Politics Today

The Calcutta high court has refused to intervene in the Mamata Banerjee government’s decision to fund ₹10,000 each to 28,000 Durga puja committees in the state and extended the interim stay granted by the court on the decision of disbursing funds to puja committees. Read More

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, sought details from the government on the decision-making process of Rafale warplane deal, which resulted in the purchase contract for the fighter jet being awarded in a sealed envelope to French company Dassault Aviation. Read More

Gopal was arrested by Chennai Police on Tuesday morning, for reporting a series of alleged complaints against Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit. Read More

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Bhartiya Janata Party president Amit Shah attended separate rallies in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh respectively for the upcoming assembly elections in the two states. Read More

Former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and the Bahujan Samaj Party chief, Mayawati, has put an end to the speculations of alliance with the Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha election by announcing that her party will rather contest the election alone than beg for seats. Read More

The Ayyappa Temple Association has filed a review petition, on Monday, in the Supreme Court against the court’s decision which had allowed women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala Ayappa temple in Kerala. Read More

The Gujarat forest department has started vaccination campaign to save the lions of Gir forest from an outbreak of the deadly canine distemper virus (CDV), which has killed nearly two dozen Asiatic lions in the forest. Read More

Thousands of migrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are leaving for their villages from Gujarat after the alleged rape of a 14-month-old girl that sparked violent attacks against non-Gujarati people. Read More

The president of Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav blamed Congress, on Saturday, for failing to go into a pre-poll arrangement in Madhya Pradesh with his party. Read More

Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram will go to the polls on November 28 while Rajasthan and Telangana will vote on December 7. Chhattisgarh will vote on November 12 and November 20. Read More