Politics

Cycle, the symbol of Samajwadi Party, faces the threat of being frozen before the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls if the Election Commission is not able to decide which of the two factions of the party commands majority in the organisation.

Nearly two months after the November 8 demonetisation, a senior Union minister on Saturday hailed scrapping of the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes as "historic" and said the step "could only be taken by a visionary leadership".

Rahul Singh, former vice president of Samajwadi Party’s youth wing, is fighting for his life days after he set himself on fire in protest against the brief expulsion of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav from the party.

BSP on Thursday surged ahead of its rivals by declaring names of its official candidates for 100 of the 403 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, giving over one third to Muslims.

Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh confident of winning more than 70 seats to emerge as the clear winner in the February 4 Assembly polls.

Coming close on the heels of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) attack on the state party headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kolkata on Tuesday, West Bengal BJP general secretary Krishna Bhattacharya's house was attacked with bombs in Hooghly d...

Rupanu said, 'I do not see any possibility of early Assembly polls. I believe that elections will be held on schedule. This is just a rumour spread by Congress to keep their workers busy.'

Without mentioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's name, Mamata Banerjee said if someone, after coming to power, thinks himself to be a "dictator", it is not "good for the country".

Around 50 supporters, most from Badaun and neighbouring Ghaziabad, gathered as Mulayam Singh Yadav sat in a meeting with Shivpal Yadav and Amar Singh before going to meet the Election Commission over the party symbol.

Congress-led UDF is not able to perform the role of Opposition, this is the criticism from within the Congress party and the UDF coalition.

It will take a long while for states north of the Vindhyas to produce their own Jayalalithaa. Yes, there is already a Mayawati, Vasundhara Raje, even the mercurial Mamata. But Jaya was a class apart. Marya Shakil explains why.

According to reports, a defiant Akhilesh has ignored uncle Shivpal Yadav's list and prepared his own list of 403 candidates for UP polls

Questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his assurance to people that problems due to demonetisation will end after December 30, Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the "economic lockdown" will continue to hurt the poor, farmers and workers the most.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the demonetisation decision to "benefit a few of his friends", causing distress to people who will teach BJP a lesson in the upcoming Assembly polls.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will address a public gathering in Baran district of Rajasthan on Monday.

Continuing his tirade against Arun Jaitley, suspended BJP leader and MP Kirti Azad on Sunday termed the Finance Minister as an "inefficient" person and sought his resignation holding him responsible for the hardships faced by the common man post-demonetis...