Among the notable absentees were Congress president Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's M K Stalin, Telugu Desam Party chief K Chandrashekhar Rao, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and Delhi chief minister and Aam Admi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal.
Standing at 6ft 1inch, the 18 year old Arjun is a left arm fast bowler and a handy lower middle order batsman.
From TC to Cricket Legend, what an incredible journey Mahi has had!
'At this moment, the Trinamool has an edge.'
Political tributes poured in after the former external affairs minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj passed away into the ages on Tuesday night.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the "unfortunate" and "unprecedented" developments in West Bengal
Political reactions poured in shortly after the Supreme Court declared the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme constitutionally valid.
Here's how leaders across political parties welcomed Wing Commander Abhinanadan Varthaman on his return to India.
A Mumbai lawyer and a Beed engineer joined arrested climate activist Disha Ravi in creating a protest toolkit backing the farmers' agitation with the aim of 'tarnishing the image of India' and collaborated with pro-Khalistani elements, Delhi Police officials said on Monday.
Here are 8 factors to watch out for, says psephologist Yogendra Yadav.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 70 on Thursday, and wishes poured in from top dignitaries, including the President and Vice President, Union ministers and leaders from across the political divide. The Bharatiya Janata Party is organising a number of events, mainly aimed at public service, across the country to celebrate Modi's birthday as 'Sewa Divas'.
Indian archers would look to make amends for the flop-show in London when they take aim in the 31st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday -- archery and football kick-start before the official opening ceremony of the Games.
Two of the injured were rushed to a Kolkata hospital in serious condition, while the rest are out of danger.
The 58-year-old leader will expand his council of ministers after the trust vote on Friday which he is expected to win without any hiccups.
The double-decker bus belonged to Awadh Depot and was going to New Delhi from Lucknow.
Many BJP leaders are of the view that most key members of the previous Cabinet could be retained.
There are many interesting facts and stats about Dhoni's fabulous career.
Lalu and Rabri were keen that he marry during the traditional marriage season, but he asked them to give him more time to make his mark in politics.
'Since the rise of the Modi-Shah paradigm, the BJP has followed a simple formula.' 'Sweep the Hindi heartland and the two big Western states, and you can rule India with a majority by just adding some little bits on the platter from here and there,' points out Shekhar Gupta.
An inchoate anger is brewing within the party against the central leadership after the poor show in the assembly polls.
Thousands of people from all walks of life on Friday filed past the body of Mahasweta Devi to pay their last respects.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
Leaders hope the Ayodhya temple ceremony would pave way for harmony.
As the united opposition routed the BJP in bypolls, here are some of the political reactions.
The AAP won in 62 with a total vote share of 53.58 per cent. The BJP recorded victory in eight seats, receiving 38.49 per cent of the total votes. The Congress could not even manage a single seat and ended with 4.27 per cent vote share.
List cuts across range of former cricketers to actresses, even a working IPS officer, says Digbijay Mishra.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
'The BJP will be the single largest party in the next Lok Sabha, the only one party with a three digit tally.'
The former Union minister had suffered a stroke in 2008 and was hospitalised since then.
Singh said the BJP will resist setting up of industries in high-yielding crop land and had also asked the Maharashtra government not to do so. "We want industrialisation on barren land."
The move is being seen as an attempt to forge opposition unity to defeat the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.
The review plea has been filed by ministers from West Bengal (Moloy Ghatak), Jharkhand (Rameshwar Oraon), Rajasthan (Raghu Sharma), Chhattisgarh (Amarjeet Bhagat), Punjab (B S Sidhu) and Maharashtra (Uday Ravindra Sawant).
The issue, which has been a matter of intense public discourse for past few months, has evoked contrasting views with many backing the holding of the tests fearing that it may lead to a zero academic year for students, and the Opposition and activists demanding their postponement in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
These parties also asked the Centre to present a revised comprehensive economic package that will be a 'true stimulus' and sought reversal of all unilateral policy decisions, especially pertaining to labour laws, as they put forth a 11-point demand charter before the government during a virtual meeting, called by the Congress to discuss the situation arising out of the pandemic as well as the lockdown.
'Mamata Banerjee was an anti-body that the people of West Bengal needed to throw the CPI-M out. Though the disease is no more, we are suffering the anti-body. It is a punishment for the people of this state.' BJP leader Tathagatha Roy lashes out at the West Bengal chief minister.
Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.
Three guys stood out at the swearing-in ceremony of Deve Gowda's son, says Sudhir Bisht.
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Cairn India said the company board has accepted Elango's resignation.
Shah also mocked the Congress vice-president for "going to a bank in a Rs-4 crore car to exchange Rs 4,000".
The road for the Opposition is full of 'ifs' and 'buts', reports Sunil Gatade.
