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  • Jharkhand Politics: Champai Soren resigns; Pratul Shah Deo's jibe on Hemant Soren being 'Power Hungry'

    Jharkhand witnessed dramatic political shifts as Chief Minister Champai Soren resigned, paving the way for Hemant Soren to take charge. Champai Soren cited the alliance's decision in electing Hemant Soren as leader, while BJP spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo criticized Hemant Soren's ambitions, alleging a hunger for power amidst ongoing controversies.

  • Budget 2024: Modi Government Overconfident or Prudent?

    Is the Modi government being over confident? Decoding the big message behind a fiscally prudent budget with Jayant Sinha, Syed Zafar Islam, Mohan Kumaramangalam, Tehseen Poonawala and Harsh Gupta

  • Security beefed up across Kashmir ahead of SC verdict on Article 370

    Security forces have been deployed at many places in the valley to maintain law and order, they added.

  • North Korea's Kim vows full support for Russia's 'just fight' after viewing launchpads with Putin

    After touring launch pads with Putin at a remote space base in Russia's Far East, Kim expressed “full and unconditional support” and said Pyongyang will always stand with Moscow on the “anti-imperialist” front.

  • In Pics | Kim Jong Un's famous handshakes with world leaders over the years

    From Russian President Vladimir Putin to former President of South Korea Moon Jae-in, here's a look at the famous handshakes by North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

  • Taiwan’s new Mumbai office highlights growing ties with India

    A menacing China has rattled countries in the region. As a result, some of Taiwan’s leading tech firms are looking to relocate their manufacturing to India in a bid to curb exposure to the Chinese market and to fortify their global supply chains.

  • Iran acknowledges sending drones to Russia for first time

    We gave a limited number of drones to Russia months before the Ukraine war, Amirabdollahian told reporters after a meeting in Tehran.

  • Digvijaya Singh opts out of Congress president race, to back Mallikarjun Kharge

    "Kharge ji is my leader and my senior. I had asked him yesterday if he wanted to contest. He said no. I met him again today. I told him I am with you fully if you are contesting. I can't think of contesting against him. He is filing his nomination and I will be his proposer," said Singh.

  • No hindrance from our side to rebels if they tie up with BJP; Shiv Sena to play constructive opposition in new govt: Sanjay Raut

    Talking to reporters a day after Sena president Uddhav Thackeray resigned as the state chief minister following a rebellion that rocked his government, Raut also said the dissident leaders will "regret" their decision to part ways with the Shiv Sena.

  • France Elections: Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron to face off in crunch TV election duel

    Some polls are predicting a lead of around 10 points for Macron over Le Pen in the run-off, a repeat of the 2017 election. But undecided voters and abstentions could yet swing the figures

  • Ravi Shankar Prasad asks Congress to make its stand clear on Digvijay Singh's remarks on Article 370

    A row erupted on Saturday over Congress leader Digvijay Singh's comments in an audio chat on social media that his party will have a "relook" at Article 370 revocation and Jammu and Kashmir's lost statehood if it returns to power, with the BJP accusing him of spewing venom against India in "collaboration" with Pakistan.

  • CM Mamata Banerjee's Cabinet approves setting up of Legislative Council in West Bengal

    Once the Legislative Council is set up, West Bengal will become the seventh Indian state to have a bicameral system of legislature.

  • Political Bazaar | Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Trends from Phase 6

    Sakshi Batra chats with CNN-News18's Executive Editor Bhupendra Chaubey and Moneycontrol’s Deputy Executive Editor Gaurav Choudhary.

  • PM Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi to address public meetings in Telangana on April 1

    With just ten days left for polling, BJP president Amit Shah and party's other top leaders, including Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Nitin Gadkari, are also expected to campaign for the party nominees in coming days.

  • AIADMK, DMK protest over Cauvery; Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2:30 pm

    As soon as the House met, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu appealed to all members to cooperate in the smooth functioning of the House as discussion on several urgent matters as well as passage of important Bills were pending.

  • EC advances electoral rolls revision in Telangana

    The Election Commission has decided to publish the final electoral rolls list on October 8.

  • Rahul dubs PM speech 'weak', Sonia calls it old rhetoric

    Modi, in his speech, had said the Congress party had misused the no-confidence motions to spread instability in the country to ensure that the Gandhi family remains in power.

  • Maharashtra Land 'scam': Congress leader Chavan rules out apology, sharpens attack on BJP

    The land deal issue on Thursday rocked the legislative assembly, with the Congress members seeking resignation of Fadnavis and suspension of Question Hour.

  • Probe sought against Arvind Kejriwal for bribe remark during Goa polls

    A returning officer on Thursday requested a court here to order a police probe on his complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over one of his statements made during the 2017 Goa Assembly election campaign.

  • Salaried class shouldn’t be paying taxes, says RSS-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh

    Brijesh Upadhyay, general secretary of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, said salaried class employees shouldn’t be paying taxes. He said such a thing can be achieved if only best practices are followed.

  • INX media case: Enforcement Directorate summons Karti Chidambaram

    ED had registered a case against him and others under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in May 2017.

  • Govt may give 3-6 month extension for PAN-Aadhaar linkage, if SC rules in favour

    The government will give 3-6 months to link the biometric identifier Aadhaar with PAN in case the apex court rules in its favour, after which it may cancel all PANs that have not been linked, a senior official has said.

  • Those born with gold spoon mocking poor man's sweat: Modi on Rahul's tweet

    Hitting back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over his "sweat on forehead" tweet targeting him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said those born with a "gold spoon" are now mocking the sweat of poor.

  • Opposition parties, other groups cannot defeat BJP in Gujarat: Anil Vij

    "Even if 100 dogs join hands, they cannot challenge a lion. BJP will win the Gujarat polls," tweeted Vij, an outspoken minister in the BJP-led government in Haryana, while referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "lion".

  • Congress turned Himchal into land of criminals: Yogi Adityanath

    Canvassing for BJP candidates at Arki and Haroli, he said only crime and corruption increased under the rule of the Congress in Himachal.

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