Politics

Will Modi get a bigger role ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha polls?  

01 Mar 2013, 12.32 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) three-day national executive committee meet begins on Friday and the national council is expected to discuss the pr...

NDA committed to smooth functioning of Parliament: BJP   

21 Feb 2013, 5.44 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

There was a meeting of the national democratic alliance (NDA) today to discuss on its presidential candidate for parliament. Piyush Goyal, National Tr...

No possibility of early Lok Sabha polls: Ajit Singh  

18 Feb 2013, 6.12 pm  |  Source: PTI

Union Civil Aviation minister party president Ajit Singh has said Lok Sabha polls will take place at their scheduled time and said his party's allianc...

Raj Thackeray should merge MNS with Shiv Sena: Athawale  

01 Feb 2013, 7.36 pm  |  Source: PTI

Republican Party of India (RPI) leader Ramdas Athawale said today that Raj Thackeray should merge his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) with the Shiv S...

Uddhav hints patch up with MNS chief ahead of 2014 polls  

30 Jan 2013, 10.33 am  |  Source: IBNLive.com

A patch up is reportedly in the offing between the Thackeray cousins ahead of the 2014 elections. Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray hasn't dismisse...

Decision on Telangana likely to be delayed   

27 Jan 2013, 10.26 am  |  Source: IBNLive.com

In another twist to the Telangana tangle, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress incharge of Andhra Pradesh's political affairs, hinted on Wednesday night of a de...

Congress split over timing & need for Telangana  

25 Jan 2013, 9.32 am  |  Source: IBNLive.com

The Congress is divided over bifurcating Andhra Pradesh and creating a new state of Telangana. Several party leaders have questioned the timing and ne...

Rajnath Singh to lead protest against Shinde  

24 Jan 2013, 9.01 am  |  Source: IBNLive.com

Rajnath Singh will start his first day as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President with a nationwide protest against Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shin...

BJP winning now lies on Rajnath Singh: LK Advani  

23 Jan 2013, 12.59 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

Welcoming Rajnath Singh as the BJP President, senior BJP leader LK Advani said he now holds the responsibility to lead BJP to victory in the 2014 Lok ...

Rajnath Singh elected BJP president  

23 Jan 2013, 12.26 pm  |  Source: Reuters

Rajnath Singh was on Wednesday elected as the president of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after scandal-tainted incumbent Nitin Gadkari p...

Gadkari out of race for BJP Pres, Rajnath new candidate  

22 Jan 2013, 10.32 pm  |  Source: PTI

In a sudden and dramatic last-minute twist, Nitin Gadkari, facing allegations of dubious funding of his company, was tonight forced out of the race fo...

Rajnath Singh to replace Nitin Gadkari as BJP prez: Sources  

22 Jan 2013, 9.43 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

In a dramatic twist to the battle for the next president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former party chief Rajnath Singh has emerged as the fron...

Gadkari attacks Shinde over his remarks on BJP, RSS  

21 Jan 2013, 9.32 pm  |  Source: PTI

BJP chief Nitin Gadkari today hit out at Sushilkumar Shinde for his remarks on the party and RSS, saying the statement made by the Union Home Minister...

Uddhav to be formally made Shiv Sena president on Jan 23  

21 Jan 2013, 4.14 pm  |  Source: PTI

Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray will be formally elected as party president in the national executive meeting to be held on January 23,...

Gadkari frontrunner for BJP chief, party remains divided  

21 Jan 2013, 2.15 pm  |  Source: PTI

Even as there have been big names that could have been considered for the post of the President in the party, Gadkari remains the frontrunner with a s...

Can Rahul Gandhi's emotional pitch turn tide for Cong?  

21 Jan 2013, 8.23 am  |  Source: IBNLive.com

At his first speech after being elevated as the Congress Vice President, Rahul Gandhi had party members in tears with an emotional appeal to transform...

Youth icon Rahul faces daunting task to galvanise Congress  

19 Jan 2013, 9.36 pm  |  Source: PTI

Catapulted to the top rung of Congress leadership, the party's youth icon Rahul Gandhi, touted as the future prime minister, faces the daunting task o...

Congress leaders want larger role for Rahul Gandhi  

19 Jan 2013, 1.36 pm  |  Source: PTI

Amid talk that Rahul Gandhi will be given a larger responsibility, clamour for declaring the young leader as the Congress Prime Ministerial candidate ...

Bal Thackeray was not a dictator, says Gadkari  

19 Jan 2013, 12.32 pm  |  Source: PTI

Describing late Bal Thackeray as an "open-hearted" person, BJP President Nitin Gadkari said here that the Sena patriarch was not a "dictator" and alwa...

We will be in capable hands if Rahul takes over: Tharoor   

19 Jan 2013, 11.15 am  |  Source: IBNLive.com

Even as senior Congress leaders on Friday sought to dismiss rumours about the possibility of Rahul Gandhi being made the party's Prime Ministerial can...

Don't see Cong coming to power on its own: Jairam Ramesh  

18 Jan 2013, 2.12 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

Union minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said that he didn't think it was possible for the Congress to come to power on its own soon. Jairam made the re...

Jharkhand: JMM leaders exploring options for new govt  

12 Jan 2013, 4.43 pm  |  Source: PTI

In the wake of a political turmoil created after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) withdrew its support from the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government ...

Sangma to launch his own party tomorrow  

04 Jan 2013, 4.00 pm  |  Source: PTI

PA Sangma, who broke ranks with the NCP to fight Presidential election against Pranab Mukherjee, will launch his own party tomorrow. Sangma's National...

Karuna hints Stalin will be his successor  

03 Jan 2013, 4.14 pm  |  Source: PTI

In the clearest-ever hint, DMK President M Karunanidhi indicated that his younger son and Treasurer MK Stalin would be his successor in the party afte...

I know my limitations, says FM on being a likely PM runner  

01 Jan 2013, 1.00 pm  |  Source: PTI

"I know my limitations. And I live and conduct myself according to my limitations." This was the response of Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on M...

Home Min Shinde's top 5 'did he really say that?' quotes  

24 Dec 2012, 4.23 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

When asked by CNN-IBN why he had not met the protestors, Shinde replied: "Tomorrow if any other party's demonstration goes on why should not the Home ...

Delhi is unsafe, no courage to face the gangrape victim: CM  

21 Dec 2012, 11.45 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

As the whole country remains shocked and angry after the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in the heart of national capital, Delhi...

Modi to be sworn in as Chief Minister on Dec 26  

21 Dec 2012, 4.20 pm  |  Source: PTI

Narendra Modi, who posted a resounding victory in the assembly elections, will be sworn in as Gujarat Chief Minister for the fourth time on December 2...

Madhya Pradesh saw hectic political activities in 2012  

21 Dec 2012, 10.32 am  |  Source: PTI

The year 2012 will be remembered in Madhya Pradesh mostly for the hectic political activities in view of next year's crucial assembly elections....

Congress wins HP elections; Virbhadra Singh to be CM?  

20 Dec 2012, 4.39 pm  |  Source: IBNLive.com

The Congress returned to power in Himachal Pradesh after five years, defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party by a handsome margin on Thursday....