Maharashtra BJP has asked its party leaders to desist from seeking tickets to contest the upcoming elections to the zilla parishads and municipal corporations in the state for their relatives or acquaintances.
The dawn to dusk state wide hartal called by "Mullaperiyar Samrakshna Samithi", a forum supporting Kerala's stand on constructing a new dam, has managed to evoke only a partial response in Kerala.
Congress leaders in Goa have began their poll campaign in the state, even though there is still uncertainty over the party's alliance with the NCP.
On the second day of her three-day programme, Priyanka Gandhi continued her dialogue with party workers and candidates in four constituencies of Salon, Sareni, Sadar and Uchachar
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asked people in the hill state of Uttarakhand to recognise the "fraud" being played with them and oust the BJP government from the state.
Ridiculing the Samajwadi Party's advertisement with punchline "Ummedon ki cycle", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said the cycle had "punctured" hope of people in the state thrice.
Gujarat HC rejected petitions seeking contempt of court proceedings against CM Narendra Modi for making public his letter to the PM, seeking recall of Governor on the issue of appointment of Lokayukta.
Peeved over being divested of two of the three departments in his ministry in a cabinet reshuffle, MoS Manoj Chakrborty today threatened to resign from the Mamata Banerjee government.
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today said he will install motors in cycle richshaws and bring in place a special law so that a rickshaw puller never goes hungry.
With poll campaign in five states picking up, aviation regulator DGCA has expressed concern over safety rules being violated by helicopter and small plane operators "time and again".
A four-day session of the CPI(M) central committee began in Kolkata today to finalise its draft political resolution and ideological document ahead of the 20th party Congress.
A case has been registered against Samajwadi Party (SP) Uttar Pradesh president Akhilesh Yadav and 35 of his partymen for allegedly violating the model code of conduct in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh.
Election Commission today issued notification for the first phase of poll in Uttar Pradesh to be held on February 8, 2012. The phase will decide the fate of 15 former ministers, three sitting ministers and 31 MLAs.
Law Minister Salman Khurshid, who has courted controversy by his statement on granting 9 per cent quota for minorities, today said he had no regrets as he had not done anything unlawful.
Expelled BSP leader Babu Singh Kushwaha today said he had nothing to do with the rupees multi-crore scam in implementation of the national rural health mission in Uttar Pradesh.
The defence ministry had recently rejected his contention that he was born in 1951 and not in 1950.
Questioning the Congress stand on FDI in multi-brand retail, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has said the main ruling party had stated in 2002 that opening of the sector to global chains would be anti-national.
The Delhi HC has refused to issue directions to the Election Commission on Subramanian Swamy's plea that there be a paper trail of voters in elections as the electronic machines were "not tamper-proof".
Attacking UP Chief Minister Mayawati, BJP on Monday said that if voted to power, it will install statues of saints like Kabir, Ravidas and other great personalities, irrespective of their caste, in the memorials and parks set up by the BSP supremo.
Congress today saw "BJP conspiracy" in Ramdev's supporters throwing black ink on Sonia Gandhi's poster outside the AICC headquarters and accused the Opposition party of resorting to such "desperate" tactics on seeing its "certain defeat" in polls in five states.
A PIL filed in the Allahabad High Court challenging the EC's order for covering statues of elephants in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh was today dismissed as withdrawn.
BSP today claimed that Election Commission decision to covering statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and party symbol elephant is one-sided and unjustified and in violation of the constitution.
Accusing the Congress of following a divisive agenda, the BJP today said that the Congress party is facing a leadership crisis.
While senior leaders including LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari and Narendra Modi would attack the opposition parties, star campaigners like Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha would woo the electorate.
Satirical cartoon characters, Jeeta and Jaggi, and Jhoota and Thaggi are adding colour to Punjab poll taking potshots at politicians in the state.
Sarabjit had unsuccessfully contested the Punjab assembly poll from Bhadaur in 2007 on SAD (A) ticket.
Madhya Pradesh Congress today alleged that a mining scam, much bigger than the Bellary scam in Karnataka would unearth in the state, if probed.
After predicting a bigger role for her party at the national level in the Lok Sabha polls due in 2014, AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa today asked party workers to take a vow to determine the future of Indian politics.
Political bigwigs and Bollywood, including Hema Malini, Raj Babbar, and Shatrughan Sinha, stars are ready to hit the election scene in the run-up to January 30 Assembly polls in Uttarakhand
BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today accused the UPA government of "dragging its feet" on the issue of blackmoney, saying it was not launching prosecution to shield the offenders.