Politics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the SP government in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh for being "unconcerned" to the hardships of the people and asked if its family feud was over to allow it to concentrate on implementing central schemes for farme...

Ruling Samajwadi Party on Sunday said the demonetisation decision of the Narendra Modi government smacked of an attempt at "financially harming" rival political parties ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government will make Punjab drug-free within one month if it comes to power in the next year's assembly polls in the state, Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday.

A united Opposition on Friday sought an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling them "supporters of black money, as they forced two adjournments of proceedings in Rajya Sabha till afternoon.

Latching onto media reports, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday raised questions on whether the Reserve Bank of India was distributing currency to banks in a fair manner.

"The primary objective of PAAS is the community gets the benefit of reservation. Apart from that, we want discussion on police atrocities (during last year's agitation)," he said.

Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, will join the Congress on November 28, Punjab Congress unit chief Captain Amarinder Singh said on Wednesday.

Moreover IT raids over the last 5 years show that only 5 to 6 per cent of the black money is hard cash and rest is accumulated in real estate and bullion, he added.

The problems will remain for a few days but it will help in improving the economic condition in the country, said Amit Shah.

DMK on Sunday appealed to its cadres to make the "human chain" on November 24 a success, which will be held to protest against the Centre's "haste" in implementing the demonetisation and the state government for "not taking any action" in addressing peopl...

Taking a dig at the NDA government, Rahul Gandhi today asked the Centre if it will now call the Supreme Court "anti-national," following the apex court's remarks on the demonetisation move.

Continuing his attack on demonetisation, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged the Narendra Modi government's announcement to demonetise 500 and 1,000 rupee notes was not aimed at curbing black money but done to "create black money".

Continuing her confrontation with the Centre over demonetisation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday threatened a protest movement from Monday if the decision was not withdrawn within the three-day deadline.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday accused the NDA government at Centre of pursuing "discriminatory" politics against West Bengal by not releasing new Rs 500 notes in the state.

BSP president Mayawati cautioned Muslims in Uttar Pradesh that their interests were not safe with the Samajwadi Party, which is mired in family feud, and voting for it will mean strengthening the BJP.

BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha termed the situation following demonetisation as "chaotic" and demanded that accountability should be fixed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been let down by his team members.