Politics

The two teams constituted to probe the Congress’s allegations submitted its report to the poll panel on Friday and said that there were no fake voters.

Tejashwi Yadav's comments came a few hours after former Chief Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha president Jitan Ram Manjhi urged Upendra Kushwaha to quit the NDA and join the grand alliance.

BJP veteran LK Advani lauded RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for inviting Pranab Mukherjee and praised the former president for accepting it, saying there was significant concord and resonance in the views expressed by both of them.

Sensing the possibility of a win, the Congress is all out on the ground to rope in as many opposition parties as it can in its fight against the BJP in MP.

Rahul Gandhi will address the public at a PG College in Khokhar village at Piplyamandi, around 20km from Mandsaur, the epicentre of the stir.

The NCP chief, who was earlier in the Congress, recalled that in 1977 too, the opposition unity had resulted in the defeat of the then Congress government led by Indira Gandhi and said a similar situation was prevailing now.

PWD and power are the favourite portfolios of Revanna. He had held the same ministries during the previous Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka between 2004 and 2006 and again under the JD(S)-BJP coalition led by Kumaraswamy between 2006 and 2007.

Speaking to reporters here prior to a meeting with the party workers to introspect the party's performance in the recent state Assembly elections, the senior Congress leader said the alliance with JDS is aimed at keeping the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) o...

BJP lost by close to 45,000 votes in Kairana Lok Sabha seat, while it lost to SP candidate in Noorpur Assembly seat by more than 9,000 votes.

The chasm between the Sena, one of the oldest allies of the NDA, and the BJP grew further since the Sena fielded late Palghar BJP MP Chintaman Wanaga's son against the BJP nominee in the contest.

The ruling BJP on Thursday suffered a major jolt in bypolls across the country, including in Kairana Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh where opposition parties had together supported the RLD candidate.

Dubbing the triumph as an endorsement of Congress’ policies by the people of the state, Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh said that the victory was an “auspicious sign” ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

That simple text message to Akhilesh Yadav not only brought the two parties together, but also set the tone for a larger opposition alliance for the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha Election.

His demand comes a day after Minister of State for Agriculture, Balkrishna Patidar, made a bizarre statement on the report. He said that the farmers who died in Mandsaur won’t spring back to life if the probe report is released.

A week since Kumaraswamy took oath along with Congress leader G Parameshwara as the Deputy CM, the coalition is yet to decide what the rest of the Cabinet will look like.

Addressing a meeting of farmers' groups along with Deputy CM G Parameshwara, Kumaraswamy said that JD(S) and coalition partner Congress were all for loan waivers but there were many aspects that will have to be looked into before making an announcement.