Patna: After failing to get any satisfactory reply from JD(U), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ready to part ways with its ally. However, a final decision on snapping ties could be taken at a JD(U) meeting in Patna on Saturday.

The JD(U) threatened to end its alliance with the BJP after it elevated Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its poll panel chief. Senior leader of the BJP, LK Advani also resigned from all the major posts, accusing "most of our leaders" of being concerned just with their personal agendas.

But Advani reconsidered his decision and accepted the party...

Hyderabad: Several leaders of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) were arrested by the police on Friday as they were trying to march to the Andhra Pradesh assembly to press the demand for a separate Telangana state.

Members of Parliament G Vivek and Manda Jagannatham, former MPs Vinod and Jitender Reddy were among the leaders arrested near the assembly for defying prohibitory orders. The...

Kolkata: Asserting that its alliance with Janata Dal United (JD-U) will only get stronger, the BJP on Thursday termed West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's efforts for a federal front a diversionary ploy to mask her failures.

Scoffing at Trinamool's call for a non-Congress, non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) federal front of regional parties, BJP's West...

NEW DELHI: Taking potshots at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi amid the tumult in BJP, Union minister Jairam Ramesh today equated Narendra Modi as 'Bhasmasur', a mythological character known for trying to destroy his creator, and said Modi has "consumed" his mentor L K Advani.

Ramesh also used the occasion to compare party leader Rahul Gandhi and Modi, the two possible prime ministerial...

New Delhi: Political parties, including members of the ruling coalition as well as the opposition, on Thursday welcomed the government's decision to defer an ordinance on the food security bill, saying it should be passed in the monsoon session of parliament.

"It is a very serious issue as all political parties have their own reservations. We want to discuss it in parliament. At least a good...

New Delhi: Amid reports of rift between their parties after the BJP named Narendra Modi to head its 2014 Lok Sabha campaign, Nitin Gadkari and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday met Janata Dal-United president Sharad Yadav as part of efforts to prevent clean split between the two.

Yadav later said that "NDA (National Democratic Alliance) exists right now" and efforts were being made to rectify...

Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will name its new president for Maharashtra here Saturday, a party official said here on Thursday.

The appointment will be announced at an extended NCP Working Committee meeting here to be presided over by party chief and union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.

Union Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Praful Patel, who is NCP...

Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday asked Janata Dal-United leaders not to make derogatory remarks against his party colleague and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

He said that the derogatory and uncharitable remarks against Modi would not help the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) or the country. "You will only be making our opponents happy. Please follow the...

Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Thursday said that the party would talk to all parties seeking their support for its candidate in the June 27 Rajya Sabha elections.

Speaking to reporters here, Karunanidhi said, "We have not asked for support from any particular party. We will generally talk to all the parties."

He said that the issue of Rajya Sabha elections was not discussed at...

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that his Janata Dal-United (JD-U) was in discussions with his West Bengal and Odisha counterparts, Mamta Banerjee and Naveen Patnaik, on the formation of a Federal Front.

"Yes, we discussed the issue. But the matter is still in early stages, and it is not proper to make guesses about the new formation now," Nitish Kumar told reporters...