Politics

As the counting began on Monday morning, Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy established a lead against his main rival Silpa Chandra Mohan Reddy of the YSR Congress right from the first round.

Ever since 19 MLAs loyal to sidelined AIADMK deputy chief TTV Dinakaran met Rao on August 21 and expressed their lack of confidence in the Chief Minister, DMK has been demanding a floor test.

The BJP received the maximum corporate donations of Rs 705.81 crore from 2,987 donors, followed by the Congress which received Rs 198.16 crore from 167 corporate donors, said the ADR.

The seven rebels of the JD (S) who have been at odds with Gowda and his son HD Kumaraswamy, the party's state president, ever since they cross-voted in favour of the Congress candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections last year.

Was it that TTV Dinakaran held a hugely successful rally that has sent left both OPS and EPS worried? Or were there other compulsions? The two leaders had also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi just two days ago.

Dozens of posters, describing their Lok Sabha MP as "missing" along with "a reward for anyone who can locate her", surfaced overnight at Gora Bazaar, Mahanandpur and the Government Colony in Rae Bareli.

The rising of people of humble and poor background to the highest constitutional positions in the country is a tribute to Indian democracy and shows its maturity, said PM Modi.

The Palaniswami camp has “relieved” TTV Dinakaran of the responsibilities of deputy general secretary and invalidates his appointments.

The Delhi High Court had on June 15 rejected Sukesh Chandrashekar's bail plea on the ground that police had seized a fake Rajya Sabha member ID card from his possession, which was a "serious threat to Parliament's security".

The polls saw late night drama as the Election Commission reject votes of two rebel Congress MLAs for violating electoral rules, thus enabling Patel to with 44 votes.

The drama began when counting of votes for the three Gujarat Rajya Sabha seats, which was supposed to start at 5 pm on Tuesday, was held up after the Congress demanded that the Election Commission of India should quash the votes of Raghav Bhai Patel and B...

Signals emanating from the top-brass of the RSS-BJP combine suggests that after having upped the ante, it is not keen to immediately step down on its broadsides against the CPI(M) as this would be politically counter-productive.

The senior BJP leader asserted that the state government was committed to take action against all types of persons involved in corruption.

An election for Rajya Sabha is taking place after a long time and most MLAs in Gujarat would be exercising franchise for such election for the first time, he said.

Congress leader Pawan Khera asked Modi what action had been taken against Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh over the Panama Papers issue, citing the case of Nawaz Sharif who quit as Pakistani prime minister.

Regional parties like the AIADMK, the BJD, the TRS, the YSRCP and the INLD, which together have 26 members, have often backed the government, which can also count on at least four of the eight nominated members for support.