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Sandeshkhali incident: 17 arrested, won't allow injustice, says CM Mamata

Sandeshkhali is at the centre of a political storm for the past one month. TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh and his followers have been accused by several women of sexual misconduct, triggering protests

Supreme Court to pronounce judgment on electoral bonds scheme today

The electoral bonds scheme, introduced in 2017, provided anonymous donations to political parties

'For alliance dharma', AAP offers Congress 1 Lok Sabha seat in Delhi

Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely said seat sharing 'cannot be decided at press conferences', pointing out that Congress candidates were runners-up in five seats

Congress expels Acharya Pramod Krishnam for making statements against party

The Congress on Saturday expelled Acharya Pramod Krishnam from the party for "indiscipline" and making repeated statements against the party. Krishnam, who had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Lucknow on a Congress ticket but lost, had recently praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya and criticised the Congress' stance of its leadership skipping the event. "In view of complaints about indiscipline and repeatedly making statement against the party, Congress president has approved the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee's proposal to expel Shri Pramod Krishnam for six years with immediate effect," a statement issued by Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal said. Krishnam had also met Prime Minister Modi earlier this month and invited him to the foundation stone laying ceremony of Shri Kalki Dham in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal on February 19. Of late, he has been criticising some of the decisions of the Congress ...

3 defining political blunders

Indira Gandhi targeting the RSS during the Emergency, Rajiv deciding to give up the mandate in 1989, and Vajpayee and Advani advancing elections - these errors changed the course of India's politics

10 saal anyay kaal: Cong releases 'black paper' on Modi govt's failures

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge unveiled the 54-page 'black paper' at 10.30 am, hours before Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the government's 'White Paper' in Parliament

Congress should rethink on party's face: Sharmistha Mukherjee on Rahul

Citing the last two Lok Sabha polls, Sharmistha Mukherjee said that if the Congress is continuously losing under the leadership of a particular person, it needs to rethink its strategy

Jharkhand CM Champai Soren: How the 'Tiger of Kolhan' earned his stripes

'Puppet on a string' or the puppeteer, the 12th chief minister of Jharkhand holds the threads of power, for now

As Vijay floats political party, a list of others who tried before him

Actor Vijay political party: The 49-year-old actor issued an official statement saying that his newly-floated party would be contesting the 2026 assembly polls in Tamil Nadu

Meet Champai Soren, the new Jharkhand CM at helm amid political crisis

Champai Soren's appointment comes two days after former CM Hemant Soren resigned from his post before being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case on Wednesday

SC dismisses Hemant Soren's plea on arrest, J'khand to get new CM: Updates

Hemant Soren's arrest followed after the ED questioned him for nearly six hours in his Ranchi residence, two days after raiding the south Delhi home of the ex-Jharkhand CM on Monday

In first reaction to Nitish's move, Rahul Gandhi recalls a joke on Bihar CM

Rahul Gandhi's reaction followed two days after Nitish Kumar severed ties with the INDIA bloc on Sunday, a major setback for the opposition's INDIA bloc of 28-non BJP parties

The politics of food

Written with wry humour and sharp insights into Indian society, James Staples' book is a fascinating social anthropology of food and politics in India

Elections for 56 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states to be held on February 27

This year a total of 69 Rajya Sabha seats are up for elections, including the latest 56, which come ahead of the much anticipated Lok Sabha elections

Poster war in Patna on Nitish's move; Rahul Gandhi's yatra enters Bihar

Several members of the INDIA bloc continued their attack on Nitish for joining the BJP-led NDA. Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered Bihar on Monday

75th anniversary of SC: Modernising laws to strengthen India, says PM Modi

Announces approval of Rs 800 crore for Supreme Court's expansion

Public sounds poll bugle for Modi, says PM ahead of Lok Sabha elections

PM Modi's remark came at the BJP event in Bulandshahr, which was meant to kickstart the saffron party's 2024 Lok Sabha campaign from western Uttar Pradesh

Lok Sabha polls: After Cong-TMC fallout, AAP hints at lone battle in Punjab

The developments followed after the Congress-TMC had a fallout over seat sharing proposal in West Bengal as Banerjee announced her party's decision to fight the polls alone

Lok Sabha elections 2024: TMC to go solo in West Bengal; jolt to INDIA bloc

The Congress and the TMC are a part of the Opposition's INDIA bloc, a group of 28-non BJP parties, which aims to oust the Narendra Modi government in the Lok Sabha elections

Assam CM asks police to file case against Rahul Gandhi over Guwahati row

The development followed after clashes broke out between Congress workers and Assam police on Guwahati border earlier today. Police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the workers from the site