Politics

Film star turned politician Vijayakanth has expressed "regret" to the Press Council of India (PCI) over his alleged misbehaviour with journalists in 2015 following which a case in this regard has been 'dismissed.'

The cash-for-votes method to win an election is not entirely new in Tamil Nadu. Just ahead of the Tamil Nadu state elections, polls at two constituencies -- Aravakurichi and Thanjavur -- were held back after huge amounts of cash were seized.

A day after the Election Commission allotted its 200 candidates a common symbol 'Whistle', the fledgling Swaraj India party on Sunday launched a unique campaign asking the people to blow a whistle whenever they see anything wrong happening around them.

Hours after CNN-News18 exposed attempts by netas to bribe voters in R K Nagar, a seat J Jayalalithaa held, sources say that the poll panel is likely to cancel the voting.

Congress MP and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor today denied reports that he was joining the BJP.

He said it was unfortunate that Bedi had created an ‘extraordinary situation’ where an all-party delegation planned to meet the President and Prime Minister to complain about her style of functioning.

Just two days before the all-crucial bypoll in RK Nagar, a seat which was held by the late J Jayalalithaa, CNN-News18 has exposed attempts by netas to bribe voters, who seem only too happy to oblige.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday strongly pitched for an all-India law against cow slaughter and asked the vigilante groups to obey the law while espousing the cause of protecting the animal.

BJP leader Tarun Vijay’s attempt to defend India over the attacks on African students backfired when the former MP made a racist comment against south Indians.

In his first speech in Parliament after the historic May 2014 verdict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “I am hoisted by senior leaders of my party on their shoulders. Whatever we have achieved today is because of sacrifices made by past generations.”

BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha on Thursday said his party will emerge as the only alternative to the Trinamool Congress in the next rural polls in West Bengal, due in 2018.

A group of 'disgruntled' senior Congress leaders on Wednesday hit out at Delhi party chief Ajay Maken over "irregularities" in ticket distribution for the upcoming MCD polls.

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's son Nara Lokesh, four MLAs of the opposition YSRC who switched loyalty to the ruling TDP-BJP coalition, and six others were on Sunday inducted into the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet.

Shouting "Modi, Modi" will not satiate your hunger, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday told a group of men who tried disrupting his rally by raising slogans in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Even on the day of his arrest, the Madhepura MP, who is also the chief of Jan Adhikar Party, had led a protest by his party workers against the state government over the leakage of question papers of Bihar Staff Selection Commission examination and a stee...

West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday met West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi and demanded resignation of TMC ministers who were purportedly seen accepting money in Narada sting operation.