The Congress also registered wins in all three Vidhan Sabha by-elections held for Jubbal-Kotkhai, Arki and Fatehpur Assembly constituencies.

A scrutiny of facts suggests that these ‘myths’ are not based on empirical evidence. Congress’ expansion will hurt BJP the most, not the SP, as per reports coming from the interiors and the hinterland

She announced that if Congress came to power in UP, 20 lakh youths would be given jobs, women would get free bus travel, loans of farmers will be waived and MSP for paddy & sugarcane raised.

For those who fumed that we needed a Lok Pal to cure all our corruption woes, a decade since 2011, all we know is that corruption has only increased, and some of it is institutionalised.

Lakhs of voters will vote for by-elections to 29 assembly constituencies and three Lok Sabha seats spread across 13 states and a Union Territory.

Sushil Sudele, the main accused in the case, has been out on bail since 2015 after he was convicted in a 2011 murder case. He enjoys close ties with top BJP leaders, including chief minister Shivraj Sigh Chouhan.

The protesters demanded the resignation of Tripura CM Biplab Deb over the state's alleged failure to protect Muslim minorities as well as the deafening silence of the BJP leadership. 

There can be no reiteration that the state owes its responsibilities' in the maintenance of law and order and in 'providing citizens with the security to protect their life, livelihood as well as their properties,' the HC said.

The Congress accused former CAG Vinod Rai on Friday of being a conspirator to destabilise the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government and demanded that he apologise to the nation for doing so.

Anti-Muslim violence gripped Tripura after RSS affiliate VHP took out Hunkar Rally on Tuesday. The fact-finding committee will submit its report to Congress president Sonia Gandhi.