If polls are held today, the BJP is likely to emerge as the single-largest party with 137 seats while the Congress is predicted to finish at second position with its tally dropping to 116, according to an opinion poll by Headlines Today-CVoter opinion poll.  The survey was conducted by the TV channel to gauge public opinion as the Manmohan Singh government completes its ninth year in power.  The BJP is emerging as the...........more

As the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government celebrated the fourth anniversary of its second avatar, the BJP on Wednesday hit out at the coalition, dubbing it a failure.  Speaking at a press briefing in the national capital, senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said the UPA leadership was divided.  Hitting out at the Prime Minister, Sushma said, "Manmohan Singh is a PM but...........more

  With over 1.6 million followers on Twitter, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has asked his party colleagues to make use of social media to target youth and first time voters in the preparations for the Lok Sabha elections. The Parliamentary Board of BJP met to discuss election strategy before the upcoming national executive meeting. Senior leaders of the party are planning to bring out a ‘report card’ on the...........more

With Jaganmohan Reddy completing a year in jail after his arrest in a disproportionate assets case, his wife Bharathi attacked CBI, alleging it was controlled by partisan interests and had delayed probe to keep him in jail. Bharathi shot off a letter to CBI chief Ranjit Sinha alleging the investigation is being conducted in a "possibly politically motivated" manner and said that she had reasons to believe that the "...........more

  Meanwhile, a Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the bail plea of an accused in the Rs 10 crore railway bribery case. Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma rejected the bail plea of Dharmender Kumar after CBI contended that his release could adversely affect probe which was in initial stages. Dharmedra along with co-accused Vivek Kumar had allegedly delivered Rs 90 lakh, part of the Rs 10 crore bribe amount, to Bansal's...........more

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday suspended its MLC Lehar Singh besides removing him from the post of the State treasurer after he shot off a letter to veteran leader L.K. Advani directly confronting him over his alleged “changing postures” on corruption issue as well as his remarks that he would have been surprised if the party had won in Karnataka. In the letter dated May 13, Mr. Singh — who remained in the BJP...........more

  BJP on Friday hit back at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that Opposition is responsible for failure to pass the Food Security Bill and insisted that government should amend its "half-hearted" draft by emulating the Chhatishgarh Food Act, claiming it is better.  Referring to Gandhi's charge yesterday, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters that it is "...........more

  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi is staking claim to his father's legacy. Addressing a rally in Sultanpur, a Congress bastion, on Thursday, the BJP General Secretary made an emotional appeal to voters. This came even as the UP government is facing flak for allegedly letting him off in the 2009 hate speech cases. Varun Gandhi's first public meeting came in Sultanpur, the same district that elected his...........more

Reacting of statement of union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh in which he had said 'gangotri' of corruption is flowing from Bhopal; Sr BJP leader & State Industry minister of Madhya Pradesh Kailash Vijayvargiya on Friday said Congress is ocean of corruption. Congress led union government has broke all records of corruption. Vijayvargiya said many minister of union government are in jail...........more

The ruling Congress has a good chance of retaining power in Rajasthan, but it must avoid giving tickets to people with criminal records in the upcoming Assembly elections in the state, party Vice President Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday in Jaipur.This was the 1st vist of Rahul Gandhi to rajasthan after becoming Vice President of Congress Party. "I am (quite) confident that we will win (and retain power) in the state... although...........more

  The government on Tuesday defended its advertising campaign 'Bharat Nirman' saying it was not an election campaign and was completely different from Bharatiya Janata Party's 'India Shining'. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari said there was nothing irregular in UPA's campaign.   "Bharat Nirman tells the...........more

Karnataka’s chief minister elect Siddaramaiah  appears to have his task cut out. The massive mandate for the Congress reflects the people’s aspirations, but revitalising a moribund administration and providing a corruption-free government are not the only challenges he faces Karnataka’s chief minister elect Siddaramaiah  appears to have his task cut out. Siddaramaiah is very old politician of Karnataka,started...........more

  Former law minister Ashwani Kumar, who was forced to resign on Friday evening, put up a brave face on Saturday claiming he quit to end an "unnecessary" controversy and maintained that the Supreme Court had made no adverse comments against him in the case of vetting a CBI graft probe report. Making a brief statement to reporters, he said resignation does not imply "wrongdoing". "I have yesterday...........more

  Former law minister Ashwani Kumar, who was forced to resign on Friday evening, put up a brave face on Saturday claiming he quit to end an "unnecessary" controversy and maintained that the Supreme Court had made no adverse comments against him in the case of vetting a CBI graft probe report. Making a brief statement to reporters, he said resignation does not imply "wrongdoing". "I have yesterday...........more

Railway Minister of India Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigned from the government on Friday evening. Bansal was the first to confirm his resignation. "I have resigned," Bansal was quoted by PTI as saying. He met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and handed over his resignation letter. Kumar followed Bansal to the Prime Minister's 7 Race Course residence in Delhi to hand over his resignation Bansal...........more