Democratic Regions Party

Japan Elections: Key issues include price rises, regional security, and disquiet over scandals in Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party.

The BJP wishes to have as many parties as possible in the NDA, especially those like the TDP, which it feels has better 'winnability' now than earlier.

Tamil Nadu's AIADMK has snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance just months before the national election; the news was announced by the regional party's Deputy General Secretary, KP Munusamy.

The income of regional political parties from unknown sources in the financial year 2021-22 amounted to Rs 887.55 crore, accounting for 76 per cent of their total earnings, according to the Association of Democratic Reform (ADR).

Nagaland's Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), the dominant regional power ruling the state in alliance with the BJP, announced its list of 40 candidates today. The list excludes 15 sitting MLAs. The BJP, which is contesting in 20 seats,

About 91 per cent or Rs 113.791 crore of the total donations received by regional political parties in the country have gone to five entities, according to poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti said she was not surprised when PM Modi called the meeting of political leaders of J&K on Thursday. "There is so much of oppression" in the region, she said.

Farooq Abdullah -- the patriarch of Jammu and Kashmir's National Conference -- today announced an alliance with arch-rival Mehbooba Mufti of People's Democratic Party, Sajjad Lone and other regional groups to fight for the restoration of Article 370 and resolution of Kashmir issue.

Goa Forward, a regional political party and the state's ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ally on Tuesday said the state was becoming a 'banana republic', with the government shirking accountability vis-a-vis controversial decisions like the sudden call to waive road tax for all vehicles up to December 31 this year.

The government may have released Jammu-based leaders detained in August ahead of local polls in the region, but it is unlikely that their counterparts in Kashmir will receive similar relief anytime soon. The Satya Pal Malik administration believes that it was because of preventive action taken against leaders such as National Conference leader Omar...

The National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today joined forces to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that the two regional parties had ruined three generations of Jammu and Kashmir, pointing out that the ruling BJP had joined forces with both on several instances in the past.

Hours after 40 CRPF soldiers were killed in a terror attack at Pulwama on Thursday, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah found himself in a war of tweets with Union Minister Jitendra Singh over remarks that seemed to point a finger at regional parties in the region.

The citizenship bill is set to trigger a political realignment in the northeast, where the BJP ruling all seven states singly or as part of a coalition. Ten parties - all key regional allies of the BJP -- have decided to oppose the bill, which has already been passed by the Lok Sabha and could be tabled soon in the Rajya Sabha. The parties have ind...

The fight against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill may soon receive support from unusual quarters, with the Janata Dal-United - a key constituent of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) - planning to send a delegation to meet civil society bodies in the Northeast later this month.

While people have come out in good numbers to cast their votes in Jammu region, barely three per cent of the electorate showed up to exercise their franchise in the Kashmir valley in the second phase of the local body elections in the state under tight security. The second phase polling today recorded 30 per cent voter turnout in the state, officia...

Japan Elections: Key issues include price rises, regional security, and disquiet over scandals in Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party.

The BJP wishes to have as many parties as possible in the NDA, especially those like the TDP, which it feels has better 'winnability' now than earlier.

Tamil Nadu's AIADMK has snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance just months before the national election; the news was announced by the regional party's Deputy General Secretary, KP Munusamy.

The income of regional political parties from unknown sources in the financial year 2021-22 amounted to Rs 887.55 crore, accounting for 76 per cent of their total earnings, according to the Association of Democratic Reform (ADR).

Nagaland's Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), the dominant regional power ruling the state in alliance with the BJP, announced its list of 40 candidates today. The list excludes 15 sitting MLAs. The BJP, which is contesting in 20 seats,

About 91 per cent or Rs 113.791 crore of the total donations received by regional political parties in the country have gone to five entities, according to poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti said she was not surprised when PM Modi called the meeting of political leaders of J&K on Thursday. "There is so much of oppression" in the region, she said.

Farooq Abdullah -- the patriarch of Jammu and Kashmir's National Conference -- today announced an alliance with arch-rival Mehbooba Mufti of People's Democratic Party, Sajjad Lone and other regional groups to fight for the restoration of Article 370 and resolution of Kashmir issue.

Goa Forward, a regional political party and the state's ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ally on Tuesday said the state was becoming a 'banana republic', with the government shirking accountability vis-a-vis controversial decisions like the sudden call to waive road tax for all vehicles up to December 31 this year.

The government may have released Jammu-based leaders detained in August ahead of local polls in the region, but it is unlikely that their counterparts in Kashmir will receive similar relief anytime soon. The Satya Pal Malik administration believes that it was because of preventive action taken against leaders such as National Conference leader Omar...

The National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today joined forces to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that the two regional parties had ruined three generations of Jammu and Kashmir, pointing out that the ruling BJP had joined forces with both on several instances in the past.

Hours after 40 CRPF soldiers were killed in a terror attack at Pulwama on Thursday, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah found himself in a war of tweets with Union Minister Jitendra Singh over remarks that seemed to point a finger at regional parties in the region.

The citizenship bill is set to trigger a political realignment in the northeast, where the BJP ruling all seven states singly or as part of a coalition. Ten parties - all key regional allies of the BJP -- have decided to oppose the bill, which has already been passed by the Lok Sabha and could be tabled soon in the Rajya Sabha. The parties have ind...

The fight against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill may soon receive support from unusual quarters, with the Janata Dal-United - a key constituent of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) - planning to send a delegation to meet civil society bodies in the Northeast later this month.

While people have come out in good numbers to cast their votes in Jammu region, barely three per cent of the electorate showed up to exercise their franchise in the Kashmir valley in the second phase of the local body elections in the state under tight security. The second phase polling today recorded 30 per cent voter turnout in the state, officia...