For the first time in Himachal Pradesh’s history, 30 new schemes were announced in a budget with adequate monetary provisions, says Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur. read more

TJS has asked for a mutually agreed programme that reflects aspirations of the Telangana movement, its founder Prof M Kodandaram said. read more

Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Modi said, “There was a grand alliance against Indira Gandhi in 1971, but it did not succeed. I believe ’71 will be repeated in 2019.” read more

This is for the first time that the TDP, which was founded on an anti-Congress plank in 1982, will be joining hands with the Congress party. The CPI has allied with both the parties in the past. read more

A panel of the Telangana Congress party leaders began negotiations with the representatives of the Telugu Desam Party, Telangana Jana Samithi and CPI at a hotel in the state capital to strike a deal on the possible alliance. read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the National Executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party. read more

Dr Rama Chandra Khuntia, Congress general secretary in-charge of Telangana said the Telangana alliance will be part of the “overall strategy to form a grand alliance at national level.” read more

Amit Shah termed the proposed alliance a “facade”, and an “eyewash” which comprised parties that the BJP had defeated one after the other since the 2014 general elections read more

After meeting Kumaraswamy, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu said they want more regional parties to join the front. He suggested that as a first step, efforts would be made to bring all regional parties in south India to join hands to prevent the growth... read more

LJD leader says the party will fight the assembly elections ‘most likely’ in an alliance with the Congress read more

Speculations about Nitish Kumar’s possible realignment with GA were ignited earlier this week when he made a phone call to RJD chief Lalu Prasad to enquire about his health. read more

Speculation about Nitish Kumar’s return to the grand alliance, which routed BJP-led NDA in the 2015 Bihar assembly polls, caught fire after the CM called up a convalescing Lalu Prasad to enquire about his health. read more

The Congress should focus on getting back to its 1996-2004 performance rather than make more ambitious plans with 2009 in mind. read more

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav rubbished suggestions by the leaders of the Congress that Nitish Kumar’s return to the “mahagathbandhan” could be considered if he chose to snap ties with the BJP. read more

The NCP chief said after the 2019 election there is every possibility that all state leaders will come together because ‘the total thrust of the election (will be) against the BJP’. read more