Politics

BJP stages protest in Delhi over Dalit youth worker's death in West Bengal

The Bharatiya Janata Party workers also demanded capital punishment for those who killed the Dalit youth worker of the party in West Bengal's Purulia district on Wednesday.

Jun 1, 2018

Congress-JD(S) combine agrees on letting Kumaraswamy be the Karnataka CM for 5 years

The newly-formed Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance in Karnataka has also decided that the two parties will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls together.

Jun 1, 2018

Hits and misses: Big takeaways from Kairana, Palghar and other by-election results

The Bharatiya Janata Party continued its abysmal run at the bypolls by losing the crucial Kairana constituency in western Uttar Pradesh. Here's a look at the results from other constituencies.

May 31, 2018

Quick Response: The loss of Kairana LS seat means BJP's golden run has ended

The BJP had won 71 out of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh in 2014 when the opposition votes were divided. The fabled Narendra Modi magic will not help the party retain its grip on the state if SP,BSP and Congress stand together and leverage their 50 percent vote share in the state in the 2019 general elections.

May 31, 2018

Rahul Gandhi decides the fate of Karnataka cabinet over conference call from US

Following days of hectic negotiations over the cabinet formation, JD (S) leader Danish Ali confirmed the news after holding five rounds of talks with the senior leaders of both the alliance parties. Ali will also be meeting CM H D Kumaraswamy and former PM H D Deve Gowda soon.

May 31, 2018

Quick response: Kerala's Chengannur by-election confirms BJP's rise merely makes it easy for the Left Front

The Chengannur by-election results show that Congress in the state has to worry about its existence. The verdict endorse the view that if BJP rises in the state, it's Congress that will have to pay the price, not the Left Front. Congress will now realise that any amount of anti-incumbency will not be enough to unseat the CPI (M) from power.

May 31, 2018

Bengal Assembly by-poll: Trinamool takes huge lead in Maheshtala

In the 2016 Assembly polls, CPI-M's heavyweight candidate Shamik Lahiri had finished runner up to Trinamool's Kasturi Das in the constituency.

May 31, 2018

West Bengal Dalit boy a victim of clash between BJP and Bajrang Dal: TMC leader

The BJP youth worker was found hanging a few metres away from his house in Purulia district of West Bengal. BJP leaders have lashed out at the Trinamool Congress for the teenage boy's death.

May 31, 2018

PM Narendra Modi arrives in Malaysia, to meet newly-elected Mahathir Mohammad

The Indian prime minister is on a three-nation tour of the south-east Asian countries.

May 31, 2018

China is our biggest long-term challenge: US Admiral

Admiral Harry Harris made the remarks at a ceremony as he turned over the reins of the US Pacific Command to Admiral Phil Davidson at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

May 31, 2018

Counting underway for Kerala by-polls, CPI-M candidate takes early lead

The by-polls for the Chengannur Assembly seat was necessitated following the death of CPI-M legislator K.K. Ramachandran Nair in January.

May 31, 2018

BJP loses in UP's Kairana bypolls, retains Maharashtra's Palghar

While RLD's Tabassum Hasan won the Kairana Lok Sabha seat of Uttar Pradesh, BJP's Rajendra Gavit has won the Palghar bypoll Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra

May 31, 2018

Can Modi win clear majority in 2019? He can, if he does these 5 things

The verdict in the recent elections to the Karnataka assembly has something for everyone across the country, especially for those who live outside that state and did not follow the outrageous coalition negotiations up close.

May 29, 2018

What's going on, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan? Dalit youth's murder shows policing has crumbled in state

Kerala Chief Minister Pinaray Vijayan is in deep slumber as contract killers rule the roost. The 'honour killing' of Kevin Joseph on Sunday showed his police is a shame. It's laughable that he covers up his failures with a broad grin and impudent language. Can he now hand over the home ministry to someone else in the cabinet, please?

May 29, 2018

Vatal Nagaraj's advise to Rajinikanth: 'Learn from Simbu when dealing with sensitive issues'

Vatal Nagaraj has said that pro-Kannada groups will not release Kaala even if Rajinikanth gives an apology while advising him to display maturity in his stand like Simbu.

May 28, 2018