Mr. Patel has become the face of the movement, which has emerged as a huge challenge to the State BJP government dominated by Patel community leaders including Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and party chief R.C. Faldu. In early July, Mr. Patel floated Patidar Anamat ....

In a late-night operation, the police swooped down on the agitators led by Mr. Patel who were sitting on an indefinite fast after the rally, which had already turned violent with several incidents of group clashes and stone-throwing across the city. “He has bee ....

Sources in the government indicated that there is a window in the second week of September for calling the Session. "We are keen that we clear the GST, the real estate bill and the negotiable instruments bill in this Session," said a senior minister in the gov ....

The decadal Muslim rate of growth is the lowest it has ever been in India’s history, as it is for all religions. The Muslim population still grows at a faster rate than the Hindu population, but the gap between the two growth rates is narrowing fast. India i ....

Chief Minister Anandiben Patel briefed Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who has agreed to provide additional companies of paramilitary forces to take the control of the situation after massive violence across the State. "Situation is tense but under control,&q ....

Speaking to The Hindu, the Anantapur superintendent of Police, S.V. Rajasekhar Babu, who along with the district collector Kona Sasidhar reached the accident spot, said that the brakes of the truck carrying the granite boulder, weighing several tonnes, had failed leadin ....

“We cannot provide reservation to the Patels as the Supreme Court ruling has fixed the quota for the Other Backward Classes, the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes,” Ms. Patel said, asking the protesters to talk to the government for a solution. Me ....

In a discovery that is certain to raise questions over the probe conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Police Special Task Force into the Vyapam scam, around Rs 12 lakh and some documents were found hidden in old furniture in the Vyapam office in Bhopal on Monday. A carpenter, ....

 Noting that it was the will of the people to have her elected with an overwhelming majority, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday told the Supreme Court that efforts to challenge and get a stay order on her acquittal in the disproportionate assets case were based on ....

Though voters seem less-than-enthused – just 49 per cent turned up at polling booths on Saturday – candidates and major political parties will be holding their breath. Follow party-wise results here: Party     Trends/Win BJP    ....