Bharatiya Janata Party

Sensex opens 450 points down after RBI chief's resignation shocker

Early trends of the Assembly election results in five states which showed a neck and neck fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress in at least three also weighed on the sentiments.

Dec 11, 2018

2018 Assembly elections: Congress leads in three BJP-ruled states, TRS in Telangana

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said he was confident of victory in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Dec 11, 2018

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results LIVE updates: Congress expected to get 110-126 seats

While BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan is trying to win a fourth consecutive term, Congress is fighting to win the state after 2003.

Dec 11, 2018

Right-wing Hindu groups urge PM Modi to bypass SC and issue order for Ram Mandir construction

The rally organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad was reportedly attended by over 1 lakh people in Delhi, including religious and political leaders.

Dec 10, 2018

Ramachandra Guha gets death threat over 'beef' tweet

A known critic of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Guha said the controversial tweet was aimed at "flaying" the saffron party's "hypocrisy" on beef, while claiming that he had received threatening calls.

Dec 10, 2018

NC chief Farooq Abdullah advises PM Narendra Modi to learn tolerance from Vajpayee

Lashing out at BJP, Farooq Abdullah said that the party is dividing India into many parts.

Dec 7, 2018

Uttar Pradesh: BJP MP Savitribai Phule resigns from party, 'Country needs a constitution not a temple'

Savitribai Phule said she will launch an agitation to champion the cause of Dalits from December 23.

Dec 6, 2018

BS Yeddyurappa-DK Shivakumar meeting triggers political alliance speculation in Karnataka

There was a political conjecture that Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa had big plans of getting Congress leader DK Shivakumar and his brother DK Suresh into an alliance with the saffron party. However, the two leaders have denied the alliance.

Nov 29, 2018

Telangana elections LIVE updates: PM Modi says KCR has adopted Congress' style of governance

Modi will be addressing another rally later today at Mahabubnagar after his address at Nizamabad.

Nov 27, 2018

BJP will not allow reservation on the basis of religion, says Amit Shah

Shah was referring to the resolution passed by the Telangana legislature and sent to the Centre, seeking its nod for increasing reservation for Muslims in jobs and education from current four per cent to 12 per cent.

Nov 25, 2018

Rajasthan polls: Election Commission serves notice to CP Joshi over casteist remarks

Addressing a poll meeting in Rajasthan on Thursday, Joshi had reportedly said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP MP Uma Bharti and Hindu activist Sadhvi Ritambhara are from "lower castes" and know nothing of Hinduism.

Nov 24, 2018

Brand BJP previews grand election-year strategy with blitzkrieg of television ads

India's ruling party leaves behind usual high spenders with advertisements on audiovisual media amid high pitched election campaign in five key states.

Nov 23, 2018

Pakistan instructed Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah to form govt in J&K: BJP's Ram Madhav

The BJP also claimed that both National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party are terror-friendly parties in Jammu and Kashmir.

Nov 22, 2018

BJP leadership knew about attack on Arvind Kejriwal, wants him eliminated: Manish Sisodia

The BJP had termed the incident as "drama" by Kejriwal, with its Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari demanding a high-level probe into it.

Nov 21, 2018

Maharashtra: Thousands of farmers begin march from Thane to Mumbai for land rights, loan waiver

The farmers are demanding proper implementation of the loan waiver package announced by the BJP-led government in the state last year, land rights for farmers and compensation for farm labourers.

Nov 21, 2018

Karnataka: HD Deve Gowda, Kumaraswamy 'most opportunistic' politicians: Yeddyurappa

"It is shameful on the part of the chief minister to make a disgraceful remark against a woman farmer. It is also arrogance to call the protesting farmers goondas and dacoits," Yeddyurappa said.

Nov 20, 2018

Sabarimala protests: Tensions escalate as Congress leaders threaten violation of prohibitory orders

UDF opposition leaders and BJP MP V Muralidharan announced their intention to visit hill shrine to protest against excessive security around the temple.

Nov 20, 2018

Sabarimala: KJ Alphons targets CPM-led Kerala govt, says 'this is not Soviet Russia under Stalin'

Kannanthanam attacked the midnight police action on Sunday when the police arrested and removed about 100 devotees from the vicinity of the Sannidhanam or the sanctum sanctorum.

Nov 19, 2018

Will waive off loans of all farmers in Chhattisgarh within 10 days: Rahul Gandhi

Stepping up his attack on Narendra Modi over demonetisation ahead of the second and final phase of the Chhattisgarh polls, Gandhi alleged that the PM made the honest people suffer through the 2016 exercise, but spared the rich.

Nov 17, 2018

Rajasthan polls: Congress fields Manvendra Singh against Vasundhara Raje in 2nd list

Manvendra Singh, a former BJP MLA from Sheo, had quit the saffron party to join the Congress ahead of the assembly elections.

Nov 17, 2018