Waving saffron flags, displaying traditional weapons like swords and mace and shouting “Jai Sri Ram” at high pitch, right wing Hindu outfits on Saturday assembled thousands of people as they celebrated Ram Navami on a massive scale across West Bengal. A number of armed rallies were taken out by Hindutva supporters including leading lights of […]
The Nizamabad seat from where Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s daughter K. Kavitha is seeking re-election is set to create history with the largest number of candidates, including 178 farmers, who entered the fray to highlight their problems. Kavitha, state Congress chief Uttam Kumar Reddy and former union minister Renuka Chowdary are among the […]
The Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party (SP-BSP) alliance has announced Arun Shankar Shukla, alias Anna Maharaj, as its candidate from the Unnao Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. Anna has replaced former MLA Pooja Pal whose ticket was cancelled because of some “technical problem” in her documents, Rajesh Yadav, SP District Secretary, said on Monday. “Anna […]
The Congress on Thursday released its second list of candidates for 12 seats in Madhya Pradesh, fielding Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath from Chhindwara. Kamal Nath, who is a nine-time MP from Chhindwara, became the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh after the Congress formed the government in the state following the win in […]
In an implicit criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, BJP veteran L.K. Advani on Thursday said the BJP never regarded those who disagreed with it politically as “enemies” but only viewed them as “adversaries”. “The guiding principle of my life has been ‘Nation First, Party Next, Self Last. And in […]
Poonam Sinha, wife of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, will be contesting against Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh from the Lucknow parliamentary constituency. According to reliable sources, Poonam Sinha will contest on the Samajwadi Party (SP) ticket with the Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) support. The Congress, sources said, has decided not to field a candidate from Lucknow […]
While the warmth of Indias tough response on the Pulwama bombing remains more or less intact for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJPs prospects going forward for the impending hustings, the Congress seems to be getting traction with its NYAY scheme. The latest edition of the IANS-CVoter poll tracker released on Sunday is showing a […]
Robert Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who appeared for the second round of questioning before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday, was confronted with his mails that were exchanged with Sumit Chadha, a relative of absconding arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, sources said. Vadra, who was questioned for over two hours before he stepped […]
New Delhi, Former Defence Minister George Fernandes, a committed socialist and trade unionist who went underground against the 1975-77 Emergency and fought the Congress all his life, died on Tuesday after prolonged illness. He was 88. Fernandes, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s, has been out of the public eye and has been bed-ridden for more […]
Chandigarh, Haryana’s lone Jind seat assembly bypoll registered an over 15 per cent voter turnout in its first two hours on Monday. “The poll percentage till 9 a.m. was 15 per cent,” the District Electoral Officer Amit Khatri told reporters. Despite the early morning chill, voters could be seen queued up at some of the […]