Former law minister H.R. Bhardwaj was Wednesday appointed governor of Karnataka, replacing incumbent Rameshwar Thakur who has been transferred to Madhya Pradesh, officials said here.
The veteran Congress leader was dropped from the Manmohan Singh cabinet after the Congress-led new United ...

Ramesh Pokhriyal will be the new chief minister of Uttarakhand replacing B.C. Khanduri, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced here Wednesday.
"I thank party members and Khanduriji. As chief minister, my efforts will be to work to fulfil Khandurji's dream to make our state heaven on ...

Faced with a rebellion after the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) rout in the Lok Sabha elections from the state, Uttarakhand Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri offered to quit the post and his resignation was Tuesday accepted by the party, an official said.
The BJP lost all the five Lok Sabha seats in ...

A day after the central government decided to return Gujarat's controversial anti-terror act - the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Act (GUJCOCA) - for certain amendments, Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday criticised the decision, saying it is only a "xerox copy" of similar act in ...

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Saturday won in by-elections both Rajya Sabha seats from Jharkhand, beating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Dheeraj Sahu of the Congress got 44 votes against the BJP's Anup Agrawal, who managed to get only 26 votes.
Hemant Soren, son of Jharkhand Mukti ...

The interior minister of Pakistan, Rehman Malik, met with Sharad Sabharwal, the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan in Islamabad. Their meeting has added fuel to the assumption of Pakistan wishing to have a talk with India. But the reports about the meeting have been dismissed by Shiv Shanker ...

UPA Government is all set to create history. It has nominated Meira Kumar, who was earlier given the Water Resources Ministry, as its candidate for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker. With this, Kumar has become the first woman to be so nominated. Kumar confirmed the news in front of the media on ...

DMK supremo and Tamil Nadu chief minister, M Karunanidhi on Friday (May 29) appointed his son M K Stalin as deputy chief minister. As per media, Governor S S Barnala made the announcement of Stalin's appointment. By making his son the deputy chief minister, Karunanidhi has cleared the path for ...

Congress leader and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy will be sworn-in as the CM of the state for the second consecutive term on Wednesday (May 20). His new cabinet will take oath on May 22. The swearing-in of ministers has been delayed because May 21 happens to the death ...

The leader of Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday (May 18) decided to offer his party's support to Congress-led UPA but demanded proper development of the state of Karnataka. The JD-S party fought against Congress in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. JD-S was a part of ...

Bollywood actor-turned-politician Sanjay Dutt was appointed as the National General Secretary of Samajwadi Party (SP), on April 2, 2009 (Thursday). The actor was supposed to contest the upcoming elections, on an SP ticket. However, all his plans were shattered when Supreme Court barred him from ...

The nearly one-year-old Donkupar Roy-led Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) government survived a crucial trust vote on Tuesday (17th March). After there was a tie of 27- 27 between the MPA and Congress led opposition, Speaker Bindo M. Lanong cast his tie-breaker vote in favour of the government. ...

The Meghalaya assembly Speaker Bindo Lanong near midnight Monday (16th March) issued “interim suspension” orders on five legislators for withdrawing support to the ruling Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) government. Speaker's decision seems to be crucial ahead of Tuesday’s ...

The ruling Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) government may collapse after two independent MLAs withdrew their support. Two independent legislators Limison Sangma and Ismail R. Marak withdrew support from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-led MPA government on Monday (9th March), reducing its ...

Former Indian prime minister VP Singh's son Ajai Pratap Singh has joined Ram Vilas Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party. Ram Vilas Paswan announced on Friday (March 6) that Ajai Pratap Singh will contest Lok Sabha polls from Fatehpur. While making the announcement, Paswan appealed to the UPA partners not ...

On Friday (6th March), West Bengal Assembly Speaker Hasim Abdul Halim disqualified Somen Mitra, a veteran member of the assembly and former Pradesh Congress Committee president.  Mitra was disqualified under the anti-defection law of the 10th schedule of the Indian Constitution. In a related ...

Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Lok Dal has tied up with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the forth-coming Lok Sabha elections.  Ajit Singh announced the alliance with NDA at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi in the presence of prime ministerial candidate LK ...

Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has joined hands with Congress to fight against ruling Left Front of West Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. West Bengal Congress president Pranab Mukherjee announced on Sunday (March 1) night that both the parties will form an alliance to fight the ...

The 79-year-old Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee has announced his retirement from active politics. Yesterday (February 26) was the last day of the 14th Lok Sabha and Chatterjee also sat on the prestigious chair of speaker for the last time. While announcing his retirement from political realm, ...

After getting elected as member of Rajya Sabha senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad has resigned as member of the State Legislative Assembly.  
 
Azad submitted his resignation on February 19 to pro-tem speaker of J&K assembly ...

Congress party candidate and first-time corporator Purushothama was elected as the new mayor of Mysore on Thursday (February 19). Apart from him, Sharadamma of the Janata Dal (S) was elected as the deputy mayor of the city. Congress came together with JD(S) to thwarted BJP to capture power in ...

The former revenue minister of Maharashtra, Narayan Rane is likely to be included in the Ashok Chavan-led Congress-NCP ministry. According to sources, chief minister Ashok Chavan will expand his cabinet later today (February 19). Earlier in December 2008, Rane was suspended for his rebellion ...

The controversies surrounding the Mangalore pub attack by the Sriram Sene are not going to settle down so quickly. Adding to the list of related events, Mangalore Mayor Ganesh Hosabettu has now dragged Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury to court.
 
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Uttar Pradesh chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati has fielded mafia don Mukhtar Ansari from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. Mukhtar Ansari is the prime accused in the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai.
 
Mukhtar Ansari will be locking horns with the sitting Congress MP, Mr Rajesh Mishra, and ...

Dr. Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of J & K and President of National Conference, was elected to Rajya Sabha along with his party colleague Mohammad Shafi Uri, on Friday (February 13).
 
According to the returning officer, while Farooq Abdulla polled 27 votes, his party man ...

While hinting at joining politics, the former United Nations diplomat and writer Shashi Tharoor on Friday (13th February) said that if provided an opportunity he would like to join Congress Party. Tharoor told reporters in Mumbai that, he has been thinking of joining politics and had some ...

Film producer Prakash Jha is likely to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Bettiah constituency in West Champaran district of Bihar. Jha said that this time he will not contest the LS election as an independent candidate but will contest from a political party. Prakash Jha contested the previous ...

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) has named legislator Sushila Hansda as its chief ministerial nominee in the state of Jharkhand. Sushila Hansda has been nominated to counter the Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) chief ministerial candidate Annapurna Devi. During the executive meeting of JMM on Thursday ...

The sessions court of Gujarat on Thursday (February 5) granted anticipatory bail to Gujarat Education Minister Mayaben Kodnani in 2002 post-Godhra riots case. Apart from Kodnani, Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Jaideep Patel's bail application was also accepted. Mayaben Kodnani was accused of ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused Jharkhand governor Syed Sibte Razi of sending a wrong state expenditure report to the central government and demanded his removal. According to Jharkhand BJP president, Raghubar Das, last week the Jharkhand governor sent a report to the central government ...