Politics

According to the police, at least 27 cows had died at a government-aided cow shelter in Durg district of Chhattisgarh run by one Harish Verma who was arrested on Friday.

When asked about what the future holds for him, Vaghela quipped cryptically that public life does not necessarily mean political life.

Mamata Banerjee's political tour will start from Thursday as she is going to New Delhi to attend the Opposition Parties meet called by Congress President Sonia Gandhi on August 11.

Modi said the movement strengthened the nation. “We salute all the great women & men who took part in the movement.”​

Within minutes of his hard-fought victory, Ahmed Patel took to Twitter, saying, "Satyamev Jayate." In a series of tweets, the political advisor to Sonia Gandhi expressed gratitude towards his MLAs, calling his victory not just his own but "a defeat of the...

BJP chief Amit Shah will visit Hyderabad for three days in September to set the agenda for the party in Telangana.

The meetings have fuelled speculation that the Kabali superstar would soon join politics. He had told his fans to be “ready for war”, adding that the "system is rotten" and needs to be changed.

Congress general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad pointed out that opposition candidate Meira Kumar had got 225 votes in the July 17 presidential election, whereas her counterpart in the vice-presidential poll, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, bagged 244 votes.

On Friday, the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had to cut short his address to a gathering at Lal Chowk area of Dhanera in Banaskantha district as black flags were waved at him by some of those who turned up for the meeting.

The election will take place in Parliament House with the Electoral College comprising 790 members of both Houses.

The President of Indian Industries Association Rampur, Aakash Kumar Saxena, has alleged that Abdullah had given a wrong PAN number - DWAPK7513R - in his affidavit filed with the Election Commission of India.

DK Shivakumar is the most prominent Karnataka Congress leader from the Vokkaliga community. He is also one of the richest candidates during the 2013 Karnataka Elections.

Over the years, like all good socialists, Sharad Yadav found his calling in Bihar. He, however, undertook this journey via Uttar Pradesh, winning one LS election from Badayun.

The BJP president exuded confidence that the party would come back to power with more strength in the next Lok Sabha election in 2019.

Window panes of CPI-M's trade union wing office, CITU, were damaged in the attack believed to be carried out by a gang of five men who reached there on three motorcycles at 2.30 am, police said.

Congress MLA Raghavjee Patel, considered close to former party strongman Shankersinh Vaghela, indicated he would also resign and join the BJP.