india politics

New Delhi, March 29 – Under the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Mega Training Campaign 2026, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta attended a training camp for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers at her home mandal, Shalimar Bagh, for two hours and encouraged party workers to make the most of the...

Kolkata, March 29 – Driven by resentment over being denied a party ticket to contest the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, Quazi Abdur Rahim, the outgoing MLA from the Baduria Assembly seat in the North 24 Parganas district, quit the Trinamool Congress on Sunday.In a lengthy post on his...

Naoboicha (Assam), March 29 Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced his party's "five guarantees" for the upcoming elections in Assam, with a focus on women's welfare, healthcare for all, land rights, and justice in the Zubeen Garg death case.He also criticized the BJP-led government...

New Delhi, March 28 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday emphasized the need to ensure preparedness for the medium to long term and a swift decision-making process to address the evolving crisis in West Asia.Singh made the remarks while chairing the first meeting of the Informal...

New Delhi, March 28 The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) on Saturday expressed "grave concern" over the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Bill, 2026, claiming that the proposed legislation could "threaten the operational survival" of minority and civil society organizations...

New Delhi, March 28 Top Congress leaders held detailed discussions on the party's candidates for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections during a meeting of the Central Election Committee (CEC) here on Saturday.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi...

Patna, March 28 – Sheohar Janata Dal-United MP Lovely Anand appealed to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to reconsider his decision to join the Rajya Sabha.Addressing the media, Anand expressed his emotional feelings regarding Nitish Kumar's potential move to the Upper House of Parliament...

Bagalkot, March 28 – Former Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Basavaraj Bommai accused the Siddaramaiah-led government of mismanaging the state's economy and exhibiting "arrogance" by not attending a meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Addressing a...

New Delhi, March 28 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually interact with NDA workers in Assam and Puducherry on Monday as part of the 'Mera Booth, Sabse Mazboot Samvaad' initiative, aimed at directly communicating with them ahead of the state assembly elections.Modi stated that the people...

Kolkata, March 28 Trinamool Congress All-India General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, on Saturday said that there is no place for the BJP's bulldozer model politics in West Bengal.Using his X handle, Banerjee said that violence took place in Murshidabad district's Raghunathganj during Friday's...

New Delhi, March 27 The Election Commission on Friday sought a factual report from the West Bengal chief electoral officer regarding a video purportedly showing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee threatening personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force.EC officials alleged that at the Nandaprasad...

New Delhi, March 27 – The battle for Tamil Nadu played out in the Rajya Sabha on Friday as the DMK and AIADMK accused each other of mismanaging the state's finances and hindering the implementation of central schemes.While DMK leader P Wilson blamed the ruling NDA for not doing enough for the...

Bangalore, March 27 AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of attempting to "deceive" the public by announcing a reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel, alleging that this move would benefit oil companies but provide no relief to...

Kolkata, March 27 On a day the Election Commission is scheduled to publish the second supplementary list of voters in connection with the SIR exercise in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the poll panel and the BJP for "not making the complete and final first...

Jaipur, March 27 The Rajasthan unit of the Congress on Friday criticized the Centre's "policy failures" regarding LPG supply, saying that while the government has raised concerns about it in Parliament, it denies any crisis elsewhere.Addressing a protest at Shaheed Smarak here against...

New Delhi, March 27 Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu visited a temple in Model Town in north Delhi on the occasion of Ram Navami, and reminisced about his student days at Delhi University, which he spent in the area, during an impromptu visit to the locality, officials said on...

March 27, New Delhi: India's upper house of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, has taken up the Finance Bill, 2026 for discussion after it was passed by the Lok Sabha.Moved by Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, the Bill aims to implement the Centre's financial proposals for the fiscal...

New Delhi, March 27 – The Congress party on Friday accused the government of reducing excise duties on petrol and diesel due to upcoming assembly elections, pointing out that consumer prices in India have not decreased even when global crude oil prices have fallen on seven different occasions in...

New Delhi, March 27 A Joint Parliamentary Committee tasked with examining three bills aimed at removing the prime minister, chief ministers, and ministers if they are under arrest for 30 consecutive days on serious charges has been granted more time to submit its report.The Lok Sabha on Friday...

Kolkata, March 26 – The Trinamool Congress expressed concerns on Thursday about potential attempts to hack electronic voting machines (EVMs) that will be used in the crucial two-phase elections in West Bengal next month.The party's Member of Parliament from the Jadavpur constituency in South...