Politics

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday said the "sudden ban" on high denomination notes showed the NDA government did not keep the plight of people in mind and took the decision with an eye on Assembly elections.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said as much as 846 acres of the 997.11 acres of land acquired by Tata Motors for a small car project at Singur in Hooghly district had been returned to the farmers after dismantling the factory shed...

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari on Tuesday termed the move by the government to abolish Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes as a "nuclear trident at poor people of India" and described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "modern day Tughlak."

On the silver jubilee celebrations of the Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said he was ready for any test and cautioned against "damage" to the party.

"The hi-tech bus made at a cost of crores conked off as soon as the yatra was flagged off. It proves it is not a vikas yatra but a diwaliya yatra," the Bahujan Samaj Party leader said.

BSP supremo Mayawati today said had Samajwadi Party "really worked" for people's welfare, it "would not have needed to take out the yatra with massive government expenditure".

After hours of detention, police on Wednesday night freed Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who alleged that an "undeclared Emergency" had been imposed in the capital.

The Karnataka government’s grand plans to celebrate the birthday of Tipu Sultan has met with a cold shoulder from the Karnataka High Court, which wondered how the common public will benefit from a government-sponsored function to celebrate the anniversary...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday slammed the opposition parties for questioning the authenticity of Bhopal encounter.

Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, , who led a delegation to meet separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Syed Geelani, said, "We have come here to speak to the people, listen to their grievances, relate to their pain and share the...

Sources in JD(U) and SP said the idea behind the invite is to stitch an alliance in Uttar Pradesh ahead of next year's assembly polls on the lines of Bihar.

"If an alliance materialises, our candidates will withdraw in some seats," he added.

Shivpal Yadav on Wednesday started vacating his official residence here, three days after being booted out as minister for the second time.

Rahul Gandhi will soon become Congress chief, party leader Ambika Soni said on Tuesday.

“First give us a majority and then we will see,” he said.

Keeping alive the 'surgical strikes' issue ahead of state polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said people celebrated 'choti Diwali' when the Army destroyed terrorist launch pads across LoC, and asked them not to forget valour of security forces.