UP, 28/1: In a significant political development, which caught the Congress off guard ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday announced that seat sharing had been finalised with the grand old party and that the latter would be contesting 11 Lok Sabha seats in the state. As…

Kolkata, 28/1: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday asserted that its leader, Mamata Banerjee, has never indicated a departure from the opposition bloc INDIA at the national level, despite recent announcements of the party’s decision to contest the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal alone. On the ongoing speculation surrounding TMC’s stance within the opposition front,…

Canberra, 27/1: The pair of Rohanna Bopanna and Matthew Ebden prevailed in a one-sided final against Tomas Machac and Zhang Zhizhen to win the Australian Open men’s doubles title. The match ended in Bopanna and Ebden’s favour with a scoreline of 7-6 (7-0), 7-5.    

UP, 27/1: The Congress on Saturday said constructive seat-sharing talks are on between senior party leader Ashok Gehlot and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, and it will inform when a formula is finalised. The Congress’ assertion came soon after Yadav said his party’s alliance with the Congress is ‘off to a good start’ with 11…

New Delhi, 27/1: The BJP on Saturday appointed election in-charges and co-in-charges for 23 states and Union territories in view of the Lok Sabha polls this year. BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde has been made the election in-charge for Bihar, while BJP Rajya Sabha member and former Jharkhand unit chief Deepak Prakash will be…

Patna, 27/1: Janata Dal (United)’s political adviser and spokesperson K C Tyagi on Saturday made it all but clear that the grand alliance government in Bihar is on the verge of collapse, and accused a section of the Congress leadership of repeatedly “insulting”  Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The I.N.D.I.A bloc is on the verge of…

Patna, 27/1: Amid the turmoil in Bihar’s ruling Mahagathbandhan, the opposition BJP has called a meeting of its MPs and MLAs on Saturday apparently to discuss the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. According to BJP state unit chief Samrat Choudhary, the meeting will deliberate on the party’s strategy for the general elections, the dates for which…

Kolkata, 26/1: Congress Lok Sabha leader and West Bengal unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday apologised to Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O’Brien for calling him a “foreigner” even as he alleged that the Mamata Banerjee-led government creating roadblocks for Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in the state.    

Patna, 26/1: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is keeping the suspense on whether he will dump the Grand Alliance for the BJP and remain in power even as Congress sources on Friday said he refused to speak to their top leader Sonia Gandhi. As the Republic Day saw intense speculation over the turn Bihar politics…

Patna, 26/1: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Friday asserted that the party was ‘firmly with I.N.D.I.A coalition’ but wanted the Congress to do ‘introspection’ with regard to alliance partners and sharing of seats. State JD(U) president Umesh Singh Kushwaha made the statement, refuting rumours that his party, headed by the chief minister, was…