The opposition BJP wrote to NIA urging it to take cognizance of the video and probe the Cong's role in the violence that occurred during the agitation against the scheme in different parts of country
Congress's Sudip Roy Barman, who won the Agartala seat, and BJP's Mailna Das (Jubarajnagar) and Swapna Das (Surma) were swron in as MLAs by Speaker Ratan Chakraborty at the assembly's lobby.
Amid the political turmoil in Maharashtra following a rebellion by MLAs of the ruling Shiv Sena, senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday left for Delhi along with a legal counsel
The BJP is weighing options as Shiv Sena rebels consolidate their position in a bid to topple the three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra
Sanjay Jaiswal during the Agnipath protest had criticised the Nitish Kumar govt for not acting against the mob, which led to massive scale in violence in several districts
After the SC's order, it is more likely that the rebel MLAs will now push for a floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly to prove the minority of the ruling MVA alliance
A core committee meeting of the BJP's Maharashtra unit was held on Monday to discuss the state's political situation amid the crisis faced by the MVA govt due to the revolt in Shiv Sena
Yashwant Sinha, the common opposition candidate for the presidential election, on Monday said he would reach out to his former colleagues in the BJP seeking their support. Addressing a press conference here, Sinha described the candidature of his rival NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu, a tribal, as part of "politics of symbolism" and insisted that he would contest the poll on the track record of the Modi government with regard to the welfare of backward communities. Sinha, who filed his nomination for the July 18 election, hit out at the BJP saying that the saffron party under Prime Minister Narendra Modi lacked internal democracy. "The BJP I was part of had internal democracy, the current BJP lacks internal democracy, he said. Sinha served as finance minister and external affairs minister in the government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He had resigned from the BJP in 2018 and joined the Trinamool Congress in 2021. He quit the Trinamool Congress before his candidature was announced on Jun
Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance has lost the majority in the house as 38 of the members of the Shiv Sena Legislature Party have withdrawn their support thus bringing it below the majority
The ED has summoned Rajya Sabha member Raut for questioning in a money laundering probe linked to the re-development of a Mumbai 'chawl'
With the Centre providing Y-plus security to Maharashtra's rebel Shiv Sena MLAs, the party claimed it was now evident that the BJP was "pulling the strings" amid the current political turmoil
The Supreme Court will hear the petition of rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde, who moved the court seeking a stay on the disqualification notice issued to him and other 15 rebel legislators
Yashwant Sinha was chosen as the consensus candidate for presidential polls from the Joint Opposition in a meeting on June 21
As Maha political high-jinks near denouement, BJP tots up gains to be made by getting back a govt
The principal opposition party in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK is in the midst of a crisis with the Edappadi K Palaniswami faction emerging stronger and former CM O Panneerselvam and his associates
The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura, an ally of the BJP in the North-eastern state, will merge with a regional political party Tipra Motha on July 2, a senior IPFT leader said
Lok Sabha by-elections were held in Rampur and Azamgarh constituencies in Uttar Pradesh and Sangrur seat in Punjab
The Emergency, declared on this day in 1975 by former prime minister Indira Gandhi, suspended fundamental rights of citizens and brought press censorship.
An 8-member delegation, led by state Education minister, will meet Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday seeking action against Adhikari, a BJP leader, for his "involvement in corrupt activities".
BJP was extremely upset with Uddhav Thackeray's "betrayal" after the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections when he joined hands with NCP and Congress, breaking the decades-old saffron alliance, he said.