family members continue to be summoned for interrogation every now and then by the I-T department.

On Wednesday, Bharatiya Janata Party patriarch Lal Krishna Advani was observing his 90th birthday without much pomp and show. Lalu took to Twitter and wished Advani, whose rath yatra he had famously halted in 1990 when he reached Bihar.

In a social media post, the Chief Minister said, "Crores of workers, particularly in the informal sector, lost their jobs. Several farmers were left to starve and over 100 people lost their lives.”

The DMK has cited incessant showers as the reason for cancelling the protest in eight rain-ravaged districts of Tamil Nadu. However, political observers see this as a major development ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The Kottayam Vigilance Court had ordered a probe into the allegations that Chandy encroached upon government land and built a road on it to a lake resort that he owns.

A contingent of armed CRPF commandos will take charge of the new protectee in the next few days. Roy will have about three to four commandos with him, whenever he is in West Bengal.

After a meeting, senior leaders of YSR Congress Party have demanded that 20 MLA's who had defected to ruling Telugu Desam Party, must be disqualified.

According to a report, the Gujarat government in the last one fortnight has announced projects and sops worth Rs 11,000 crore since the dates of Himachal Pradesh elections were announced.

The Congress has a lot of catching up to do in the urban constituencies if it wants to take a serious aim at government formation as, in effect, BJP’s tally in Gujarat begins from 45.

The Commission has been under attack from opposition parties for not having announced the dates for Gujarat Assembly elections along with Himachal Pradesh.