Politics

Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Deepak Singhal was on his way to the Noida Development Authority office to preside over the signing of an MoU when his mobile phone rang. The caller from Lucknow delivered a terse message to the 1982 batch IAS officer. That t...

The Maharashtra unit of Congress on Saturday slammed the Centre's demonetisation move, saying it has brought "economic anarchy".

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to hold its biggest Convention of Members of the Backward Castes in Karnataka on Sunday. In another chest-thumping exercise, Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa will remind these communities of his contribut...

Digvijaya Singh has termed the demonetisation move as one of the 'most unwise, ill-prepared decision any government could take'.

Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday announced four more candidates for upcoming Assembly elections in Goa, taking the number of contestants to 25.

CPI(M) is seeking legal opinion on moving a contempt notice against PM Modi for announcing policy matters like demonetisation outside Parliament but not coming to the House to explain them.

Centre's demonetisation move is a plan which even the country's worst enemies would not be able to better, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury alleged on Monday as he targeted Modi dispensation over withdrawal of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes from circula...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said those opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi on demonetisation were harming the country and people should come together to "win this decisive battle against black money".

The Congress on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not following the law in the issuance of Rs 2,000 currency notes and vowed to raise the matter inside and outside Parliament.

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Sunday demanded a definite policy to fight "Islamic terrorism" which, he said, was responsible for polarising communities and creating chaos in country.

There are 688 voters in Pune, 440 in Yavatmal, 472 in Nanded, 570 in Satara-Sangli, 550 in Jalgaon, and 393 in Bhandara-Gondia.

After both Houses of Parliament finally adjourned for the day by lunch a group of Opposition leaders huddled in a corner of central hall over dosa and cups of coffee. Present were MPs from the Congress, Left parties, JD(U) and a prominent NCP leader .

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his cabinet colleagues will sit on a day-long ‘satyagraha’ in front of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) regional office here on Friday protesting the effect of demonetization of Rs 500 and 1000 currency notes on c...

Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday warned the Centre of intense protests if the problems being faced by people over demonetisation are not resolved in three days' time.

On the first day of his 'Lok Samvad' programme, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday made it clear that total prohibition with the stringent new Bihar Excise & Prohibition Act, 2016, will continue in the state, an official said.

"TMC has become a mirror image of the Left. The Left gave birth to chit fund companies and Banerjee has nursed. She is seeking its support to save their child," he told reporters.