Politics

Rejecting the opposition's criticism of the Citizenship Bill, which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there, Rajnath Singh asserted that the BJP has always worke...

The principal opposition party claimed that the disqualified MLAs, who defected from the Congress and the JDS to bring down the coalition government and are now contesting on BJP tickets, have attempted to return to the party from which they earlier defec...

Sharad Pawar also said that for NCP, it was not difficult to work with the Sena as compared to the BJP. 'That was not the route we could have taken,' he said.

Though the Chief Minister did not mention any party, some police officers said her obvious target was Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).

Gowda has recently said Congress President Sonia Gandhi's decision after the bypolls should be watched out for, leading to speculation about the possible coming together of the two parties once again, if situation arose.

Rio conveyed his appreciation to 'all negotiating parties for their magnanimity, spirit of understanding and foresightedness' to achieve a breakthrough in the Naga political talks

A central government notification of 1913 and notification of the then Bihar-Orissa government of 1931 suggest that Kudmis were part of the Scheduled Tribes.

In a veiled attack on the central BJP leaders without naming anyone, Sanjay Raut said Maharashtra did not bow down to the 'mob-rule' like functioning of Delhi.

The tweet by the Smajwadi Party supremo came a day after India's second quarter GDP growth registered a sharp decline to 4.5 per cent, the lowest in over six years.

As soon as the House assembled, Fadnavis alleged the Assembly session was not being conducted as per the rules.

The election for the post of Assembly speaker is also scheduled to be held today.

The case relates to protests near the I-T office by the leaders, including then CM HD Kumaraswamy and former CM Siddaramaiah, against the raids at the residence of Congress and JD(S) leaders.

Called to speak after vociferous demands of unqualified apology by the Congress, Thakur followed up her apology with the claim that her statement had been misconstrued.

West Bengal chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat for coming together and forming the government in Maharashtra.

Police personnel in civil clothes will also be deployed, the official said, adding that drones and CCTV cameras will be used to monitor the crowd.

An NCP activist said they are hopeful that Ajit Pawar will take oath as deputy chief minister on Thursday along with Thackeray as CM.