Politics

Mobile phones would be distributed among girl students in class 11 and 12 of government schools in Punjab who do not own a smartphone.

While not making any statement on a possible alliance, JD(S) Chief HD Deve Gowda said that the situation will depend on what the Congress high command decides after the bypolls.

Section 144 of IPC will be imposed in KR Puram, Yeshwanthpura, Mahalakshmi Layout and Shivajinagar constituencies from December 3-6 and sale of liquor will be banned in these area till 6pm on December 5.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde took note of the submissions of senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for the DMK, that the plea needed to be heard urgently as the poll panel has announced on Monday morning that elections to rural local bodies...

Despite having held power in the state for seven consecutive terms, from 1977 to 2011, today’s Left Front is hardly a force worthy of notice in West Bengal and is struggling to stay alive in India.

A minor clash broke out between two groups near Kosiyara polling station in the constituency and the agitators broke the window panes of a police vehicle after Tripathi allegedly tried to enter the polling booth with arms, police said.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar speaks to News18 to lend a perspective about his relationship with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

While at least four candidates have declared cases related to murder (IPC-302) against themselves, four face charges related to crime against women, including one related to rape (IPC-375).

JD(S) leaders, who have indicated that they don't want mid-term polls, have already stated that a call would be taken on the party's role, in case the ruling BJP loses majority, only after the results on December nine.

Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray will be sworn in as Maharashtra's chief minister at the Shivaji Park in Dadar on Thursday evening.

Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, Pratap Singh Bajwa said states gave up the right to levy taxes in the interest of 'one-nation-one-tax' regime of GST.

Mathur, the former leader of the Congress legislature party in Uttar Pradesh, also slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for revoking president's rule in Maharashtra without calling a cabinet meeting.

Jharkhand CEC VK Choubey said the seizure included Rs 3,99,84,596 in cash, illegal liquor worth Rs 2,52,00,409 besides ganja and other intoxicant items valued at Rs 61,76,833.

A special joint session of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held to mark the day, which the Congress boycotted in protest against what they call the 'murder of democracy' in Maharashtra.

This cannot be equated with a floor test in the assembly, he said, minutes after the unprecedented public parade of what the three parties claimed were 162 MLAs at a high-end hotel here.

Congress leaders carrying placards with messages like 'save Constitution' and 'save democracy' and a black banner which said 'stop murder of democracy' jostled with the marshals.