Article 370 of the Constitution grants special status to J&K and limits Parliament’s power to make laws concerning the state. read more

Stumping exit poll predictions, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami managed to shore up the required majority for his government. Now, the AIADMK has 119 MLAs — minus the assembly speaker and three dissident MLAs. read more

Cong may appoint two members as leader of Oppn and legislative party leader read more

The Mansa MLA defected to the ruling party here in the presence of chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh and rural development minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa. read more

Only one woman on party’s list of 13 candidates in the state, AAP and other parties have done better read more

Fatmi also said he would give a “second thought” to his decision to contest Madhubani only if the Congress allowed Ahmad to run for the seat on the party’s symbol. read more

Jagan, who led a delegation of senior leaders of his party to Raj Bhavan, submitted a memorandum to Governor ESL Narasimhan seeking his intervention in preventing the Naidu government from misusing power after polling for the state assembly was held... read more

There are far too many extraneous considerations in giving out tickets ranging from caste to dynastic considerations. Why add gender to the mix? read more

Andhra Pradesh went to polls for the 175-member state Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats on Thursday. The ruling TDP fought an intense battle with main opposition YSR Congress. read more

Pune-based Amol Umbarje talks about the issues that matter to him in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. read more

Kamal Nath, who is chief of the state Congress, did not contest in the 2018 assembly election. Deepak Saxena, who was elected in 2018 assembly elections, vacated his seat for Kamal Nath by resigning from the state assembly. read more

Giving nomination to two women allows the Congress to crow that it has implemented the 33% reservation for women in electoral politics in Mumbai read more

Hardik Patel, who joined the Congress on March 12, cannot contest the elections as long his conviction is not stayed. read more

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has been outlining the party’s agenda at election rallies and many of these are expected to be part of the manifesto including the much-hyped minimum income scheme. read more

As Deputy Speaker, who is the officiating Speaker of the state assembly, Lobo oversaw the merger. Pramod Sawant, who served as Speaker from 2017 till last week, quit the post to be sworn in as Chief Minister on March 19 read more