indian politics

Kolkata, April 10 – The fledgling alliance between Humayun Kabir's Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) and Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM collapsed on Friday, just weeks after it was formed, following the surfacing of a video purportedly showing Kabir allegedly discussing a multi-crore deal with the BJP...

Patna, April 10 Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, along with other NDA leaders, congratulated JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar on Friday for taking oath as a Rajya Sabha member.The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan in his chamber this...

Kolkata, April 10 Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that the Uniform Civil Code will be implemented in West Bengal within six months of the BJP coming to power in the state, and the BJP will make a "son of Bengal" the chief minister.At a press conference after unveiling the BJP's...

Mumbai, April 10 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde dismissed reports on Friday that MPs from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) would join his party, calling them baseless.In a statement, Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, said reports about a purported meeting between him...

Hyderabad, April 10 The Telangana High Court on Friday granted one-week anticipatory bail to Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera in a case registered against him by the Assam police following his allegations against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife.During the hearing of a petition filed...

New Delhi, April 10 – The political controversy escalated in West Bengal on Friday after Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) President Humayun Kabir strongly rejected allegations following the release of a purported video by the Trinamool Congress, which claimed his proximity to BJP leaders and...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 10 Kerala's Minister of General Education, V. Sivankutty, dismissed claims of anti-incumbency against the ruling LDF on Friday, stating that there was no visible wave or strong sentiment among the people against the government.Sivankutty was engaged in a three-way...

Guwahati, April 10 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state police were doing their job by pursuing Pawan Khera in connection with a case filed by the former's wife over allegations that she held multiple passports and offshore properties.Sarma also criticized state...

Hyderabad, April 9 Senior Congress leader T Jeevan Reddy, who recently left the party, announced on Thursday that he would join the BRS.Reddy, a former minister, made the announcement after BRS Working President K T Rama Rao invited him to join the party.Rao met Reddy at his residence in...

Guwahati, April 9 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched a strong attack on the Congress on Thursday, accusing the party of using "desperate and low-level tactics" by involving popular singer Zubeen Garg in electoral politics.Addressing reporters after the polling, Sarma alleged...

Chennai, April 9 AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday criticized Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin for his "Amit Shah DMK" remark and questioned why it was wrong to meet the Union Home Minister.He claimed that the DMK leadership was getting agitated whenever he met Amit Shah...

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), April 9 Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday challenged Chief Minister M K Stalin to declare that his son and DMK youth wing chief Udhayanidhi will not be appointed as the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.Speaking at a press meet here, Goyal accused the DMK...

Kolkata, April 9 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a "factory of outsiders" which has no place in the poll-bound state.Addressing an election rally in Panihati of North 24 Parganas district, Chief Minister Banerjee criticized...

Kolkata, April 9 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the BJP had deleted over 90 lakh names from voter lists during the SIR exercise to gain power in the state and asserted that her party would still win the upcoming Assembly elections.Addressing a public rally...

Bhubaneswar, April 9 BJD president Naveen Patnaik accepted the resignation of Sasmit Patra as the leader of the regional outfit's parliamentary party on Thursday.Patra, a two-time Rajya Sabha MP, had submitted his resignation on Wednesday, citing reasons that remain undisclosed.The office of...

New Delhi, April 9 – Congress MP Shashi Tharoor stated on Thursday that the BJP-led NDA has "no credibility" in Kerala, describing it as a "zero-seat party," even as voting began across the state with a promising turnout."I certainly don't believe that the NDA is a zero-seat party in Kerala...

Sivasagar, Apr 9 Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi on Thursday claimed that the people of Assam were voting to save democracy from the "fascist BJP government".Gogoi, who is seeking re-election from the Sibsagar seat, claimed that people of the state were turning up at polling booths in large...

Haldia (West Bengal), April 9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Thursday, after a two-hour delay due to inclement weather, to address his first of three election rallies in West Bengal.Several parts of southern Bengal, including Kolkata, have been experiencing rain since morning...

Bhubaneswar, April 9 BJD president Naveen Patnaik will visit Delhi on April 10 to meet his elder brother, Prem Patnaik, who has undergone a major heart surgery, a party statement said.Prem Patnaik is currently recovering at a private hospital in the national capital after undergoing the...

Mumbai, April 9 – NCP(SP) legislator Rohit Pawar met Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshwardhan Sapkal on Thursday, urging him to withdraw the party's nominee, Akash More, to ensure a unopposed election for NCP candidate and state Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar in the...