Prabhu Chavan

In a big blow to the Congress in Maharashtra months ahead of the general election and state polls, former chief minister and former MP Ashok Chavan resigned from the party's primary membership amid reports that he was in talks with the BJP.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress on Friday, met with three leaders of the party who were part of the "G-23" or group of dissenters - Anand Sharma, Prithviraj Chavan and Bhupinder Hooda.

Karnataka Animal Husbandry Minister Prabhu Chavan will be travelling to Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat to study and gather information on implementation of the anti-cow slaughter laws there, his office said on Tuesday.

The onus of fielding a candidate for the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson's post came to rest on Congress today in what was seen as a blow to the unity of the opposition, which failed to have a consensus candidate despite weeks of discussion and an edge in numbers. Suggestions for the name of BK Hariprasad came this evening after Sharad Pawar's party...

Use of mobile phones in the Karnataka Assembly was banned today, a day after the House witnessed chaos over a BJP member looking at pictures on his cellphone during proceedings.

In an embarrassment to the Opposition party in Karnataka, the BJP, one of its MLAs was caught on camera watching pictures on his mobile phone on Wednesday.

In a defiant move similar to her predecessor, newly-elected Mumbai Mayor Snehal Ambekar has refused to remove the red beacon light on her official car.

Prabhu Chavan, a BJP MLA in Karnataka, was briefly detained at the Hyderabad airport last night while boarding a flight to Delhi. He was released after questioning.Sources said the MLA was found carrying a pistol and 20 rounds of ammunition in his bag. The licence for the pistol had expired.Prabhu Chavan is a BJP MLA from Aurad constituency in Bida...

In a big blow to the Congress in Maharashtra months ahead of the general election and state polls, former chief minister and former MP Ashok Chavan resigned from the party's primary membership amid reports that he was in talks with the BJP.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress on Friday, met with three leaders of the party who were part of the "G-23" or group of dissenters - Anand Sharma, Prithviraj Chavan and Bhupinder Hooda.

Karnataka Animal Husbandry Minister Prabhu Chavan will be travelling to Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat to study and gather information on implementation of the anti-cow slaughter laws there, his office said on Tuesday.

The onus of fielding a candidate for the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson's post came to rest on Congress today in what was seen as a blow to the unity of the opposition, which failed to have a consensus candidate despite weeks of discussion and an edge in numbers. Suggestions for the name of BK Hariprasad came this evening after Sharad Pawar's party...

Use of mobile phones in the Karnataka Assembly was banned today, a day after the House witnessed chaos over a BJP member looking at pictures on his cellphone during proceedings.

In an embarrassment to the Opposition party in Karnataka, the BJP, one of its MLAs was caught on camera watching pictures on his mobile phone on Wednesday.

In a defiant move similar to her predecessor, newly-elected Mumbai Mayor Snehal Ambekar has refused to remove the red beacon light on her official car.

Prabhu Chavan, a BJP MLA in Karnataka, was briefly detained at the Hyderabad airport last night while boarding a flight to Delhi. He was released after questioning.Sources said the MLA was found carrying a pistol and 20 rounds of ammunition in his bag. The licence for the pistol had expired.Prabhu Chavan is a BJP MLA from Aurad constituency in Bida...