Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged rigging in the UP Legislative Council polls as he accused the ruling BJP of the bid to weaken democratic institutions to retain power.

Chandigarh: Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala on Tuesday came under sharp attack from Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party over his latest song, with the party leaders accusing him of calling the people of the state 'gaddar' (traitors).

Chandigarh: Opposition parties in Punjab slammed the Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday over reports that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had summoned senior officials from the state for a meeting in the capital.

The opposition Congress in Karnataka on Tuesday demanded the arrest of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K S Eshwarappa and his dismissal from the Cabinet following the death of a civil works contractor who had accused him of demanding 40 per cent commission on a contract.

A month after its resounding victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP on Tuesday swept the biennial polls to the state's legislative council by winning 22 out of 27 constituencies where polling took place last week.

Belagavi: Hours after Santosh Patil was found dead in a hotel room in Udupi with a death note blaming Eshwarappa for his death, Patil’s brother Prashanth, has said that his family will not conduct funeral rites of the deceased before Eshwarappa’s arrest.

Mangaluru: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday reacted to the suicide of Santosh Patil who was found dead in a hotel room in Udupi days after he alleged harassment from Karnataka Minister Eshwarappa.

Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K S Eshwarappa turned down the demand of the opposition Congress seeking his resignation after a contractor who had accused him of demanding 40 per cent commission was found dead in a Udupi hotel on Tuesday.