Top leaders of the two parties are campaigning in Jharkhand and Maharashtra for the ongoing assembly polls in the two states.
'Being authoritative is one thing -- Nehru was that -- but being authoritarian is quite another -- the current prime minister is clearly one.'
An international human rights group has asked the Indian government to prosecute those involved in the 1984 Sikh riots, following the assassination of former prime minister Indira Gandhi.
On the 46th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said those "dark days" can never be forgotten and called for taking a pledge to strengthen India's democratic spirit and live up to the values enshrined in the Constitution.
A day after his expulsion from the Congress, Acharya Pramod Krishnam on Sunday said leaders like Sachin Pilot and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are being disrespected in the party where people need 'chamchagiri' (sycophancy) to survive.
Trust is no more, and no less, than the faith that rule of law works equally for everybody and that the State exists to enforce such laws without fear or favour. It is trust in old-fashioned government. Trust is rule of law, says Sonali Ranade
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sat on a hunger strike on Monday after being detained in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district while she was en route to Lakhimpur Kheri, her party said.
Bhosale's tenure from January 1982 to February 1983 was a colourful one, with his admirers and political rivals alike being at the receiving end of his witty one-liners.
The Aam Aadmi Party has alleged that 80 per cent of its leaders were arrested by Delhi police since Sunday, and questioned whether anyone can be detained for more than 24 hours.
The Samajwadi Party parliamentarian said he was not afraid of Sonia, CBI, IB or RAW and added that a 'collective onslaught' of Sonia and Mayawati was 'most welcome.'
Strangely, the Lokpal Bill drafted by all sides is silent on these two powerful sections of our society that continues to shape, reshape and de-shape public opinion. Is that why the media and the NGOs are vociferously supporting the Lokpal Bill? Asks M R Venkatesh.
Senior vice-president of the Bhartiya Janata Party Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has rejected Congress leader Jagdish Tytler's claims that the Vajpayee government had dropped the cases against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and BJP leaders for their alleged role in the anti-Sikh riots that broke out after the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
Former Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu governor P C Alexander died at a hospital in Chennai on Wednesday. Alexander, 90, died at the Madras Medical Mission Hospital.
Congress leader Sajjan Kumar on Monday filed an application before a Delhi court seeking certain documents relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases allegedly involving him and others.
A Delhi court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar on Monday, in the cases relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots after the prosecution contended that the witnesses were apprehensive.
China and Pakistan are in a tight strategic alliance. India must deal with them one at a time, but be prepared in case they decide to collude, points out Shekhar Gupta.
May we suggest that Rahul spend Tuesday night with the homeless in Delhi who are shivering in cold and frosty conditions?
The Congress, which had promised to revive the regional boards soon after coming to power in 2004, however, dilly-dallied on the issue for three years and finally took the decision to form four regional boards.
11,304 Bihu dancers set a Guinness World Record for the 'largest Bihu dance at a single venue'.
On the other hand, Modi said that the country saluted those who "fiercely and fearlessly" resisted the Emergency period.
Leader of Opposition in the Uttarakhand Assembly Indira Hridayesh passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest in New Delhi on Sunday.
The accident, which comes days after similar incidents in Delhi and Jabalpur, gave the opposition Congress an opportunity to target the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
The biographical drama is caught up in controversy after some Sikh organisations including the Shiromani Akali Dal objected, accusing it of misrepresenting the community and getting historical facts wrong.
The remarks by the BJP leaders came as 17 opposition parties resolved to fight the 2024 Lok Sabha elections unitedly to defeat the saffron party and work with flexibility by setting aside their differences. They dubbed the planned alliance as "unholy and opportunistic".
A hangman, whose father had executed one of the killers of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, says he is willing to hang Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab if needed.
The court would continue with the hearing on November 29.
Contributing Photographer Jay Mandal was at the Oval Office for a shoot recently when its resident took charge of the proceedings
Senior Congress leaders paid tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 75 birth anniversary on Tuesday
With the company deciding to let business rule over sentiments, M800, which was first was rolled out from Maruti's Gurgaon plant in December 14, 1983 in the presence of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, will no longer sell in major cities, including the National Capital and Mumbai.
According to the available information, two Hindu leaders, who were incidentally leaders of Hasina's Awami League party, were killed in north-western Sirajganj and Rangpur, Debnath said, adding that the Council was still gathering more information.
India needs another shot of difficult reform, of the kind only possible at gunpoint. Mr Trump holds that gun to our heads now. A drastic reduction in tariff protection, other elements of sarkari wet-nursing will force entrepreneurial India to become competitive again, argues Shekhar Gupta.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday took the Congress to the cleaners over making the 2024 general elections about the protection of the Constitution, saying Indians voted on the plank only once when they threw out the Indira Gandhi government in 1977 after the Emergency.
'Vijaya Raje Scindia had assured the prime minister that nothing would happen to the Babri Masjid'
Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger had called Indians 'bastards' and Washington had pushed China to attack India IN 1971. Should India ignore these comments and proceed to build ties with Washington, DC?
