Politics

In a bid to stabilise the faltering economy, Nirmala Sitharaman had on Friday announced the removal of surcharge on capital gains on shares for both foreign and domestic investors.

As part of his trip to the national capital, Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy is scheduled to hold meetings with other Union ministers to seek funds for development and resolve issues like bifurcation, irrigation and lifting of Godavari waters to the K...

Siddaramaiah's comments were in response to Kumaraswamy's recent interview to a news portal, in which he reportedly said Siddaramaiah treated JD(S) as its first enemy.

While Singhvi said Modi's acts must be judged 'issue-wise, not person-wise', Tharoor said praising the prime minister for doing the right things would lend credibility to the opposition's criticism of him.

Calling the temple 'historically significant', since Ravidas had visited the site and lived there for some time, the resolution said the demolition had not only crushed 'the religious sentiments, but also the history of Dalit struggle'.

The team of about 30 CBI sleuths accompanied by Delhi Police officers reached the Jor Bagh residence of Chidambaram and knocked at the doors for a few minutes before scaling the boundary wall to enter the premises.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had issued the fresh notice against Chidambaram, which has been sent to all land, air and seaports and the law enforcement agencies at these facilities.

Mekapati Goutham Reddy, the state minister for Industries and IT said that the state government is planning to lift industrial incentives soon as it acts as a burden for heavy revenue deficit state.

Rebel AAP MLAs Kapil Mishra, Anil Bajpai and Devinder Sehrawat were disqualified from the Delhi Assembly for supporting the BJP in the general elections.

Two days ago, Bhupinder Singh Hooda had raised eyebrows by slamming the Congress' stand on scraping Jammu and Kashmir's special status, saying it had "lost its way" and was no longer the party it was before.

The leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha was not allowed to go home or attend the party meeting at state Congress headquarters either, Azad's close aides said.

During the mass outreach programme too, the party leaders are being forced to bite the tongue while answering queries on cut money and alleged arrogance of local TMC leaders, a party functionary said.

A local strongman, Akhilesh Singh was known for his bold statements. He was elected from Rae Bareli (Sadar) on a Congress ticket once, Peace Party ticket once and as an independent candidate several times.

Former PM Manmohan Singh was nominated by the Congress while the BJP did not field any candidate for the bypoll, necessitated due to the death of Rajya Sabha MP Madan Lal Saini.

Congress state secretary Rakesh Singh alleged that Indore Eye Hospital had been under the former Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan’s patronage for years and she had helped it regain its licence in 2011 following a similar goof-up in 2010.

Hitting out further at his parent party, the former Haryana CM said the Congress was no more the same it used to be and he would not compromise with anyone when it came to patriotism and self-respect.