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Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who is a frequent critic of his party's policies, today described the disqualification of Aam Aadmi Party's 20 lawmakers in office of profit case as "Tughlaqshahi" (arbitrary"). His remarks came soon after President Ram Nath Kovind signed off on the top election body's recommendation to disqualify the lawmakers fo...

The Congress and the BJP fought the Himachal Pradesh election banking on the clout of their old guards. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, 83, who held the state's top post six-times, won an internal battle in his party the Congress to get projected again for the top post.

J Jayalalithaa will be the AIADMK's "eternal general secretary," Tamil Nadu's ruling party said today, scrapping the post and sacking VK Sasikala, who is in jail. The party will be run by Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam as Chief Coordinator and Chief Minister E Palaniswami as his assistant at the head of an 11-member panel. Today's meeting ma...

An SUV, a sedan and two jeeps, all with military registration numbers, along with two Army trucks pulled up at Mumbai's Taloja jail this morning to escort Lt Col Prasad Srikanth Purohit to Pune, where he will join the last Army unit in which he was posted before his arrest in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts case.

The Indian Air Force today denied any air space violation over the Siachen glacier after reports in the Pakistan media that the country's air chief flew a jet near the region. "There is no reported airspace violation," Air Force sources said.

Merger negotiations expected to begin at the ruling AIADMK's head office in Chennai this evening have again run into rough weather, with new tough talk by the faction led by former chief minister O Panneerselvam, provoked by what they described as "loose statements being made by leaders" of the rival camp of Chief Minister E Palaniswamy or EPS.

VK Sasikala watched Edappadi Palaniswami, the man she handpicked for the top post, take oath as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on television at the women's barracks of a Bengaluru prison on Thursday. Watching the oath ceremony with the AIADMK chief was her sister-in-law Ilavarasi, also convicted for corruption in the same case as Ms Sasikala,...

Governor C Vidyasagar Rao is expected to arrive in Chennai at around 3.30 pm today and will immediately meet AIADMK chief VK Sasikala along with party legislators who want her to be sworn in as Tamil Nadu's next Chief Minister. On Wednesday, Ms Sasikala bundled 131 of her party's 134 legislators in buses and sequestered them in small groups in hote...

Amarinder Singh was emphatic today that newly-acquired Congressman Navjot Singh Sidhu is a prized member of his team. Though the party has not yet officially announced that Mr Singh, 74, is its Chief Ministerial candidate, he is the face of the campaign. When asked by NDTV where that leaves Mr Sidhu, a former cricketer, Captain quipped, "I am his w...

Columnist Shobhaa De's tweet on Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, where she advised her to "tweet less" has left many upset with some suggesting Ms De to follow the same "resolution" herself. Ms Swaraj is known for her quick and helpful responses to SOS posts on Twitter.

Donald Trump is "close to selecting" Mumbai-born Ashley Tellis as the next United States ambassador to India, the Washington Post has reported. The present ambassador Richard Verma tweeted on Sunday that he will depart on January 20, the day Mr Trump takes over as US President.

Mulayam Singh Yadav, accompanied by brother Shivpal Yadav and close aide Amar Singh, met with the Election Commission in Delhi to stake claim to the "cycle," the symbol of the Samajwadi Party that he founded 25 years ago. "There is no dispute with Akhilesh", said the party patriarch, who has been challenged by his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minis...

In a joint press conference of opposition parties, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said PM Narendra Modi's November 8 notes ban has attacked the financial independence of the country. Adding to the criticism, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the move has taken the country back by 20 years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top economists, officials and members of the Niti Aayog this evening to take stock of the economy, especially in view of the notes ban and the cash crunch that has followed. PM Modi, during the meeting, said the budget cycle has an effect on the real economy, and "the date of budget presentation is being advanced, s...

Less than two weeks after J Jayalalithaa died, her party has announced that her closest aide, Sasikala Natarajan, will replace her as the chief of her party, the AIADMK. Ms Natarajan, 54, holds no post in the party. Rules will be amended if needed to place her in control, said AIADMK spokesperson Ponnaiyan today. "It is the desire of the entire p...

Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who is a frequent critic of his party's policies, today described the disqualification of Aam Aadmi Party's 20 lawmakers in office of profit case as "Tughlaqshahi" (arbitrary"). His remarks came soon after President Ram Nath Kovind signed off on the top election body's recommendation to disqualify the lawmakers fo...

The Congress and the BJP fought the Himachal Pradesh election banking on the clout of their old guards. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, 83, who held the state's top post six-times, won an internal battle in his party the Congress to get projected again for the top post.

J Jayalalithaa will be the AIADMK's "eternal general secretary," Tamil Nadu's ruling party said today, scrapping the post and sacking VK Sasikala, who is in jail. The party will be run by Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam as Chief Coordinator and Chief Minister E Palaniswami as his assistant at the head of an 11-member panel. Today's meeting ma...

An SUV, a sedan and two jeeps, all with military registration numbers, along with two Army trucks pulled up at Mumbai's Taloja jail this morning to escort Lt Col Prasad Srikanth Purohit to Pune, where he will join the last Army unit in which he was posted before his arrest in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts case.

The Indian Air Force today denied any air space violation over the Siachen glacier after reports in the Pakistan media that the country's air chief flew a jet near the region. "There is no reported airspace violation," Air Force sources said.

Merger negotiations expected to begin at the ruling AIADMK's head office in Chennai this evening have again run into rough weather, with new tough talk by the faction led by former chief minister O Panneerselvam, provoked by what they described as "loose statements being made by leaders" of the rival camp of Chief Minister E Palaniswamy or EPS.

VK Sasikala watched Edappadi Palaniswami, the man she handpicked for the top post, take oath as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on television at the women's barracks of a Bengaluru prison on Thursday. Watching the oath ceremony with the AIADMK chief was her sister-in-law Ilavarasi, also convicted for corruption in the same case as Ms Sasikala,...

Governor C Vidyasagar Rao is expected to arrive in Chennai at around 3.30 pm today and will immediately meet AIADMK chief VK Sasikala along with party legislators who want her to be sworn in as Tamil Nadu's next Chief Minister. On Wednesday, Ms Sasikala bundled 131 of her party's 134 legislators in buses and sequestered them in small groups in hote...

Amarinder Singh was emphatic today that newly-acquired Congressman Navjot Singh Sidhu is a prized member of his team. Though the party has not yet officially announced that Mr Singh, 74, is its Chief Ministerial candidate, he is the face of the campaign. When asked by NDTV where that leaves Mr Sidhu, a former cricketer, Captain quipped, "I am his w...

Columnist Shobhaa De's tweet on Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, where she advised her to "tweet less" has left many upset with some suggesting Ms De to follow the same "resolution" herself. Ms Swaraj is known for her quick and helpful responses to SOS posts on Twitter.

Donald Trump is "close to selecting" Mumbai-born Ashley Tellis as the next United States ambassador to India, the Washington Post has reported. The present ambassador Richard Verma tweeted on Sunday that he will depart on January 20, the day Mr Trump takes over as US President.

Mulayam Singh Yadav, accompanied by brother Shivpal Yadav and close aide Amar Singh, met with the Election Commission in Delhi to stake claim to the "cycle," the symbol of the Samajwadi Party that he founded 25 years ago. "There is no dispute with Akhilesh", said the party patriarch, who has been challenged by his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minis...

In a joint press conference of opposition parties, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said PM Narendra Modi's November 8 notes ban has attacked the financial independence of the country. Adding to the criticism, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the move has taken the country back by 20 years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top economists, officials and members of the Niti Aayog this evening to take stock of the economy, especially in view of the notes ban and the cash crunch that has followed. PM Modi, during the meeting, said the budget cycle has an effect on the real economy, and "the date of budget presentation is being advanced, s...

Less than two weeks after J Jayalalithaa died, her party has announced that her closest aide, Sasikala Natarajan, will replace her as the chief of her party, the AIADMK. Ms Natarajan, 54, holds no post in the party. Rules will be amended if needed to place her in control, said AIADMK spokesperson Ponnaiyan today. "It is the desire of the entire p...