Politics Today

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said the Congress is not averse to supporting any regional party leader for the prime-ministerial post even if the Congress emerges as the single largest party. However, party spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala differed from Azad’s views. Read More

The Supreme Court vacated the interim protection from arrest given to former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar and granted him seven days to to seek protection from arrest by the CBI for his alleged role in destroying evidence in the Saradha chit-fund scam. Read More

United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi has called for a meeting of the opposition leaders on May 23 – the day the Lok Sabha election results would be declared. DMK leader MK Stalin confirmed of having received a communication in this regard. Read More

All the opposition leaders have expressed solidarity with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee after the Election Commission ordered to cut short campaigning in the state by a day in the wake of clashes between TMC and BJP workers. Read More

With the seven-phase Lok Sabha election coming to an end, the Election Commission ordered Twitter India to remove all tweets related to exit polls. According to the Representation of the People Act, it is illegal to publish exit-poll results while an election is still going on. Read More

A day after BJP and Trinamool Congress workers fought pitched battles during Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah’s road show in Kolkata, the Election Commission has decided to cut short the electioneering for nine Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, by a day. Read More

A day after BJP and Trinamool Congress workers engaged in violent clashes during Amit Shah’s road show in Kolkata, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's party has claimed to have “irrefutable evidence” that BJP is responsible for the violence in rally. Read More

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s No. 51 Squadron of MiG-21 Bisons have received a special “Falcon Slayers” and “AMRAAM Dodgers” patches on their flying overalls to commemorate the February 27 dogfight, in which he shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter. Read More

Many TMC leaders, including party supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, changed their profile photos on Facebook and Twitter to Vidyasagar’s to express their protest and anguish over the vandalization of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's statue. Read More

A day after BJP and Trinamool Congress workers fought pitched battles during BJP president Amit Shah’s road show in Kolkata, the Election Commission has decided to hold a review meeting, although the poll panel didn’t reveal anything specifically on the violence. Read More