Politics

Sources say RPN Singh is likely to be fielded from Padrauna against SP’s Swami Prasad Maurya, who recently jumped ship from the BJP.

Noting that Rai was in the BJP earlier, Singh said his return to the party was "ghar wapsi" which will strengthen it in the region.

Dharmendra Pratap Singh, who claims to be India's tallest man, is 2.4 m (8 feet 1 inch) tall and hails from Pratapgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

Utpal Parrikar said that resignation was a formality but the BJP will always remain in his heart.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav had earlier said that his father Mulayam Singh Yadav had tried hard to dissuade Aparna from joining the BJP.

Democrats were picking up the pieces Thursday following the collapse of their toppriority voting rights legislation, with some shifting their focus to a narrower bipartisan effort to repair laws Donald Trump exploited in his bid to overturn the 2020 elect...

President Joe Biden launched into his second year in office Thursday with a new focus on making fatigued Americans believe theyre better off under his leadership as he embraces a paredback agenda before the midterm elections.

The two main contenders here are minister in the Yogi Adityanath government Atul Garg, and former BJP leader KK Shukla who recently joined the Bahujan Samaj Party.

Banerjee stated that TMC Vice President Pawan Verma met P Chidambaram on December 24 to offer an alliance but there was no reply from the Congress party.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has also written to the governor about the removal of Rawat from the cabinet.

Sonia Gandhi realises the importance of tying up with other parties against the BJP, as she did in 2004, but has reportedly left the decision to her son Rahul Gandhi. And he doesn’t seem too keen on partnering with Mamata Banerjee’s TMC in Goa.

The 43-year-old Chaudhary, whose party has tied up with the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party, also said he will not contest the upcoming polls in Uttar Pradesh and would instead focus on campaigning.

However, he later said that a BJP leader will soon be joining the SP but did not reveal his name.

The founder and leader of the farright Oath Keepers militia group remained in jail after his first court appearance on Friday, a day after his arrest on charges he plotted with others to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President...

The new top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee called Wednesday on President Joe Bidens administration to ramp up military and intelligence support for Ukraine.

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Wednesday after the latest report of surging prices appeared to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates later this year.