New Delhi, Feb 5: Opposition parties termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion about the NDA winning 400-plus seats in the Lok Sabha elections a "dream" and claimed his "high-sounding rhetoric" in Parliament on Monday showed he was not confident of re-election.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday met Kalpana Soren, wife of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren at her residence in Ranchi. 

Pakistan is heading for another hybrid regime, with a muscular military control from behind and an emasculated political set-up as façade, to face the wrath of people after the general elections on February 8.

The Supreme Court on Monday lambasted Returning Officer Anil Masih, who held the Chandigarh mayoral elections, saying he “murdered the democracy” by defacing ballots and should be prosecuted.

A Washington-based source says that Indian-American lawmakers in particular are deeply concerned about the fallout from the indictment of an Indian in the plot.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the economy was going through a profound transformation, as she rose to present the government's last budget to parliament before a national election due by May.

Ranchi: Jharkhand Transport Minister Champai Soren, who was named as JMM legislative party leader after former chief minister Hemant Soren's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate, claimed on Thursday that he has the support of 47 MLAs and will continue to safeguard the pride of the state.

Chief minister M K Stalin said on Wednesday that Tamil Nadu will never implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which he said is against Muslims and Sri Lankan Tamils.

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said a countrywide caste census will be conducted if the party is voted to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, news agency PTI reported. Accusing the BJP and RSS of “propagating hatred and violence”, Gandhi said the only way to deliver justice was a caste census.

MUMBAI: The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has finalised 34 Lok Sabha seats, with the remaining seats set to be confirmed shortly. The formal announcement is scheduled for the first week of February.