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He termed the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as 'worse than the British rule'. (Photo: File)

CM Naidu talks of budget 'betrayal', asks 'Andhra not part of India?'

Citing Interim Budget, Naidu said that the central govt has nothing in its bag for the state even in its last budget before LS polls.

02 Feb 2019 10:52 AM

A file photo of Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath being garlanded at public meeting in Bhopal after he announced a mega farm loan waiver scheme.

LS polls: MP loan waiver hiccups may hit Congress

An allocation of Rs 5,000 crore has been earmarked in the second supplementary Budget for the purpose recently.

02 Feb 2019 1:44 AM

Can farmers’ discontent be amended with two months left for the Lok Sabha elections?

It’s far too late for Modi govt to launch any economic schemes for 2019 polls

More often than not, MSP remains a fancy bit of legislation on paper and doesn't really translate into change at the grassroots level.

31 Jan 2019 1:32 AM

The Congress chief was addressing a public meeting here before returning to Delhi at the end of his two-day visit to his Lok Sabha constituency. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Nobody can stop us from removing Modi in 2019 LS polls: Rahul

Targetting Modi over demonetisation carried out in November 2016, Rahul said it was the biggest scam in Indian history.

24 Jan 2019 3:00 PM

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi with sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (Photo: PTI/File)

Priyanka Gandhi’s rise shows Rahul’s fall, says BJP

JP Nadda said the development is the “first official declaration” from the Congress that it has no trust in Mr Gandhi’s leadership.

24 Jan 2019 5:19 AM

India needs a leader who can make agriculture profitable and set up irrigation projects, townships and industries, Yashwant Sinha said. (Photo: File | PTI)

‘I am the closest, can deliver on job creation’: Yashwant Sinha on next PM

Sinha said Gadkari would not succeed PM Modi as he and Amit Shah won’t ‘retire’ even if BJP fell below 200-mark in 2019 polls.

22 Jan 2019 9:19 AM

'Will 2019 be a replica of 1971? It is Modi vs an unviable and an unworkable short-lived combination. OR is it Modi vs Chaos,' Arun Jaitley wondered. (Photo: File)

‘Modi vs chaos’ agenda for 2019: Arun Jaitley’s dig at Opposition unity

Jaitley said India has moved ahead of 1971 and aspirational society will not commit 'collective suicide' in upcoming LS polls.

21 Jan 2019 4:01 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing BJP's booth-level workers from Lok Sabha constituencies of Kolhapur, Hatkanangle, Madha and Satara in Maharashtra and South Goa through video-conference. (Photo: Twitter | @BJP4India)

Opposition 'vilifying EVMs' to explain impending defeat, says PM Modi

PM Modi on Sunday dismissed 'mahagathbandhan' as an alliance of corruption, negativity and instability.

20 Jan 2019 5:24 PM

The Election Commission is in the process of deciding the number of phases and the months in which polling would be held, report said. (Photo: File)

Lok Sabha polls schedule likely to be announced in March first week: report

The EC may go by precedent and hold assembly polls in Andhra, Odisha, Sikkim and Arunachal along with Lok Sabha polls.

18 Jan 2019 5:28 PM

He, however, ducked the question as to who would be his choice as the next prime minister. (Photo: File)

Alliance with BSP, RLD final; seat-sharing no problem: Akhilesh Yadav

'Uttar Pradesh has always acted as a catalyst for change. This time, the people of the state will change the prime minister,' Yadav said.

18 Jan 2019 12:06 PM

People of an aspirational society which is politically conscious will not buy into this 'suicidal' alternative, the senior BJP leader said. (Photo: File)

'Mahagathbandhan' club of 'nawabs of negativity', says Arun Jaitley

This was the first time Jaitley, now in the US for medical treatment, addressed a gathering since leaving the country on Tuesday.

18 Jan 2019 10:25 AM

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee with her nephew and party MP Abhishekh Banerjee(R) and Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar (L) during visit of Brigade Parade Ground ahead of party's mega rally in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

‘BJP won’t win over 125 seats’, predicts Mamata ahead of mega Oppn rally

Mamata Banerjee said Jan 19 rally would sound 'death knell' for BJP in upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

17 Jan 2019 8:42 PM

Yeddyurappa hit out at Congress leaders, saying they talk about the Constitution, but everyone was aware of how they played with it since 1960. (Photo: File)

BJP MLAs to leave Gurgaon; 'no op to topple K’taka govt,' says Yeddyurappa

'We had gathered all our MLAs to one place to discuss about upcoming Lok Sabha polls,' Yeddyurappa said.

17 Jan 2019 2:59 PM

Yeddyurappa has refuted these charges, saying that his party had nothing to do with the three Congress lawmakers' Mumbai visit, and accused the Congress-JD(S) alliance of making a poaching bid. (Photo: ANI)

Kumaraswamy offering money, ministerial posts to BJP MLAs: Yeddyurappa

'We are not indulging in any poaching. It is Kumaraswamy who is indulging in horse-trading,' Yeddyurappa said.

17 Jan 2019 9:31 AM

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav greets Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on her 63rd birthday in Lucknow on Tuesday. Both the parties recently entered into an alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. (Photo: PTI)

Mayawati hints at her PM ambitions

Appeals to BSP, SP workers to put up a joint fight against BJP.

16 Jan 2019 1:48 AM

Yechury's remarks came at a time a section of the state CPI(M) leadership was keen on an electoral understanding with the Congress to defeat the Trinamool Congress and the BJP in West Bengal. (Photo: File)

Talks of CPI(M)-Cong alliance for LS polls to be 'initiated at state level': Yechury

Yechury was replying to question on why CPI(M) was not initiating talks with Congress at the national level to put up an anti-BJP front.

14 Jan 2019 1:17 PM

Meanwhile, Kumaraswamy accused the BJP of attempting to destabilise his government by trying to poach coalition MLAs. (Photo: File)

Cong shouldn't treat JD(S) as 'third grade citizens' in seat sharing: K'taka CM

Regarding projecting Rahul as PM face of anti-BJP combine, Kumaraswamy said Deve Gowda had announced JD(S) support to Gandhi scion.

14 Jan 2019 12:14 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former PM Manmohan Singh release a `350 commemorative coin to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi targets Cong over 1984 riots, ‘mistake’ of Partition

Modi said be it Guru Nanak or Guru Gobind Singh, they had taught us to be on the side of justice.

14 Jan 2019 3:09 AM

BSP supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav during a joint press conference in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Major parties find it hard to get allies

The plain truth is that there doesn’t appear to be any “Mahagathbandhan” in the offing to take on the government.

14 Jan 2019 12:00 AM

Uddhav Thackeray said, 'I have heard words like 'patak denge' from someone. One who will trounce the Shiv Sena is yet to be born.' (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

‘One to defeat Shiv Sena is yet to be born’: Sena chief takes jibe at Amit Shah

Uddhav Thackeray also asked how BJP could build Ram temple when it has allies like Nitish Kumar and Ram Vilas Paswan opposing it.

13 Jan 2019 5:23 PM

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