Politics

Maintaining that dynastic politics dominated most parties including the Congress, the BJP president asked the gathering in Bhubaneswar as to who will be the president of the oldest party of India after Sonia Gandhi and said the answer was obvious.

Recalling that Kannanthanam had started his political journey from Kerala, CM Vijayan said he had an impressive term as an independent MLA. The good work he has done has now taken him to the new heights.

Asked about the crowd at the RJD rally, Kumar said it did not have any meaning keeping in mind the kind of rallies political parties hold in Bihar. "We also saw the photoshopped version of the crowd of the RJD's rally," the chief minister said.

Uma Bharti's one time protege and MP from Damoh in Madhya Pradesh, Prahlad Patel, was in reckoning to replace Uma. Patel's stocks in the party had been rising over the past twelve months.

Three years ago, Sushma Swaraj and Nirmala Sitharaman, as leader of opposition and party spokesperson respectively, had a bit of a spat on Twitter, throwing into disarray the BJP’s message of ‘party unity’ and put forth questions whether everything was we...

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is one of the most prominent Muslims faces in the party, and now after Najma Heptulla’s exit from the Modi cabinet, he becomes the only Muslim man with a full-fledged portfolio.

Though top BJP leaders maintained silence on the development, sources in the party said the JD(U) and the Shiv Sena not figuring in the list was likely due to lack of a formula for representation which could satisfy all allies.

Only 11 out of 72 ministers had filed their details till Friday, even though the deadline was August 31 i.e. Thursday. This comes ahead of the Union Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday.

About 40 fronts of the RSS are to attend the three-day brain storming session, which is likely to be attended by BJP president Amit Shah and party general secretary in-charge of organisation Ram Lal.

This is not the first time he has dropped hints. On August 15, Kamal Haasan attacked the ruling AIADMK, virtually calling for Chief Minister K Palaniswami's resignation over alleged corruption. In a series of tweets, he also invited people "who are brave...

The six-time chief minister is at logger head with Himachal Pradesh congress Committee (HPCC) president Sukhvinder Singh and has reportedly asked for a free-hand in deciding party affairs in the state.

The bonhomie that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal shares with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is missing when it comes to other leaders and parties in the opposition spectrum.

An election which had turned into a prestige battle for Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, the huge victory margin in both rural and urban areas of Nandyal constituency has come as a boost for the TDP government in Andhra Pradesh.

Stakes are too high for both parties in this by-election, which is why Nandyal saw high-pitched campaigns of both Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and YRS Congress Party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami is also the AIADMK headquarters secretary but there is no mention about it in Dinakaran's release.

Perarivalan's mother Arputhammal had been constantly lobbying for his parole order while several political parties in Tamil Nadu, including the DMK and the PMK, backed his plea.