In politics, fortunes change overnight. They certainly did in Uttar Pradesh within just 24 hours for two players -- the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)....
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot on Thursday said violence erupted in Gujarat after the issue was raised in the Rajya Sabha on July 18, indirectly blaming the opposition for it....
A day before his scheduled visit to Gujarat, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said an atmosphere of "oppression" prevailed across the western state and that people of all communities were threatened....
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that in his home state, the weak and the poor were being crushed, even as he visited the home of a Dalit man whose four sons were brutally flogged on July 11 for skinning a dead cow....
Lashing out at the central government for "destroying federalism and pushing the states to destruction", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking credit for development carried out by her government....
Amid protest over Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Daya Shankar Sigh's abusive remark, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said on Thursday that people from weaker sections of the society treat her as a "goddess"....
Amplifying its earlier decision to relax curfew in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday afternoon, the authorities said this would be area-wise depending on the obtaining law and order situation, an official said. The authorities on Thursday decided to relax curfew across the Valley to allow the people buy essentials of life. "Curfew will be ...
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday visited Una town in Gujarat and met the family members of Dalit men who were brutally assaulted by cow protection vigilantes last week. Balu, the father of a Dalit youth who was beaten up, showed his wounds to Gandhi at the Mota Samadhiyala village. Gandhi assured he would do “everything in his...
Indiana Governor Mike Pence formally accepted the Republican Vice Presidential nomination at the 2016 Republican National Convention on Wednesday night. Pence took the stage at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland as the final speaker of the day in an effort to build excitement for the Trump-Pence ticket, Xinhua news agency reported. "...
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday squarely blamed Pakistan for the present unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and also said the government will set up a panel to find an alternative to pellet guns used by security forces to control protesters in the Valley. "There can be no denying the fact that our neighbour (Pakistan) is singula...
