Politics

Lashing out at the government over demonetisation of high-value currency in November and the Goods and Services Tax rollout, Yadav said both the steps devastated the economy, especially small and medium enterprises.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra disposed off the petition filed by T T V Dinakaran, the deputy general secretary of a faction of the AIADMK party, challenging a Madras High Court order asking the poll panel to decide the election symbol row by...

Akhilesh Yadav's anointment should be viewed as the beginning of a generational shift in Indian politics that would pan out across the country in the coming months.

Siddarmaiah, who also holds the Finance portfolio, took umbrage at the Centres suggestion that since it had cut excise duties by Rs 2, it was now left to the states individually to reduce fuel prices further for their citizens.

Congress Party chief spokesperson, Randeep Singh Surjewala said in response to a reporter's question on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar's purported remark that the Congress should take an initiative to bring all the opposition parties...

Rahul said that demonetisation was a failure, and instead of achieving anything, people lost their jobs. Upon his arrival, while addressing a gathering, Rahul urged people to understand GST "properly".

The petitioner organisation has contended that under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, deportation of the child refugees in Rohingya camps must be safeguarded.

In an interview to 'The Wire' recorded on Friday, the former Union minister answered questions from journalist Karan Thapar on him being criticised for an article he wrote in a leading English daily on the state of economy that left the BJP embarrassed.

The 77-year-old Banwarilal Purohit has been a veteran in Maharashtra politics and has been two-time Congress MP and one-time BJP MP from Nagpur.

In Indian politics, Mulayam’s ability to cut political deals has been legendary. Though, he had the agility of a first class gymnast, it is another matter that the pehelwan from Etawah chose politics for a profession at a young age.

The BJP leader asked the youths to uproot the "useless government" and vote his party to power to "bring development back in Himachal".

The veteran actor Kamal Haasan has been very active politically of late, often times levying corruption charges against the Tamil Nadu government.

The former chief minister had on Tuesday questioned those calling on the Rohingya to leave the country, asking whether they would also demand the Tibetan government-in-exile to leave the Indian shores.

Talking to reporters in the city, YSRC leader Botsa Satyanarayana alleged that the cost of the project has been escalated to benefit the contractors.

Addressing a farmers’ convention in Bhind district, Revenue Minister Umashankar Gupta said that such pro-farmer rule by the Madhya Pradesh government was not even witnessed during lord Ram’s rein in Treta Yuga, nor in lord Krishna’s rein in Dwapar and not...

After the Sangh Parivar slammed Banerjee over Puja restrictions, the CM, last Saturday, warned them “not to play with fire”.