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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (PTI)

Nitish Kumar calls meet of MPs&MLAs today amid buzz on rift with BJP

The speculation of a split within the NDA was triggered after reports of Nitish speaking to Congress president Sonia...

9 Aug 2022 7:13 AM IST

Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) be made a party in a petition seeking a probe into the astronomical growth of assets of 19 leaders of the ruling party including seven ministers and the Speaker. (Photo: PTI)

Calcutta HC: Make ED party in PIL to probe 19 TMC leaders' assets

Shameek Bhattacharya pointed out that the TMC cannot call it a conspiracy of the Centre since the directive came from...

8 Aug 2022 11:30 PM IST

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot speaks to the media persons as he leaves the airport after arriving back from Jaisalmer to Jaipur, Saturday. (PTI)

Ashok Gehlot faces flak for remarks on death sentence for rapists

Gehlot also had to face ire on the social media for 'trivialising a heinous crime' and 'advocating against the death...

8 Aug 2022 7:34 AM IST

Janata Dal (United) president Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Photo: ANI)

JD(U): Won't be in Union Cabinet, no rift with BJP

The JD(U) president said that Singh's exit from the party was on expected lines as 'his body was here but his soul was...

8 Aug 2022 7:13 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog at Rashtrapati Bhawan Cultural Centre, in New Delhi, Sunday, Aug 7, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Modi tells CMs to slash imports, boost exports

Telangana CM K. Chandrashekar Rao and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar skip the meeting

8 Aug 2022 1:20 AM IST

Former Union minister Margaret Alva (File photo)

JMM switches tack, to now back Oppn's Alva in V-P poll

JMM had supported the NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu in the July 18 Presidential election

4 Aug 2022 12:55 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi being initiated into the Lingayat sect by the seer of Muruga Mutt, in Chitradurga. (PTI)

Rahul Gandhi initiated into Lingayat sect in Karnataka

Incumbent Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his predecessor BS Yeddiyurappa hail from the sect

4 Aug 2022 12:01 AM IST

Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) members stage a protest outside the office of National Herald newspaper amid a raid by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials as part of an ongoing money laundering probe, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (PTI Photo)

ED raids office of National Herald as Congress protests

The Opposition party condemned it as vendetta politics, while the BJP said the law would take its own course

3 Aug 2022 7:12 AM IST

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut being taken to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in connection with a money laundering case, in Mumbai, Sunday, July 31, 2022. (PTI)

Major blow to Sena: ED detains Sanjay Raut after raids at house

Raut was summoned for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the alleged irregularities in the Patra Chawl...

1 Aug 2022 6:55 AM IST

Union minister Smriti Irani. (DC)

Delete posts on Smriti Irani daughter: Delhi HC to Jairam Ramesh

Irani sought damages of over Rs 2 crore from the Congress leaders for allegedly making baseless allegations against her...

30 July 2022 7:06 AM IST

Lok Sabha members protest in the House during ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, July 29, 2022. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

President remark row escalates as BJP, Congress both seek apology

In his letter to the President, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said he mistakenly used an incorrect word for her and it was a...

30 July 2022 7:05 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee on Thursday sacked her heavyweight colleague Partha Chatterjee, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the School Service Commission jobs scam. (PTI Photo)

Mamata sacks Partha Chatterjee from Cabinet and TMC

Central agency has seized nearly Rs 50 cr of cash and Rs 5 crores of jewellery apart from foreign currency at two flats...

29 July 2022 6:54 AM IST