New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) plans to target the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in parliament on the issue of the Madhu ...

Ranchi, Nov 21 (IANS) Campaigning has gained momentum in Jharkhand where the first phase of the assembly elections is due Nov 25. Senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani and Rajnath Singh hit ...

By Amulya Ganguli It's never been a secret that the Hindu supremacist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is the friend, philosopher and guide of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The gurudakshina, or tuition ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday chose its young face Varun Gandhi to lead the party's agitation against sugarcane pricing in the Lok Sabha. The MP from ...

Bangalore, Nov 18 (IANS) Rival factions in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were Wednesday told by the party central leaders to stop airing their differences in the media, with the ...

Lucknow, Nov 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rebel Kalyan Singh's bid to return to the party he walked out of twice before seems to have been viewed favourably by the ...

Pune, Nov. 14 (ANI): Continuing his sharp critique of the current stasis in the BJP, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has described the party "as a divided house." "BJP is a divided house ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Many major markets in the capital were closed for several hours Friday but city life remained unaffected during the daylong shutdown the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The Bharatiaya Janata Party's (BJP) Delhi unit has called for a city-wide shutdown Friday to protest the rising prices of essential items and hike in fares of ...

Raipur, Nov 11 (IANS) Sabotage and overconfidence. Those are the two reasons being attributed by leaders of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the shock defeat in the Vaishali Nagar ...

Raipur, Nov 10 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a shocking defeat Tuesday with the Congress wresting the Vaishali Nagar assembly seat in a closely contested by-poll held three ...

New Delhi/Bangalore, Nov 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Sunday ended the two-week-old crisis in its first government in Karnataka by assigning a key role in the state affairs to senior ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani turned 82 on a quiet note Sunday, meeting well wishers at home - but not attending any political functions ...

New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani turned 82 on a quiet note Sunday, meeting well wishers at home - but not attending any political functions ...

Bhubaneswar, Nov 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Friday alleged that some top leaders of the ruling Biju Janata Dal are involved in the mining scam in Orissa. After visiting the ...

Bhopal, Nov 6 (IANS) The Catholic Church in Madhya Pradesh has strongly criticised the recent speech made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on "mass illegal conversions" during a ...

New Delhi, Nov 6 (ANI): There seems to be no end to the bitter political battle in Karnataka. The BJP central leadership has not been able to defuse the crisis. Fifty-two rebel MLAs ...

New Delhi, Nov 5(ANI): The political turmoil within the ruling BJP in Karnataka seems far from ending as the state's dissident leader turned down Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's offer to hold talks ...

By Vishal Gulati Jawali (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 5 (IANS) Infighting within the family of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Rajan Sushant may cost the party dear in Saturday's by-election for this assembly ...

Shimla, Nov 5 (IANS) Campaigning for by-elections to two assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh ended at 5 p.m. Thursday. Polling will be held Saturday. "The campaigning for the by-elections for Rohru and ...

Chandigarh, Oct 30 (IANS) The Punjab government Friday ordered the transfer of Amritsar's senior superintendent of police (SSP) Kanwar Vijay Pratap Singh following his ongoing spat with a Bharatiya Janata Party ...

Ranchi, Oct 29 (IANS) With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and ally Janata Dal-United (JD-U) striking discordant notes over seat sharing ahead of the Jharkhand assembly polls, a question mark hangs ...

NATIONAL A la Vajpayee, Manmohan extends 'hand of friendship' to Pakistan (Intro Roundup) - Moved by 1854 Rift rocks first BJP government in south, Jaitley arrives for patch-up - Moved at 1758 Hooda ...

NATIONAL India extends 'hand of friendship' to Pakistan with curb terror rider - Roundup moved at 1651, Intro Roundup to move by 1900 Rift rocks first BJP government in south, Jaitley arrives for patch-up ...

Panaji, Oct 28 (IANS) Goa Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders like Manohar Parrikar have expressed support for the Sanatan Sanstha, the Hindu outfit blamed for the pre-Diwali blasts that killed two ...

Bhopal, Oct 27 (IANS) No first-time legislators will be included in the much-awaited expansion of the Madhya Pradesh cabinet, slated to take place Wednesday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Tuesday. "The legislators ...

Ranchi, Oct 27 (IANS) Political parties are examining their options as Jharkhand braces for the November-December elections to pick a 81-member assembly. The Congress has shut its doors for former friend Jharkhand ...

Bhopal, Oct 27 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's meeting with Governor Rameshwar Thakur has triggered speculation that the much awaited cabinet expansion is all set to take place. Although the ...

Mumbai Oct 24 (IANS) Rattled by the third consecutive defeat at the polls in Maharashtra, the newly-elected legislators of the opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine will hold separate meetings ...

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) After defying party orders for three months, former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje Friday resigned as Leader of Opposition in the state assembly - but spewed ...