Politics

The crime branch of the Goa Police also carried out searches at four different places connected to the former chief minister.

BJP and Congress were in a close race in Rajasthan civic body polls with the ruling party winning 891 of the 2,134 wards for which results have been declared and Congress bagging 770 wards.

Interacting with villagers in his parliamentary constituency, he asked them whether anyone of them is wearing 'suit-boot'.

Nitish said, "I am sometimes very surprised and wonder as to from where does he get his facts?"

BJP patriarch L K Advani on Saturday said that the self confidence the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government has on the country's future, emanates from the trust of the large population in the party workers.

The AAP member claimed that he was assaulted when he asked the police inspector that under what laws were they being fined.

Congress on Thursday accused the PDP-BJP government of "torturing and victimizing" people who did not vote for the coalition partners in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.

This time 40 residents’ associations have come together to support him as an independent candidate for the corporation elections.

"I am not yet married and there is no scope also." This is what 56-year-old Union Minister Uma Bharti quipped in the Lok Sabha after a slip of tongue by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.

In its last ditch effort, the Central Government will give its final push to the Goods and Services Tax Bill in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

Congress on Wednesday sought to demolish Sushma Swaraj's claim of helping Lalit Modi on humanitarian grounds in Lok Sabha.

Senior lawyer and Swaraj Abhiyan member Prashant Bhushan moved Delhi High Court against the detention of Yadav calling the move illegal.

Unabated uproar by Congress members in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday invited the wrath of Speaker Sumitra Mahajan who called their protests "murder of democracy" and "hijacking" the rights of 440 members by 40-50 others in the Opposition.

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said his government has taken "historical" decisions for empowering women and ensuring their safety which have started to "show results".

He gave his statement while speaking on the controversy over the ban on Maggi noodles.

The twin train tragedy in Madhya Pradesh has turned the heat on Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu, who is facing criticism for not visit the site.