Politics

Congress, IUML flags back in Rahul Gandhi’s roadshow in Wayanad

Malappuram: The party flags of the Congress and its ally IUML that could not be spotted anywhere during Rahul Gandhi’s roadshow in Wayanad in April, appeared during his roadshow at Edavanna here…
Parliamentarians Akhilesh, Awadhesh Prasad resign from UP Assembly seats

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday formally forwarded his resignation from the Karhal Assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh to Speaker Satish Mahana. Akhilesh Yadav, who won the recent Lok Sabha…

KPCC chief Sudhakaran hints Rahul Gandhi will relinquish Wayanad LS seat

Wayanad (Kerala): KPCC chief K Sudhakaran on Wednesday hinted that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi might relinquish the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. Gandhi won both the Rae Bareli and Wayanad seats in the…
Odisha gets tribal CM in Mohan Charan Majhi, 2 deputy CMs

Bhubaneswar: BJP’s tribal leader Mohan Charan Majhi will be the new chief minister of Odisha, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced here on Tuesday. KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida were made deputy…
All set for Chandrababu Naidu to take oath as Andhra CM tomorrow

Amaravati: The chief minister designate of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu will be taking oath as the chief minister at 11:27 am on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president JP…
Had Priyanka fought from Varanasi, Modi would have lost: Rahul

Raebareli: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday that had his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contested the Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would have lost by two or three…
Modi cabinet 3.0: 11 ministers are 12th pass, 57 graduate or above

New Delhi: Eleven out of 71 ministers in the new council of ministers have declared their educational qualification to be 12th standard while 57 ministers have declared having an educational qualification of…

28 ministers of new Modi govt have declared criminal cases: ADR

New Delhi: Twenty-eight ministers in the third Narendra Modi government have criminal cases against them with 19 of them facing serious charges such as attempted murder, crimes against women and hate speech,…
Rahul attacks BJP over dynasty politics, dubs Union Cabinet ‘parivar mandal’

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday targeted the Modi government over dynastic politics and dubbed the NDA ministry a “parivar mandal” as he pointed out several ministers in the Modi…
Video: BJP worker claims votes ‘arranged’ for PM Modi to win Varanasi LS seat

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Uttar Pradesh has claimed that Prime Minister (PM) Narender Modi who contested the Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi, won the seat after votes were “arranged”…
Coalition leaders will be treated as ‘second class citizens’: Atishi on Modi cabinet

New Delhi: In a sharp criticism following the announcement of the new cabinet ministers under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi expressed concerns about the treatment of…
LS polls over, Uddhav holds party meet to gear up for Assembly battle

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting with party functionaries on Monday here as part of the strategy for the Maharashtra Assembly polls to be held in the second…
Sack Amit Malviya from BJP, demands Congress after sexual abuse allegations

The Congress on Monday, June 10, demanded the suspension of Amit Malviya from all posts in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after allegations of sexual exploitation of women were levelled against him.…
Delhi court fixes Er Rashid’s interim bail plea to take oath as MP on June 18

New Delhi: A Delhi court has fixed June 18 to hear arguments on an application filed by Engineer Rashid, arrested in a 2016 Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case, seeking interim bail…
Chandrababu, Nitish eye LS Speaker’s post: Why is it important?

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 240 seats on its own and 293 along with its allies. Twenty-eight of the 53 allies’ seats belong to Janata Dal (United) led by Nitish Kumar…