Politics

The BJP’s decision to contest the same number of seats as Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) has sent shockwaves across the saffron party’s state leadership.

Sambit Patra, who is a party spokesperson, claimed that the land had been allotted to Associated Journals Ltd "helmed by the Gandhi family at a throw-away price" for printing the National Herald newspaper.

The meeting comes a day after Amit Shah and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar announced a 50-50 seat-sharing formula in Bihar for the Lok Sabha elections.

Addressing a public meeting after ‘inaugurating’ the Kannur airport, Shah said the BJP was “firmly” with the devotees of Lord Ayyappa and “warned” the Pinarayi Vijayan government over “ill-treatment” meted out to the devotees during the recent monthly poo...

In a Facebook post, Balram asserted his position on the matter and added that the Congress has “no responsibility to be the spokesperson of Brahminism, Nationalism and regressive concerns”.

According to a media report, the minister had sent the messages to the official earlier and stopped for a while after she warned him. She lodged a complaint against him after he messaged her again over a month ago.

The Central Election Committee of the Congress selected the candidates and the party's general secretary in-charge of the CEC, Mukul Wasnik, made the announcement.

Charging the opposition parties with trying to drive a wedge between him and Palaniswami, Panneerselvam said any such attempts from "within and outside" would not fructify.

The Congress complaint to the Election Commission also referred to allocation of mines and illegal sand excavation.

No party enjoys a majority in the 87-member Assembly, in which the PDP has 28 MLAs, the BJP 25 and the National Conference 15.

Donning the famous Azad Hind Fauj cap, PM Modi attacked the Congress for neglecting the contributions of Bose, Ambedkar and Patel to promote 'one family'.

Giving his take on the burning issue for the first time, he said he is all for gender equality, but 'traditions must be followed and respected'.

Kicking off Congress's campaign for December 7 Telangana Assembly polls at a public meeting in Bhainsa, Rahul Gandhi alleged that KCR, as Rao is popularly known, insulted B R Ambedkar by changing the name of a project named after him.

Swamy was responding to Congress leader Motilal Vora's application seeking the court's order to restrain him from tweeting about the case in which Vora is an accused along with his party chief Rahul Gandhi and mother Sonia Gandhi.

Kicking off the election campaign in the southern state, Rahul Gandhi says the Congress will deliver a ‘new Telangana’ if voted to power.

Sharing a news report about the posters put up by a junior party functionary, the RJD heir apparent said in a Tweet that he did not endorse this.