Politics

The high-voltage campaign for the February 4 assembly elections in Punjab came to an end this evening following hectic campaigning by various political parties.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday said the work done by him and a sweeper were same as both engaged in cleaning the society.

AAP on Thursday attacked the Akali Dal government and Punjab police for the Guru Granth Sahib Desecration incident and the deaths in police firing in the following protests.

Among the injured were BJP state vice president PP Vava besides 8 other party workers, four police officials and three media persons. Vava suffered serious injuries on his head after he was hit by a tear gas shell.

In terms of perception, it aims to transform BJP to a poor man’s party. It aims to overwhelm the very fundamental of Indian polity: caste faultlines.

Its alliance with the Samajwadi Party could be the elusive opening that the Congress may have been patiently waiting for since the 1989 meltdown in the politics of the Hindi heartland.

Rejecting allegations that the party is ignoring Muslims in ticket distribution for the upcoming Assembly polls in Manipur, BJP on Monday said it has selected candidates on the basis of "winnability".

Ending all speculation about his return to Gujarat politics anytime in the near future, BJP president Amit Shah has said he is here to stay in national politics.

Exodus and migration are two words one gets to see a lot in BJP campaign material. Amit Shah underscored the issues when he told Network18 Group editor-in-chief Rahul Joshi that the party plans to set up a task force to look into “exodus”, whose constitut...

With campaigning reaching fever pitch in Goa, Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah and Uddhav Thackeray will address public meetings on Monday in the poll-bound state.

The Karnataka government on Saturday decided to amend laws legalising Kambala, a traditional annual buffalo race held in Mangalore and Udupi.

Congress General Secretary Gurudas Kamat on Saturday slammed his party colleague Sanjay Nirupam for his comments on NCP chief Sharad Pawar after he was chosen for Padma Vibhushan.

BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday said if his party returned to power in Uttar Pradesh, it will seek the opinion of the state's Muslim women on the triple 'talaq' issue and approach the Supreme Court accordingly.

A 20-year-old man tried to set the BJP MLA Atru Rampal Meghwal ablaze by pouring inflammable liquid on him but failed as the legislator's supporters pulled him aside in Baran district of Rajasthan.

Congress on Wednesday complained to the Election Commission against BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit President Keshav Prasad Maurya for allegedly raking up the contentious Ram Temple issue despite a court order to not to seek votes in the name of religion and sou...

A group of BJP workers on Wednesday for the second time in three days burnt the effigy of Union Minister Smriti Irani to protest against ticket distribution for Assembly polls here.