Leaders from the two parties have now started accusing Ambedkar of helping the BJP as the BBM-AIMIM alliance is likely to cut into their Dalit-minorities votes read more

BBM leader says Cong delay led to the move, will wait for them till the time of filing the nominations read more

The Union Cabinet passed an ordinance on Wednesday to make instant triple talaq an offence. The Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives immediately by uttering the word “talaq” thrice, had been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court last year. The bill was cleared by the Lok Sabha in December last year but has been stuck in the Rajya Sabha where the NDA does not have a majority. (HT Correspondent )read more

The BBM-AIMIM alliance which will have an impact on electoral arithmetic, could thus, turn out to be an advantage for the Bharatiya Janata Party read more

The AIMIM had seven MLAs in the Telangana legislative assembly, which was dissolved last week. read more

The plea said the English translation of AIMIM was ‘All India Council of the Union of Muslims’ which was founded as a political party in 1958 and the leaders and workers of the party were “continuously abusing Hindu religion, their Gods Goddesses”. read more

Congress president Rahul Gandhi is expected to attack the TRS government over its “failures”. He will also take on Asaduddin Owaisi in the AIMIM citadel. read more

Initiated by Aurangabad Central MLA Imtiaz Jaleel belonging to the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), and four team members from Pune, this will be the first national university of its kind in the country. read more

BJP hit out at AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for “playing minority politics” and said it saw him as a ‘neo-Jinnah’. read more

After its spectacular performance in the 2009 polls, the MNS has been reduced to a minor force and its workers are demoralised read more

This is their thinking. Those who sit with them (those attending Iftar) are ‘vote ke bhikhari’ (beggars for vote). My thinking is different, said Telangana BJP MLA T Raja Singh Lodh read more

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen(AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday announced that his party will not contest the upcoming Karnataka Assembly election, but would extend support to the Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS). The AIMIM chief said that they would campaign for the JDS and would ensure that the party gets maximum seats. He further said that both national parties- the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have failed to live up to the expectations of the people of Karnataka and it’s time for bringing some change. The AIMIM chief went on to say that a non-Congress, non-BJP government would be in the interest of the nation. (Muhammed Asad)read more

Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s JD(S) already has a pre-poll alliance with BSP, and the support of TRS. Analysts say the coalition will hurt Congress’ prospects in the elections. read more

Nirupam said the Congress will never join hands with the Shiv Sena, Bharatiya Janata Party or All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), as their ideologies do not match with that of Congress. read more

The MIM’s support would boost the chances of TRS to win the third seat also as the main opposition Congress is considering fielding its nominee in the poll. read more