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'Openly standing with violence': BJP slams Congress for extending support to Palestine

BJP leader Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said, 'The problem with Congress is that it moves from the country's ideas and tries to give its own thought'

AAP ready to contest Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh polls; list of candidates likely soon, says Kejriwal

The Election Commission has announced that assembly polls in Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana will be held on different days beginning November 7 and the votes will be counted on December 3

Madhya Pradesh polls 2023: CM Shivraj Chouhan to contest from Budhni, BJP releases 4th list of 57 candidates

Madhya Pradesh's Home Minister Narottam Mishra has been fielded from Datia, while Gopal Bhargava will contest from Rehli

AAP leader Raghav Chadha to lose govt bungalow on Delhi court's order

The judge said the allotment of government accommodation is only a privilege given to the plaintiff and he has no vested right to continue to occupy the same even after the cancellation of allotment

Big blow for KCR’s party BRS as 2 legislators quit ahead of Telangana assembly polls

Ajmeera Rekha, the legislator from Khanapur, in a press conference on Friday announced her resignation from the party while MLC Kasireddy Narayana Reddy joined the Congress party in the presence of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge in the national capital

In run-up to polls, Priyanka promises caste survey in Chhattisgarh if Congress retains power

The ruling party’s announcement is being seen as a major move to woo Other Backward Classes (OBC), who account for about 45 per cent of the state’s population, ahead of the upcoming assembly elections

Sharad Pawar meets Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, focus on INDIA bloc’s next plan of action

The three leaders discussed the current political situation in the country and the road ahead for the alliance, which is looking to take on the BJP in the upcoming assembly and general elections. The meeting lasted around 40 minutes

Poll war goes virtual in Chhattisgarh as BJP launches website of graft allegations on Congress CM Bhupesh Baghel

This seems to be a tit-for-tat move as months before the last Assembly elections in Karnataka, Congress released posters of 'PayCM' with the then CM Basavaraj Bommai's photograph embedded in a QR code

Is the future of AAP bleak? With 3 big leaders arrested, should Kejriwal be worried?

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has lost three key leaders to arrests in less than two years. With Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain in jail, Sanjay Singh was a ‘big support’ to party supremo Arvind Kejriwal. Now, the AAP is left to deal with its ‘vocal’ Rajya Sabha MP’s absence

BJP releases movie poster on X, casts Rahul Gandhi as ‘Ravan’; George Soros is director

Rahul Gandhi is 'Evil. Anti-Dharma. Anti-Ram. His aim is to destroy Bharat,' BJP wrote alongside the poster

'AAP has a nature of committing scams openly': BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra on Sanjay Singh's arrest

AAP's Sanjay Singh was arrested on Wednesday evening after the anti-money laundering body conducted searches at his residence over the Delhi liquor policy scam

‘Rahul Gandhi will lead country someday’: Sharad Pawar on benefits of pan-India Bharat Jodo Yatra

After his Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi is being taken seriously and he will provide leadership to the nation someday, the veteran NCP leader said

AIADMK quit NDA over respect for workers’ feelings, other factors didn’t shape move, says EPS

Palaniswami said the decision to walk out of the National Democratic Alliance was taken after party members conveyed the feelings of “two crore party workers” to the leadership

AAP means ‘Aur Adhik Paap’: BJP on Arvind Kejriwal’s party ‘playing drama card’ as ED raids Sanjay Singh’s residence

The Enforcement Directorate has been carrying out searches at AAP MP Sanjay Singh's residence in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam

‘Not mad enough to want to join NDA’: KCR’s son K T Rama Rao hits back at PM Modi

At a rally in the poll-bound state’s Nizamabad earlier on Tuesday, the Prime Minister had claimed that K Chandrashekar Rao made multiple attempts to join the NDA after the municipal elections in 2020

‘KCR changed after I refused him entry into NDA’: PM Modi’s startling claim in poll-bound Telangana

The BRS chief has been known to be a very vocal critic of not only the Prime Minister but also of the ruling NDA. He had earlier even tried to form a Third Front comprising of like-minded political parties to take on the BJP at the Centre but his attempts did not succeed

WATCH: PM Modi pits Rahul Gandhi against Manmohan Singh to Congress’s embarrassment

After Bihar caste census report was released on Monday, Congress's Rahul Gandhi said, 'the greater the population, the greater the rights – this is our pledge'

Congress has made 'Loktantra' 'loottantra', 'prajatantra' 'Parivartantra': PM Modi in Chhattisgarh

PM Modi went on to say that in Chhattisgarh, development is seen either on posters or in the lockers of the leaders of the Congress government. 'Chhattisgarh is demanding change,' he added

In 5 years, Congress destroyed roots of Rajasthan, left no stone unturned to loot the state: PM Modi in Chittorgarh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the Congress a ‘kursi-bachao sarkar’ and asked people of Rajasthan if any work had been done by the party apart from 'saving own chair'

'Women with lipstick, bob cut will come forward': Senior RJD leader's remark on women quota sparks row

Senior Rashtriya Janata Dal Abdul Bari Siddiqui leader later said that he did not intend to hurt anyone's sentiments by making the statement

PM Modi to attend concluding ceremony of BJP's Parivartan Yatras in poll-bound Chhattisgarh

This is PM Modi's third visit to the Congress-ruled state, where assembly elections are due at the end of the year

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Polls: Why has BJP fielded Union ministers in the fray?

The saffron party’s move to give tickets to seven Lok Sabha MPs, including three Union ministers, for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls has signalled that the BJP is trying to keep the CM’s post open. The party is likely to field Central ministers in the upcoming elections in other states too

Abhishek Banerjee to skip ED summon, dares to 'stop' him from going to Delhi to attend TMC protest

TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee said he would be in Delhi on 2 and 3 October to join his party in protest against the Centre's decision to withhold West Bengal dues under MGNREGA

K Annamalai: The man behind AIADMK’s break-up with BJP

Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai’s ‘aggressive’ politics is being blamed for the AIADMK parting ways from the BJP-led NDA. He had reportedly threatened to step down from his post if the central leadership continued alliance with the Dravidian party

AIADMK exiting won't make any difference, PM Modi-led NDA will form government in 2024: Anurag Thakur

The formal break-up was announced by AIADMK Deputy General Secretary KP Munusamy after a resolution was passed unanimously at a meeting of MPs, MLAs and district heads at the party’s headquarters in Chennai

Bengaluru bandh over Cauvery water-sharing: Why Karnataka, Tamil Nadu are fighting again

Bengaluru has come to a standstill amid a bandh to protest the Karnataka government’s decision to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Why are farmers protesting against the water-sharing? Why has the issue reignited despite a 2018 Supreme Court verdict?

Months before Lok Sabha polls, AIADMK ends alliance with BJP; passes resolution to quit NDA