National Politics
Sep 17, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 70 today (September 17). Born in 1950 as Narendra Damodardas Modi, he was elected the Chief Minister of Gujarat for three terms (2001 to 2014) and is the current...
Sep 17, 2020
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 70 on Thursday (Sep 17). Greetings have stared pouring in from leaders across parties.
Sep 14, 2020
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha on Monday re-elected Janata Dal (United) parliamentarian Harivansh Narayan Singh as deputy chairman of the Upper House by voice vote.
Sep 14, 2020
NEW DELHI: On the first day of Parliament’s monsoon session on Monday, 24 members of the Lok Sabha tested positive for COVID-19.
Sep 14, 2020
Amid COVID-19 fear and with excessive caution, the Monsoon session of the Parliament began on Monday (Sep 14).
Sep 13, 2020
PATNA: Former union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh passed away at AIIMS, New Delhi. He was 74. Singh died around 11 am due to breathlessness and other complications.
Sep 12, 2020
NEW DELHI: In a major reshuffle of the Congress party, president Sonia Gandhi on Friday removed Ghulam Nabi Azad, the most prominent of the 23 "dissent" letter writers seen to have questioned the...
Sep 08, 2020
MUMBAI: In an apparent jibe at Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut over her "Mumbai feels like PoK" remarks, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said some people don't have gratitude...
Sep 05, 2020
The Parliament secretariat’s decision to forego question hour during the upcoming parliament sessions has become a hot topic for discussion among the political class.
Sep 02, 2020
In a significant move that has deep political ramifications in the poll-bound Bihar, former chief minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi and his party Hindustani Awami Morcha have joined the NDA.
Sep 01, 2020
Former President Pranab Mukherjee was cremated with full state honours at the Lodhi road electric crematorium on Tuesday afternoon.
His son performed his last rites.
Aug 31, 2020
NEW DELHI: A quintessential party loyalist and the trusted Man Friday of three Congress prime ministers, Pranab Mukherjee's climb up the political ladder stopped
Aug 27, 2020
A furious debate is currently on over the developments within the Congress Working Committee (CWC). A general feeling is that the Sonia-Rahul loyalists will ensure that those who raised a banner of...
Aug 24, 2020
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Monday withdrew his tweet in which he had hit out at Rahul Gandhi, and said the former party chief had informed him personally that he had never made...
Aug 24, 2020
NEW DELHI: Sonia Gandhi has offered that she be relieved of the responsibilities as the Congress Party's interim president.
Aug 23, 2020
NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has resigned as the interim president of the Congress Party.
Aug 20, 2020
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary. Gandhi, who was prime minister between 1984-89, was born on this day...
Aug 14, 2020
NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi has become the longest serving non-Congress prime minister and the fourth longest serving overall.
Aug 14, 2020
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot led Congress government won the vote of confidence in the state assembly on Friday.
Aug 13, 2020
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Thursday that whatever was the "misunderstanding" in the Congress party, it should be "forgiven and forgotten" for moving forward.
Aug 11, 2020
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said it was his responsibility to address the grievances of MLAs. He has left for Jaisalmer.
Aug 11, 2020
NEW DELHI: Several Congress leaders "welcomed back" Sachin Pilot on Tuesday after the former Rajasthan deputy chief minister's meeting with Rahul Gandhi that signalled an "amicable resolution" of...
Aug 10, 2020
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the crucial Rajasthan assembly session from August 14, rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday met party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Delhi.
Aug 08, 2020
NEW DELHI: A recent survey revealed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the most popular choice as the next PM of the country.
Aug 02, 2020
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Minister Kamal Rani Varun, the only woman cabinet minister in the state, died of COVID-19 at a hospital here on Sunday. She was 62.
Aug 01, 2020
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh died on Saturday afternoon after prolonged illness. He was 64.
Aug 01, 2020
SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's detention has been extended by three months under the Public Safety Act on Friday.
Jul 31, 2020
JAIPUR: Amid the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan, the MLAs of the Ashok Gehlot camp, who have been staying at a hotel on the Jaipur-Delhi Highway, will be shifted to Jaisalmer on Friday.
Jul 28, 2020
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government on Tuesday, July 28 forwarded a revised recommendation to Governor Kalraj Mishra for calling an assembly session from July 31 after the Cabinet discussed the points...
Jul 27, 2020
NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday, July 27 in a video said he is not going to lie about Chinese transgressions in eastern Ladakh even if it costs him his political career.
Jul 27, 2020
JAIPUR: For the second time, Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Monday, July 27 returned to the Ashok Gehlot-led government a cabinet note seeking an assembly session and sought additional...
Jul 26, 2020
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan governor has received a revised proposal from the state cabinet led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot requesting that a session of the assembly be called on July 31, Raj Bhawan...
Jul 25, 2020
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday (July 25) said the Congress party will go and meet the President and if required will also stage a protest outside the Prime Minister's...
Jul 25, 2020
NEW DELHI: BJP leader Uma Bharti on Saturday sounded defiant on the outcome of the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case, saying "it does not matter" to her what the ju
Jul 25, 2020
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday will hold another cabinet meeting to discuss the objections raised by Governor Kalraj Mishra to the state government’s demand to convene an...
Jul 24, 2020
HYDERABAD: After being banished for nearly two decades, the name of former prime minister and Congressman late PV Narasimha Rao has once again resonated in the corridors of the
Jul 23, 2020
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 23 allowed the Rajasthan High Court to pronounce order on plea of 19 dissident Congress MLAs, including sacked deputy CM Sachin Pilot, against the...
Jul 23, 2020
JAIPUR: Rajasthan’s former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot has served a legal notice to Congress MLA Giriraj Singh who alleged that he was offered Rs 35 crores to switch to the BJP.
Jul 22, 2020
NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Assembly Speaker C P Joshi on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against the high court directive to defer till July 24 the disqualification proceedings against 19 dissident...
Jul 21, 2020
NEW DELHI: Taking a dig at the Modi government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday listed the alleged "attempt to topple" the government in Rajasthan and the
Jul 20, 2020
JAIPUR: Congress MLA from Rajasthan Giriraj Singh Malinga alleged on Monday that rebel party leader Sachin Pilot had offered him money to join the BJP. He said talks were held at Pilot's residence.
Jul 20, 2020
NEW DELHI: Taking a dig at Sachin Pilot over his rebellion in Rajasthan, veteran Congress leader Margaret Alva on Sunday asked why the former deputy chief minister was in such a "hurry" and whether...
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