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Opposition lacks clear ideology: Haryana BJP chief

Archana Gupta expressed confidence that the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, which provides for 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. (HT File)
Published on Jun 28, 2026 05:16 am IST

Rebel TMC MLAs elect Arup Roy as national chairperson, a post held by Mamata

The faction led by Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee constituted a new national leadership hierarchy, directly challenging the authority of Mamata Banerjee (Screengrab)
Published on Jun 23, 2026 07:02 pm IST

Rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MP: Switching sides to ensure justice for murdered father

Rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) parliamentarian Omraje Nimbalkar.
Published on Jun 19, 2026 03:51 pm IST

Why AAP refreshed attack on Cong before INDIA bloc meet: Reason lies northwards

Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal with the party's Punjab MLAs in New Delhi last month.
Updated on Jun 09, 2026 12:00 am IST

Tanzania's Hassan declared landslide winner in election marred by violence

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan won a landslide election victory with 97.66 percent of the vote, the electoral commission announced on November 1, 2025.
Updated on Nov 01, 2025 02:33 pm IST

‘Anti-national forces harming social fabric’: BJP leader in Bihar slams Oppn

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with senior leaders of Mahagathbandhan addressing joint press conference during Voter Adhikar Yatra at Araria, Bihar. (Photo by / Hindustan Times)
Published on Sept 21, 2025 03:13 pm IST

Himachal: BJP announces to boycott revenue minister

Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur along with BJP legislators staged walkout from assembly during the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha monsoon session, in Shimla on Tuesday. (Deepak Sansta/ HT)
Published on Aug 20, 2025 05:46 am IST

Resign or face impeachment: Oppn tells South Korea prez after martial law scare

Extra edition newspapers are displayed at a subway gate in downtown Seoul on December 4, 2024, after martial law was lifted. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol abandoned a short-lived attempt at martial law on December 4, after lawmakers defied security forces to vote against his declaration and thousands of protesters took to the streets.
Updated on Dec 04, 2024 10:35 am IST

Haryana assembly in session: Oppn corners govt over DAP ‘shortage’

“There is no shortage of the DAP,” chief minister Nayab Singh Saini said even as former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that delayed supply of the DAP was an exercise in futility. (HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 19, 2024 08:18 am IST

Ghana's opposition NDC kicks off presidential campaign

Ghana's opposition NDC kicks off presidential campaign
Published on Jul 28, 2024 01:38 am IST

People have no faith in Congress: Haryana chief minister Saini

When asked about Rahul Gandhi’s campaign in Haryana, Nayab said, “The Congress is divided into different groups internally. (HT Photo)
Updated on May 23, 2024 06:40 am IST

An electoral bruising for Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey

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Turkish President and leader of Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech after the Turkish local Municipal elections, at AK Party Headquarters in Ankara on April 1, 2024. Turkey's main opposition party on March 31 claimed victory in Istanbul and Ankara, with its rising political star emerging from local elections as a serious challenger to veteran President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan, addressing supporters at his party's headquarters in Ankara, acknowledged a "turning point" for his party and promised to respect the results. Partial results from across the nation of 85 million people showed major advances for the Republican People's Party (CHP) at the expense of Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) that has dominated politics for more than two decades. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
Published on Apr 07, 2024 08:00 am IST

Tribunal de-freezes Cong’s bank accounts, party slams action on flimsy grounds

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge called the action “a deep assault on India’s democracy”. (PTI)
Published on Feb 16, 2024 02:37 pm IST

Maldives' main Opposition party to file impeachment motion against President

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu (AP/File)
Updated on Jan 29, 2024 02:55 pm IST

Mizoram election: ZPM fights back, defeats deputy CM Tawnluia of MNF. Takeaways

Tawnluia, deputy Chief Minister of Mizoram
Updated on Dec 04, 2023 10:29 am IST

Punjab within India, India within Punjab

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The point is simple and straightforward. Some people in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and other western countries are attempting to rekindle the fire of Khalistan (AFP)
Published on Oct 09, 2023 12:35 pm IST

Monsoon session of Haryana assembly: Congress corners govt on PPP

The Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP), the flagship programme that chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been implementing despite stiff opposition, was at the center of Congress’ renewed offensive on Friday in the assembly. “This PPP is actually a permanent pareshani patra,” quipped Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, after Rohtak MLA Bharat Bhushan Batra raised the matter. (Keshav Singh/HT)
Updated on Aug 26, 2023 01:15 am IST

Not fielding candidates for Tripura bypolls: TIPRA Motha

Both the Left Front and the BJP have declared their candidates. (AP File Photo)
Updated on Aug 17, 2023 11:21 am IST

Poll-bound Bangladesh is at an inflection point

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Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chant slogan as they join in a rally to protest against the verdict of party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman's Nine years of imprisonment, at Naya Paltan area, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Published on Aug 10, 2023 02:04 am IST

Terms of Trade | Has INDIA changed the road to 2024?

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Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) of 26 opposition parties has generated a lot of buzz.
Published on Jul 21, 2023 08:55 pm IST

PM Modi calls Manipur incident shameful; assures strict action against culprits

The video of the disrobed women being paraded surfaced on social media on Wednesday fanning fresh tensions. (AFP image)
Updated on Jul 20, 2023 12:16 pm IST

U.P. civic polls: Samajwadi Party’s performance in mayoral, other seats fails to cast impact

Like 2017 civic polls, the Samajwadi Party again failed to win any mayoral seat in Uttar Pradesh. (For Representation)
Updated on May 15, 2023 09:04 pm IST

Can’t talk of 3rd front now, are expanding party: AAP

CM Arvind Kejriwal and MP Sanjay Singh with Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Aaditya Thackeray and Priyanka Chaturvedi on Sunday. (ANI)
Updated on May 15, 2023 12:18 am IST

Flex banners of ‘Ajit Pawar as future CM’ put up in city

Banner supporting Ajit Pawar as Maharashtra CM were put up in city. The banners were later removed. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 25, 2023 11:32 pm IST

Himachal: BJP slams Congress over ‘unfulfilled’ promises

The Opposition party charged that the Congress did not fully fill the promises made by it during the assembly elections.
Updated on Apr 25, 2023 11:19 pm IST

2 more AAP councillors in Surat join BJP

Kanu Gedia joined the BJP at a function on Friday where he and Alpesh Patel were welcomed with saffron scarfs and caps.
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 10:38 pm IST

BJP slams Cong for using ‘anti-nationals’ in election campaign

Union minister and BJP state election management committee convener Shobha Karandlaje ook exception to the inclusion of Rajya Sabha member Imran Pratapgarhi in the list of 40 star campaigners of the Congress. (HT Archives)
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 02:04 am IST

BJP slams Congress for appointing Imran Pratapgarhi as star campaigner

Karnataka BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje
Published on Apr 20, 2023 05:20 pm IST

‘Don’t sell Bandipur to Adani': Karnataka Congress appeals PM Modi

‘Don’t sell Bandipur to Adani': Karnataka Congress appeals PM Modi
Published on Apr 09, 2023 11:41 am IST