Politics

Akhilesh hit back over his removal from the party post by stripping Shivpal Yadav of his key ministerial portfolios on Tuesday night, bringing the family feud in the open.

BJP on Thursday hit back at TRS for charging it with pursuing "divisive politics" in reference to its demand that Telangana government officially celebrate September 17 as 'Hyderabad Liberation Day.

The party insiders said Akhilesh was not very happy with Singhal, considered close to the chief minister's uncle and senior cabinet minister Shivpal Yadav.

The women's panel chief also said the AAP leader had jumped the gun in calling Sandeep Kumar "innocent".

"Some members of the delegation went to meet Hurriyat leaders. We had neither said 'no' nor 'yes' to their meetings. You know what happened. They had gone there in their individual capacity," he told reporters here before flying to Jammu.

CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday urged the government to start an "unconditional dialogue" with all stakeholders, including separatists.

Dikshit, along with party state unit chief Raj Babbar and other leaders embarked on campaign march to Azamgarh and Ghazipur district.

Mann when confronted by the media for the reason behind the delay in reaching the rally venue at Bassi Pathana got infuriated.

The NC leader warned the state as well as the Central government of further deterioration of the situation in the Valley.

Bhartiya Janata Party questioned the long absence of election strategist Prashant Kishor, who was assigned by the Bihar government to prepare the state's vision document

Pitching for a dialogue with separatists to end the ongoing unrest in Kashmir, Opposition Congress said it had asked both the central and the state governments to identify the relevant non-mainstream parties and stakeholders in the Valley for the talks.

Sharma had stirred up a controversy by advising tourists not to wear skirts in small towns.

"Rahul Gandhi has always denied making the statement that the RSS as an organisation was responsible for Gandhiji's assassination," he told the SC bench.

The BJP workers assembled at party headquarters and attempted to march towards Vidhan Bhawan where heavy barricading was done by police.

Mukhtar Ansari, who represents Mau in the Uttar Pradesh assembly, faces several murder charges and has been lodged in Agra jail.

Targeting the Samajwadi Party, Mayawati advised Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to stop calling her "Bua" (aunty), recalling the unfortunate incidents at the Lucknow guest house years ago. She said the Samajwadi Party was a government of gundas and anti-soc...