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Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested a new strategy to tackle the opposition alliance as he met with allies from Bihar on Thursday - not calling them INDIA but "Ghamandiya" the Hindi word for arrogant.

There is no UPA alliance, says Mamata Banerjee after 2024 poll talks with Congress ally Sharad Pawar

The BJP and its allies are likely to retain Assam and gain only the Union Territory of Puducherry -- which is up for the next round of elections along with four key states, show an aggregate of opinion polls was released on Wednesday evening. Elections begin on March 27.

Veteran politician Sharad Pawar today dismissed as "false news" any talk about him taking over the leadership of the opposition UPA alliance from Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Speculation that has swirled over the past few days intensified as the NCP chief's Maharashtra ally Shiv Sena backed him for the role.

United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of leaders of constituent parties and other allies to discuss their floor plan during the Budget Session.

The Congress and other UPA allies have decided to support BJP candidate Om Birla for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker, party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Tuesday, but remained silent on the issue of Deputy Speaker.

A day after DMK and the Congress sealed the deal for the Lok Sabha elections, chief of the southern UPA ally, MK Stalin, reached out to voters on Facebook and asked for "thoughts and comments" for the party's manifesto.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami Tuesday demanded an international probe against DMK and ally Congress for "war crimes" against Tamils in the 2009 Sri Lankan civil conflict when UPA was in power, as the ruling AIADMK staged a state-wide protest over the issue.

Alleging that fear and intimidation were the order of the day under the Modi government, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday asserted that the Congress and its allies will not let Prime Minister Narendra Modi get another term in office in 2019.

Right after Lalu Yadav and 15 others were found guilty of corruption in the fodder scam case by a CBI court in Ranchi yesterday, the BJP hit out at the Congress, an ally of Mr Yadav, and called the UPA an "alliance of corruption". His conviction gave a fresh boost to the BJP's attack on the Congress and its allies dampened in the last few days with...

BJP ally Shiv Sena today came down heavily on the centre over its decision to privatise national carrier Air India, saying had such a decision been taken by the previous Congress-led UPA government, the BJP would not have spared it.

The Shiv Sena, a key ally of the BJP, today said the Narendra Modi government only "inaugurated and renamed" the projects started by the previous UPA dispensation and nothing new, barring demonetisation, has been achieved in its three years in office.

The recent Rajya Sabha elections have given the BJP and allies a numerical edge over the Congress-led UPA in the Upper House, where the government hopes to finally push through the Goods and Services Tax or GST bill in the Monsoon session of Parliament.

Exuding confidence in getting the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill passed in the upcoming Monsoon Session, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said regional parties, including UPA allies like DMK and NCP, are all making strong noises in support of the tax legislation.

Rapping ally BJP, the Shiv Sena today said while former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was easily blamed for inflation during UPA rule, the present governments in the state and at the Centre have also failed to check the rising prices of essential commodities even after one year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested a new strategy to tackle the opposition alliance as he met with allies from Bihar on Thursday - not calling them INDIA but "Ghamandiya" the Hindi word for arrogant.

There is no UPA alliance, says Mamata Banerjee after 2024 poll talks with Congress ally Sharad Pawar

The BJP and its allies are likely to retain Assam and gain only the Union Territory of Puducherry -- which is up for the next round of elections along with four key states, show an aggregate of opinion polls was released on Wednesday evening. Elections begin on March 27.

Veteran politician Sharad Pawar today dismissed as "false news" any talk about him taking over the leadership of the opposition UPA alliance from Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Speculation that has swirled over the past few days intensified as the NCP chief's Maharashtra ally Shiv Sena backed him for the role.

United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of leaders of constituent parties and other allies to discuss their floor plan during the Budget Session.

The Congress and other UPA allies have decided to support BJP candidate Om Birla for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker, party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Tuesday, but remained silent on the issue of Deputy Speaker.

A day after DMK and the Congress sealed the deal for the Lok Sabha elections, chief of the southern UPA ally, MK Stalin, reached out to voters on Facebook and asked for "thoughts and comments" for the party's manifesto.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami Tuesday demanded an international probe against DMK and ally Congress for "war crimes" against Tamils in the 2009 Sri Lankan civil conflict when UPA was in power, as the ruling AIADMK staged a state-wide protest over the issue.

Alleging that fear and intimidation were the order of the day under the Modi government, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday asserted that the Congress and its allies will not let Prime Minister Narendra Modi get another term in office in 2019.

Right after Lalu Yadav and 15 others were found guilty of corruption in the fodder scam case by a CBI court in Ranchi yesterday, the BJP hit out at the Congress, an ally of Mr Yadav, and called the UPA an "alliance of corruption". His conviction gave a fresh boost to the BJP's attack on the Congress and its allies dampened in the last few days with...

BJP ally Shiv Sena today came down heavily on the centre over its decision to privatise national carrier Air India, saying had such a decision been taken by the previous Congress-led UPA government, the BJP would not have spared it.

The Shiv Sena, a key ally of the BJP, today said the Narendra Modi government only "inaugurated and renamed" the projects started by the previous UPA dispensation and nothing new, barring demonetisation, has been achieved in its three years in office.

The recent Rajya Sabha elections have given the BJP and allies a numerical edge over the Congress-led UPA in the Upper House, where the government hopes to finally push through the Goods and Services Tax or GST bill in the Monsoon session of Parliament.

Exuding confidence in getting the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill passed in the upcoming Monsoon Session, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said regional parties, including UPA allies like DMK and NCP, are all making strong noises in support of the tax legislation.

Rapping ally BJP, the Shiv Sena today said while former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was easily blamed for inflation during UPA rule, the present governments in the state and at the Centre have also failed to check the rising prices of essential commodities even after one year.