Politics

The Supreme Court today reserved its judgement on the issue of whether to shift controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin from Siwan jail to any prison outside Bihar.

With Akhilesh Yadav conclusively winning the battle for Samajwadi Party and a Congress-SP alliance for the imminent Uttar Pradesh assembly polls just a matter of time, Congress’ CM candidate Sheila Dikshit is all set to call it quits.

Harshita and Pulkit along with their mother Sunita joined their father Arvind Kejriwal in Punjab’s holy city as he gears up for one of his biggest political battles yet.

Ahead of the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, all major political parties fall back on caste as the default mode of electoral mobilisation.

A day before the Elections Commission is to adjudicate on Samajwadi Party feud for party symbol, a key protagonist in the drama has left the country for a good two and a half months.

Terming demonetisation as an "economic gamble" by the BJP-led Centre, media advisor to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sanjaya Baru on Sunday said the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab would be the "real test on the success" of the sche...

Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Sunday said the Badals "will not be spared" for registering "false cases" against people during their 10-year tenure and that he would "teach them a lesson" for allegedly looting the state.

BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday cautioned voters that neither an SP-Congress alliance nor a united SP can check BJP and that only her party would render a crushing blow to Modi government by defeating the saffron party in UP so that it does not take "immatur...

The Akali Dal-BJP alliance has been in power in Punjab since 2007.

Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan said there was a "situation" that the bull taming sport cannot be held this Pongal and sought an "open apology" from the Tamil people.

Police on Friday detained around 70 BJP councillors from outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence while staging a protest.

Hitting back at TMC leaders for their remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said it is "lowest that politicians can stoop to" and said it reflects their frustration over growing popularity of prime mini...

Announcing its plan to continue with agitations against central government's witch hunt politics and demonetisation, Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on Wednesday slammed the government for the prevailing political situation in the country.

Kharad village in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh played host to Jat leaders from eight states and leaders of prominent khap panchayats on January 8. The main agenda of the ‘Jat Sankalp Rally’ was to urge members of the community who had voted for...

BJP on Monday hit out at Harish Rawat for accusing it of putting up dummy candidates to mar Congress's prospects in Uttarkhand assembly polls and said the accusation reflects the Chief Minister's 'awareness' of his party's impending defeat.

JD(U) on Sunday said it would review its stand on demonetisation after January 24, fuelling speculation about the party's stand on the issue amid growing bonhomie between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.