Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar claimed that a senior BJP leader met him at his residence, whom he offered to contest on his party’s ticket in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls if the ruling outfit denies him the chance. | Read more|
Goa minister Michael Lobo resigned today, just a month before polls in the state, and quit the BJP, saying it is "no longer a party for the common man". He may be headed to the Congress in a reversal of the trend of Congress MLAs crossing over to the ruling party in the past few years. | Read more|
The BJP also won the Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts; the Congress and Akali abstained from voting in these polls as well | Read more|
A viral video from Uttar Pradesh has given fresh fodder to the opposition ahead of the state elections to attack the Yogi Adityanath government. | Read more|
The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe into reports of relatives of BJP leaders and government officials allegedly "usurping" land near the upcoming Ram Temple in Ayodhya. | Read more|
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will lead a footmarch this morning against the government and the rising inflation in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, his former Lok Sabha constituency. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, his sister and the party's UP in-charge, will also be part of this padyatra. | Read more|
The Congress will enact a law providing protection to the land rights of locals, if the party is voted to power in Goa, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has said. | Read more|
Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the suspension of 12 Opposition MPs, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today said that the protest by the ruling party's MPs in the parliament was like rubbing salt in the wound. | Read more|
The Congress's alliance in Goa with a former BJP ally ahead of polls next year has drawn a trenchant attack from a leader of the Trinamool Congress, which had pursued the party for a collaboration. | Read more|
During her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to raise the issue of attacks on TMC leaders and workers in Tripura in the run-up to the municipal polls on November 25. | Read more|
Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Som Parkash has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the Kartarpur Corridor keeping in mind the sentiments of the Sikh community and refuted the allegations that the government has done it targeting the upcoming assembly polls in Punjab to attract the voters impa | Read more|
A 35-year-old man was found dead in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district, police said on Monday. The body of Bhaskar Bera was found on the side of a road in Bhagabanpur area of the district on Sunday morning, they said. | Read more|
Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today addressed a rally in Azamgarh - rival Akhilesh Yadav's turf - where they launched a relentless attack on the Samajwadi Party chief. The Chief Minister, who has been criticised in the past over his renaming spree, even suggested a name change | Read more|
BJP Rajya Sabha member Ram Chander Jangra faced slogans and black flags by a group of farmers in Haryana's Hisar district today as he arrived in Narnaund city to inaugurate a dharmshala (inn). The windshield of his car was also smashed in a fight between the police and the farmers. | Read more|
Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik urged the government to meet the demands of the protesting farmers. “If the demands of the farmers are not met, then this government won’t return to power,” he said while speaking to local reporters on the sidelines of an event in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district | Read more|