India Political Highlights: SP leader Azam Khan's name removed from electoral rolls in Rampur

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MCD polls ticket bribery case: AAP MLA questioned by ACB for 11 hours, denies allegations

AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi was on Thursday questioned for nearly 11 hours by the Delhi government's Anti-Corruption Branch in connection with the MCD polls ticket bribery case, officials said.

During the questioning, a senior official said, Tripathi refuted the allegations against him and his associates, including his relative, who were arrested by the ACB on Wednesday.

The ACB had arrested Tripathi's brother-in-law and his two associates for allegedly demanding Rs 90 lakh as bribe for arranging a ticket for the wife of an AAP worker, Gopal Khari, to contest the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections.

Jharkhand CM Soren leaves from ED office in Ranchi after 9 hours of questioning in illegal mining case

Give Bharat Ratna to Savarkar: Sanjay Raut tells BJP over row caused by Rahul Gandhi's remark

SP leader Azam Khan's name removed from electoral rolls in Rampur, he was recently convicted in a hate speech case

Send me to the Assembly in the coming elections, then the State will see development, else this will be my last election: Chandrababu Naidu

He’ll now take a leaf out of FM's book & say exports haven’t fallen but the world’s importing less : Jairam Ramesh mocks Piyush Goyal

BJP's MCD manifesto a 'betrayal document', says Congress's Alka Lamba

Alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has failed to fulfil its promises in the past, the former MLA claimed that the party does not have any achievements to highlight.

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BJP releases list of star campaigners for the upcoming MCD polls

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ashish Shelar on Thursday cited former prime minister Indira Gandhi's praise for V D Savarkar

Nadda, Union ministers, CMs to address 89 BJP rallies in Gujarat on November 18

Senior BJP leaders, including its national president J P Nadda besides Union ministers and chief ministers, are expected to address public meetings on Friday in the 89 Gujarat assembly constituencies going to the polls in the first phase of elections...

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Women MLA, MP's will walk in Bharat Jodo Yatra with Rahul Gandhi to show 'mahila shakti': Jairam Ramesh

Savarkar helped the British, betrayed leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru: Rahul

PM Modi will visit Arunachal & UP on November 19

Samkyukta Kisan Morcha to hold marches to MPs' offices, Raj Bhavans

Marches to the offices of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha MPs of all political parties will be held from Dec 1-11, theSamyukta Kisan Morcha said on Thursday, adding that it will hold nationwide marches to Raj Bhavans on Nov 26 over allegedbreaches of assurances by the Centre on farmers' pending demands.

TDP leader hospitalised after alleged assault

'Baseless allegations, really astonished', says Bommai on electoral fraud charges

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday called the Congress' allegations of electoral fraud in the state "baseless," adding that he was "really astonished" by the grand old party's accusations.

Cong files police complaint against Bommai, BBMP Commissioner for alleged electoral fraud

'Gujarat is Modi' is biggest proof of PM's arrogance, says Cong

Uddhav and family pay tribute to Balasaheb Thackeray on his death anniversary

Actor Riya Sen joins Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra

WATCH | JMM workers gather outside Soren's residence ahead of ED summon

Jharkhand CM Soren slams implausible allegations by ED ahead of summon

AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi arrives at ACB office in cash for seat case

JMM workers gather in support of CM Soren ahead of ED session

Randeep Singh Surjewala addresses press conference

CM Bommai, govt officals, BBMP responsible for voter fraud: Surjewala

Jharkhand CM Soren to appear before ED today in money laundering case

Jharkhand Chief Minister Heman Soren is slated to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) today for questioning in a money laundering case related to illegal mining, NDTV reported.

On Wednesday, ahead of Soren's session with the ED, UPA partners showed solidarity with the chief minister: at a high-level meeting to discussstrategy over ED summons to the CM, the UPA partners said they all are united and ready to fight the "conspiracy being hatched to topple the government."

Will caste census open a Pandora’s box for Nitish in Bihar?

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, while lauding the Supreme Court ruling, was arguably the first leader from the Hindi heartland to demand that the 50 per cent reservation ceiling be raised. He also pitched for a fresh caste census. For, only a fresh caste census will estimate the population of the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Castes (OBCs), and Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs), which together constitute a large chunk of the population (nearly 85 per cent) compared to the upper castes (around 15 per cent).

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Gujarat Assembly Elections: Where does Congress stand?

Ahead of the polls, India Today has colourfully described Gujarat as a "state of war", and considering the high stakes the assessment is not too far off. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home turf - and the western state that has often been called the "laboratory of Hindutva" - has been a BJP stronghold for the last 27 years but it used to be a Congress bastion at one time due to the likes of Mahatma Gandhi hailing from Gujarat.

However, currently, the grand old party seems to be conspicuously missing from the picture, with Arvind Kejriwal's AAP leading a far more aggressive campaign against the saffron party in their own backyard and even telling the public not to vote for Congress in the upcoming election. The Delhi chief minister urged people "not to waste their votes" and claimed that Congress was collapsing completely.

But, does absence equal inaction? Those within the Congress would disagree.

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Rahul Gandhi resumes Bharat Jodo Yatra from Patur in Maharashtra’s Akola