Politics

Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil denied the Nationalist Congress Party's allegation that its top leaders including Sharad Pawar were named in the case as the BJP-led government was pursuing a vendetta.

A delegation comprising former spokesman Nahid Lari and former students union leader of Allahabad University Richa Singh arrived at the jail where the law student is lodged on extortion charges.

The resignation of Pradyut Debbarman as Tripura Congress chief and his complaint against party seniors is an early warning of a larger storm brewing within the grand old party.

The Election Commission had on September 23 told the top court that the former speaker's order disqualifying these 17 MLAs cannot deprive them of their right to contest by-polls.

By-elections to four vacant assembly seats Phagwara, Jalalabad, Dakha and Mukerian would be held on October 21.

The Congress government in the state had announced the loan waiver scheme for farmers after assuming office in December last year.

Those arrested claimed that they belong to a Tamil Nadu-based river water retrieval committee and have come to Thiruvananthapuram to submit a memorandum to both the chief ministers with regard to river-water sharing issue. Investigation is going on, polic...

Yediyurappa, who is facing flak from several corners for not even getting a rupee in flood relief from the Centre, is trying to convince people that financial assistance will soon be provided.

The bypoll for the seat, which falls in the Bastar region, became necessary due to the death of sitting BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi in a naxal attack in April this year.

This will probably be for the first time that all the major parties -- SP, BSP, BJP, Congress -- in the Uttar Pradesh will be contesting without forming any alliance among themselves.

11-year-old boy from Ahmedabad who had dengue, died of severe brain encephalopathy (inflammation) after battling the condition for five days at a private tertiary hospital on SG Road.

The Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office also said all the demands of the detained political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir have been met and they are living in VIP bungalows.

The Congress leader said asking poeple who were being killed to say Jai Sri Ram was an insult to Hindu Dharma and he was a Hindu 'but not of this kind'.

Emerging after the discussions to finalise seat sharing, MK Stalin said it has been decided that DMK will contest from Vikravandi, and Congress in two seats of Nanguneri and Kamaraj Nagar in Puducherry.

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said the 'formula' was decided during the Lok Sabha elections, where the two parties had a pre-poll alliance.

The Election Commission of India on Saturday announced a single-phase poll for Maharashtra which will be held on October 21. Counting of votes will be taken up on October 24.