India Politics Highlights | Riots happen when govts want—happened in Godhra, happening in Bengal now, says Adhir

India Politics LIVE | Revamp mode: Congress could take a leaf out of Mahatma's political dictionary

This week, as Congress workers of all ilk returned to the banks of Sabarmati in Ahmedabad to discuss and debate the way forward, a flashback of Gandhi's itinerary for 1925 gives a peek into the aesthetics of political mobilisation utilised by him.

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India Politics LIVE | Left parties and their efforts to reach the core

The recent triennale party congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) ushered in major changes in the party leadership. It elected a new general secretary, Mariam Alexander Baby, and inducted several members into the Polit Bureau (PB), leaner working body compared to the highest decision-making Central Committee (CC).

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India Politics LIVE | Nainar Nagendran replaces Annamalai as Tamil Nadu BJP chief

Nainar Nagendran, a former AIADMK leader who joined the BJP in 2017, on Saturday formally succeeded K Annamalai as the new Tamil Nadu unit party chief, in a transition aimed at strengthening the alliance with the Dravidian major.

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India Politics LIVE | Chhattisgarh CM takes part in Jai Bhim Padyatra in Raipur

India Politics LIVE | 'Look in your own house': Khattar on Abhay Singh Chautala accusing BJP of breaking parties

India Politics LIVE | 'Reminiscent of Bengal Partition': Gajendra Singh Shekhawat says 'Hindus left to burn' under Mamata govt

On West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's statement on Waqf Amendment Bill, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said, "The conditions being created for appeasement of votes during the tenure of Mamata Banerjee government are unfortunate and condemnable... In recent times, especially on the occasion of Ram Navami and continuously ever since, the Hindu majority has been tortured and left to burn, temples are being vandalised and women are being molested, and still the state government is silent just for votes, which reminds us of the times of Bengal Partition. But I believe the conscience created will set Bengal free of these incidents with the upcoming elections and BJP government will be formed in West Bengal..." (ANI)

India Politics LIVE | Sanjay Raut demands FIR against Amit Shah for referring to Aurangzeb's grave as 'samadhi', insulting Shivaji

India Politics LIVE | Bengal BJP MP wants AFSPA in border districts over Waqf protest violence; writes to Shah

India Politics LIVE | 'Chaos, hooliganism everywhere': Locals demand President rule in violence-hit Murshidabad

India Politics LIVE | Punjab CM blasts Partap Singh Bajwa over 'bombs in Punjab' claim, asks if terrorists call him

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said, "If Partap Singh Bajwa, the LoP, gave the details about bombs in Punjab, what connection does he have with Pakistan that the terrorists there are directly calling him and telling him how many bombs they have sent? This information is neither with the intelligence nor has it come from the central government, but if it has come to such a big leader of the opposition, then it was his responsibility to tell the Punjab police that there are bombs here. Was he waiting for the bombs to explode and for people to die so that his politics could continue? And if this is a lie, then does he want to spread terror in Punjab by saying such things?..." (ANI)

India Politics LIVE | Mamata avatar of Jinnah: BJP leader likens Waqf Act protest to 1940s Muslim League action over Pakistan

India Politics LIVE | Mamata 'modern-day Suhrawardy': BJP leader rakes up 'Great Calcutta Killing' of 1946 amid Waqf Act protest violence

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was a Pakistani Bengali barrister and politician who, as the premier of Bengal, oversaw the large-scale violence between Muslims and Hindus in the city of Calcutta in 1946.

India Politics LIVE | Mamata's communal politics turning Bengal into Jallianwala Bagh, says BJP's Kesavan on Waqf Act protest violence

India Politics LIVE | MP CM Yadav receives Amit Shah in Bhopal

India Politics LIVE | BJP same as ancient invaders: Aaditya Thackeray

India Politics LIVE | 'I'm not spokesperson of Bengal govt': Owaisi

India Politics LIVE | Situation under control, assures Bengal DGP as BJP mounts attack on Mamata over Waqf Act protest violence

India Politics LIVE | 'Everyone has to implement Waqf Act': Pralhad Joshi condemns Murshidabad violence

India Politics LIVE | Took 75 years to set-up ministry for cooperative—PM Modi did it, says Amit Shah in Bhopal

India Politics LIVE | AIMPLB to hold protest meeting against Waqf Act in AIMIM HQ on Apr 19

The meeting will be held at Darussalam (AIMIM's headquarters) under the leadership of AIMPLB president Khalid Saifullah Rahmani from 7 PM to 10 PM, Owaisi told reporters in Hyderabad.

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India Politics LIVE | Jairam Ramesh calls on Modi govt to review and repeal changes made to RTI Act

India Politics LIVE | Karnataka govt will not take any hasty decision on caste census: DKS

According to the survey report, out of a total 5.98 crore citizens covered under the survey that was carried out in 2015, about 70 per cent or 4.16 crore come under various OBC categories.

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India Politics LIVE| Waqf Act implemented with malcious intent, says Jamiat Ulema-in-Hind chief

India Politics LIVE | Bengal BJP holds protest in Kolkata against Mamata govt over job loss of teachers

India Politics LIVE | Bengal Waqf violence: BJP MP urges Modi govt to impose AFSPA in 4 districts

BJP's Purulia MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging the Centre to declare select bordering districts of West Bengal as "disturbed areas" under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), alleging repeated attacks on the Hindu community.

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India Politics LIVE | Fight against Waqf Act will continue, whatever the sacrifices required, says Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind chief

India Politics LIVE | Alliance woes: Shinde won't complain to Shah, he will speak to Ajit Pawar, says BJP's Mungantiwar

Shah had visited Maharashtra on Saturday, during which he attended an event in Raigad Fort to mark the 345th death anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

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India Politics LIVE | PFI, SIMI with TMC... Mamata 'totally anti-national', says BJP's Suvendu on Murshidabad violence

India Politics LIVE | BJP files police complaint alleging Kanhaiya Kumar 'abused' PM Modi, RSS

A delegation led by the BJP's media in-charge in Bihar, Danish Iqbal, visited the Kotwali police station and filed the complaint.

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India Politics LIVE | Mamata's politics divides society, says BJP MP on Murshidabad violence

India Politics LIVE | Bengal's Hindus have realised Mamata has made state 'Lite Bangladesh', says BJP chief

India Politics LIVE | Riots happen when govts want—happened in Godhra, happening in Bengal now, says Adhir

India Politics LIVE | Mayawati allows sacked nephew Akash into party after public apology

BSP supremo Mayawati offered "one more chance" to nephew Akash Anand to work for the party on Sunday, hours after the expelled leader issued a public apology to her.

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India Politics LIVE | Mamata can't be beaten democratically, hence BJP calling for Prez rule, says Congress leader

India Politics LIVE | Waqf Act: Posters labelling Digvijaya Singh as 'gaddar' surfaces in MP cities

After such posters surfaced in Guna, Singh responded by asking 'Gaddar Kaun?' (Who is the traitor?) and shared names he claimed were BJP activists who had worked as ISI agents.

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