Politics

This decision was taken in the RSS coordination committee meeting that was attended by Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat.

Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's comments came amid speculation about the Shiv Sena-NCP forming government in the state with outside support from the Congress.

Speaking to reporters in the city, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar said the senior BJP MLA Appachu Ranjan has written to him stating that Kodavas are the victims of Tipu's atrocities.

Priyanka Gandh's attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came on a day the government organised a series of events across the country to mark the birth anniversary of Patel, the first home minister of the country.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav told cadre that he hopes the party will raise real issues afflicting the people of Uttarkhand, and hit out at the BJP and Congress for 'ignoring real issues'.

Madhya Pradesh Women and Child Welfare Minister Imarti Devi had said the idea to include eggs in the anganwadi menu was under consideration of the Congress-led government considering the high nutritional value of eggs.

Monday's amicable meeting between Ajay Chautala and Abhay Chautala triggered hopes of a festering family dispute that led to a vertical split in the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) last year coming to end.

The move comes days after the Law Ministry amended Conduct of Election Rules allowing "absentee voters" of essential services, senior citizens of more than 80 years of age and people with disabilities.

As the BJP's tally went down in the state assembly elections held last week compared to its 2014 performance, its ally Shiv Sena's chief Uddhav Thackeray raised a pitch for 'equal sharing' of power.

As many as 25 seats in Haryana and 37 seats in Maharashtra recorded victory margins of less than 5,000 votes.

The cartoon, posted by Raut on his verified Twitter account, shows a tiger wearing a clock locket sniffing a lotus, with the caption 'bura na maano Diwali hai'.

The Maharashtra chief minister said the BJP's strike rate has been the best ever in the history of the state even though it won fewer seats compared to the Assembly polls in 2014.

Dushyant Chautala’s JJP, which came into existence only last year after splitting from the INLD, seemed to have emerged as the true heir of former deputy PM and INLD founder Chaudhry Devi Lal.

Apart from its impressive performance in both states, the Congress also managed to wrest power from the BJP in the Jhabua assembly bypoll as senior party leader Kantilal Bhuriya defeated BJP first-timer Bhanu Bhuria.

Earlier in the day, the Shiv Sena had demanded that Aaditya Thackeray, who is fighting his maiden election from Worli, be made the chief minister.

Dalits form 22 per cent of the total voters in Haryana, second only to 29 per cent Jats. Out of the 90 Assembly constituencies in the state, 17 are reserved for Scheduled Castes. However, the state has not witnessed a strong Dalit leadership in the polls...