There is a flood of requests from ruling party units in every corner of Bengal for Abhishek Banerjee to address public meetings in the run-up to the LS elections. read more

The 20-20 seat sharing formula suggested that the BJP would contest 20 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar and the remaining 20 would be shared by NDA allies, with JD (U) getting 12, LJP six and RLSP two. read more

Mohan Bhagwat wants to bring discussions hitherto held behind closed doors into the open. read more

Other than UP, the BSP has significant pockets of support across states. This gives it a significant national presence read more

Ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, PMO wants officials to find out if programmes have benefitted people. read more

SP patriarch told party workers to make sure that the Samajwadi Party forms government in Uttar Pradesh and has a share in Delhi politics. read more

The BJP chief asked Gandhi and Kejriwal to clear the stand of their respective parties on the issue of illegal immigrants living in the country. read more

The party will soon upload a dedicated website for its 2019 campaign to seek ideas from the people. read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi exuded confidence that the NDA government’s work will ensure that the government will retain power in the general elections next year. read more

It is Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today which has once again created uncertainty around hopes of a grand collation against the BJP. However, it is the only party apart from the BJP and the Congress with a truly national footprint and wants adequate... read more

Shatrughan Sinha has virtually turned into a BJP rebel, lashing out at his own party leaders on national and state issues, often from public platforms. read more

The campaign would be conducted in Hindi, Urdu, English and Bengali. read more

The CEO said he expects the summery revision exercise to go on till October 31 and the officials have also asked political parties to appoint booth level agents to figure out missing names or discrepancies in the voters’ list. read more

The share of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state has been a contentious issue between the two parties. In the 2014 elections, the BJP won 22 and the JD(U) had won two seats. 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