Shinde offers two advantages over Fadnavis as chief minister, and the latter will still be able to wield power as the deputy. However much this may cause heartburn for the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

Unlike Nitish Kumar in Bihar in 2020, no promise was made to Eknath Shinde by the BJP that he would continue as chief minister irrespective of the numbers BJP should not create another Nitish Kumar ...

The BJP-led NDA faced a major setback in Jharkhand's 28 tribal constituencies, winning only one seat, even after fielding as many as 21 new faces in the just-concluded assembly polls. The JMM-led ...

Along with him, all Sikh ministers from the SAD-BJP government (2007-2017) have been summoned, as well as three former Takht Jathedars (high priests) who have been asked to provide clarifications.

Jalandhar: Sikh seminary Damdami Taksal has issued a sharp warning to the SAD leaders critical of its chief, Baba Harnam Singh Dhumma, whose endorsement of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday released the BJP manifesto for Maharashtra polls, which included 25 highlights such as skill census, increase in the financial assistance under the Ladki ...

A new political clash erupted between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress on Friday following a letter by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, urging President Droupadi Murmu to ...

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The Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), whose problems have been mounting proportional to its election losses, has been left wringing its hands over the fact that the influential religious group Damdami ...

They both are considered close to Sukhbir Badal. While N.K.Sharma a long time aide of Badal was Cashier of the party, Joshi who defected from BJP to join SAD. He is a prominant Hindu face in border ...