Politics

There is no rift between me and my son Akhilesh, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav said on Monday soon after visiting the Election Commission office to stake claim to the party’s cycle symbol.

The BJP’s rank and file in Karnataka has been in a fix for the last four months, caught in a cold war between two heavyweights.

Former bureaucrats, ex-police officers and former army men have jumped into the election fray in Punjab as they try their luck in the high-stake assembly polls in the state on February 4.

Marking the 'son rise' in the ruling PDP, Tasaduq Mufti on Saturday joined the party on the first death anniversary of his father and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, saying he dreams of cleaning up politics in Kashmir.

BJP on Saturday rebutted allegations that the PMO was behind the denial of a seat to RJD chief Lalu Prasad at the podium of the Prakash Parva and put the blame squarely on Nitish Kumar government, in an attempt to further fuel rumblings within the grand a...

"States such as Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra which do not organise such events are way ahead of us in attracting investment. After the tall claims of creation of millions of jobs due to Summits, over 60 lakh youths in Gujarat are still unemployed," said the...

Citing her survey report, Mamata said, "1.7 crore people in West Bengal have been directly affected by demonetisation and 81.5 lakh people have been rendered jobless in the state due to note ban effect"

Meanwhile, the West Bengal BJP leaders will meet home minister Rajnath Singh today to apprise him of the situation in the state.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's camp on Tuesday met Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi to stake claim on the Samajwadi Party's election symbol 'cycle'.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is likely to address a rally here as part of the party's nation-wide campaign against demonetisation and subsequent "anti-people" measures taken by the Centre, a senior party office-bearer said on Monday.

With family feud in Samajwadi Party worsening, Congress on Tuesday appeared ambivalent on the issue of a possible alliance with the party for upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.

It added that "left-over pakodas were warmed up, and dished out again with a dash of fresh chutney", but warned that eating such stale food could create huge health problems or even cause death.

In a definite snub to Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday announced candidates for 325 of the 403 Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats, "ignoring" his son's objections to certain names, and "ruled out" alliance with any p...

Bharatiya Janata Party National Secretary Shrikant Sharma said that Gandhi's frustration was understood as he was helping those who earlier looted the country.

Senior BJP leader and Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday dismissed the Congress-led meet of eight parties against demonetisation, as a "fake attempt for unity" and said it would never succeed.

Reiterating that as per the universally accepted Riparian Principle, Punjab was the "only rightful owner" of its river waters, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said no other state had any right over it.