Politics

The government has billed GST, which amalgamated more than a dozen central and state levies, as "landmark reform" that will not just boost economic growth but also curb tax evasion.

The PIL has alleged that there was a criminal case against the JD(U) leader in which he was accused of killing a local Congress leader Sitaram Singh and injuring four others ahead of the Lok Sabha by-election from Bihar's Barh constituency in 1991.

While I didn’t get to ask Rahul Gandhi if his social media team was using bots to boost interactivity, but I did get close view of the man who has converted reclusiveness into popular appeal.

Days after the Grand Old Party offered tickets to OBC leader Alpesh Thakore, Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani, and Patidar leader Hardik Patel, the meeting between the top Congress leader and Patel is seen as another attempt to take the latter onboard.

A few days back Union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde had refused to join the birthday celebrations of Tipu Sultan, asking his officials to keep his name out of the invitation list.

"The Congress has pushed the Nehru-Gandhi garbage into the minds of people over the years and there is now no space for any other theory," said the Lok Sabha member from Jorhat Kamakhya Prasad Tasa.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleged that frequent requests to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the state's development issues have been denied.

DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi has been out of political action for around a year. He was last seen in public when he was discharged from a hospital on December 23 last year.

Amit Shah, who was in Kerala on the completion of 'janraksha yatra', didn't mince his words and tore into the CPI (M)-led government in Kerala.

Calling it a bad decision both politically and administratively, Mamata said she has sent “strongly worded” letters to both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Rajnath Singh protesting the decision.

Speaking at a book launch, Nitish reiterated that demonetisation and GST were in the interest of the nation, and there was no need to be worried about opposition's attack on the government for the slowdown.

The Congress seems to be heading for a massive win in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll with its candidate Sunil Jakhar leading by over 1 lakh votes.

Party sources said that after the defeat in the assembly election earlier this year, Mayawati has made the civic body elections a prestige issue.

She was responding to a question on the Supreme Court's recent observations while hearing a plea seeking re-opening of the investigation into the assassination.

Anandiben had replaced Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2014 after BJP’s victory in the general elections.

On March 28, 2014, the high court had ordered the Election Commission and the Ministry of Home Affairs to look into the accounts of political parties and take action within six months.