politics

Farooq Abdullah will contest assembly polls

NC veteran Farooq Abdullah to lead party in upcoming J&K assembly polls

Jammu and Kashmir will witness assembly polls after a decade. The last assembly election was held in 2014. A former Member of Parliament (MP) and ex-Union Minister, Farooq Abdullah, is arguably the most popular political leader from the Kashmir Valley.

Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat slams comparisons: India under Modi stands apart

Announcement of J&K poll dates after final security review in Delhi: CEC

Delhi Excise case: SC grants bail to AAP's Manish Sisodia after 17 months in jail

Cong, PDP observe 'Black Day' on Article 370 abrogation anniversary, call for restoration of statehood

Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Vikar Rasool Wani criticized the BJP-led central government for failing to curb the rise in terror attacks in the region following the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the state into two union territories.

Rahul Gandhi-Anurag Thakur spat over caste leads to ruckus in Parliament

in his Lok Sabha speech on July 30, BJP's Anurag Thakur had called Leader of Opposition an 'accidental Hindu' with 'accidental knowledge' of the Mahabharata. Congress called the speech a 'highly abusive and unconstitutional tirade,' while demanding an apology.

Stop politics over Delhi coaching center deaths, demand protesting students

More than 400 students participating in the protest for the past three days allege that some "outsiders" have been raising political slogans at the protest site and “trying to sabotage" their cause.

Supreme Court junks ED plea to cancel Jharkand CM Hemant Soren's bail

The bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan said that the Jharkhand High Court's order to grant bail to Soren in a money laundering case was a 'very well-reasoned judgment.'

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee leaves Niti Aayog meet midway, alleges she was stopped from speaking

Banerjee said her microphone was stopped after five minutes, while other chief ministers were allowed to speak for longer durations.

Kargil Vijay Diwas takes political turn as Modi, Congress trade barbs over Agnipath scheme

Opposition hits out at PM Modi for bringing up issue of Agniveers at event meant to honor 1999 war heroes and blaming the Congress for politicizing the issue.