Karan Singh Yadav will be the Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha bypoll in Alwar, a party leader said on Sunday. Yadav, a doctor by profession, has been a two-time MLA from Behrod and also an MP from Alwar. Jitendra Singh, an aide of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, was in[Read More…]
Chennai: Sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V.Dinakaran on Sunday established a massive lead over his nearest rival, E.Madhusudhanan of the AIADMK in the by-election for the Radhakrishnan Nagar (R.K.Nagar) constituency that fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. Dinakaran, who is contesting as an Independent, had got[Read More…]
Kolkata: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday won the Sabang Assembly constituency by-poll, by a massive margin of 64,192 votes. Trinamool candidate Gita Rani Bhunia got 1,06,179 votes while her nearest rival Rita Mondal of the the Left Front backed Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) secured 41,987 votes. Amid a[Read More…]
Shimla: Five-time legislator Jairam Thakur, who rose from the ranks and is known for his humble, low-profile stature, will be the 13th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, the BJP announced on Sunday. A decision in this regard was unanimously taken at the BJP Legislative Party meeting where central observers — Union[Read More…]
The National Farmers Day is being celebrated on December 23 every year on the birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh, the 7th Prime Minister of India. On this very noteworthy occasion, here we bring you a story of a woman who has just not broken the stereotype but her effort[Read More…]
At least 30 people were killed and 15 injured when a passenger bus fell into a river on Saturday near Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur, police said. The Sawai Madhopur-Lalsot bus was driven by a 16-year-old conductor who lost control due to over-speeding, officials said. The bus skidded and fell off a[Read More…]
Vijay Rupani will continue as the Chief Minister of Gujarat and Nitin Patel as his deputy, the BJP announced on Friday after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley oversaw a meeting of the party’s newly-elected MLAs. The legislators unanimously elected Rupani as leader of the BJP’s legislature party, Jaitley told reporters. He[Read More…]
The Uttar Pradesh government has stopped the salaries of 298 staff and teachers at 43 madrasas in the state that have not submitted the required details, an official said on Friday. Minority Welfare and Muslim Waqf Minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary told the legislative council that of the total 560 madrasas[Read More…]
In yet another protest against a Bollywood film, the morning shows of “Tiger Zinda Hai”, a Salman Khan-Katrina Kaif starred film, had to be stopped in many cinema halls across Rajasthan after members of the Valmiki community raised slogans, tore and burnt posters of the film over the alleged use[Read More…]
The Uttar Pradesh government will withdraw 20,000 political cases slapped on various people for reasons like staging a demonstration and holding sit-ins, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Thursday. Speaking on the UPCOCA debate in the state assembly, he said that his government, after due deliberations, had decided to do[Read More…]
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked state authorities to initiate action against 116 more hotels and guesthouses operating illegally in and around Dharamsala town and also to immediately disconnect their water and electricity connections. During the resumed hearing, a bench of acting Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Ajay[Read More…]
Kerala Congress President M.M. Hassan slammed former CAG Vinod Rai, calling him an agent of the BJP and asked both Rai and the party to apologise in the wake of the acquittal of all the accused in the 2G scam case. “With the acquittal, it has now become crystal clear[Read More…]
In a horrific incident, a man burnt his two wives to death in a car after an argument broke out between the women while travelling together in Rajasthan’s Jalore district, police said on Wednesday. In order to hoodwink the police, accused Deepram concocted a sob story, but ultimately spilled the[Read More…]
Polling for the crucial by-election to the Radhakrishnan Nagar (R.K. Nagar) Assembly constituency began on Thursday at 8 a.m. Over two lakh voters are eligible to decide the fate of 59 candidates in one of the smallest constituencies in Tamil Nadu. The by-poll was necessitated following the death of AIADMK[Read More…]
Vijay Rupani and Nitin Patel are widely expected to continue as Gujarat’s Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister after the BJP retained power in keenly fought elections but some others are said to be eyeing the top post. Among those wanting to take Rupani’s place are ministers from Gujarat in[Read More…]
The Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Act (UPCOCA) bill was passed by the state assembly on Wednesday. The bill was presented by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who also holds the charge of the Home Department. He told the House that the proposed law would come in handy in controlling[Read More…]
With the BJP on Monday managing to hold on to power in Gujarat – though with a reduced tally of 99 seats, the Congress, which along with its allies won 80, lost by a margin of less than 1,000 votes in at least three seats. In Botat constituency, Bharatiya Janata[Read More…]
NOTA (None of the Above) option got 2.5 times more votes than the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the 29 seats that the party contested in Gujarat, according to an election result analysis by IANS. The NOTA is an option in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and by registering a[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday said it has brought the BJP “to its knees” by restricting it to less than 100 seats in Gujarat, and that the election results will have an impact in upcoming polls in other states, including BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The Congress also termed the[Read More…]
Ahmedabad: Four of the six Congress turncoat legislators in Gujarat who had bagged BJP tickets lost at the hustings, while some of the Congress’ prominent state leaders, including Shaktisinh Gohil and Arjun Modhvadia, lost. Of the Congress turncoats, Tejashree Patel lost from Viramgam by about 6,500 votes to Lakhabhai Bharwad; Mansinh[Read More…]
For the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to have struggled to cross the 100-seat mark in Gujarat when it was boasting about bagging 150 is suggestive of an undeniable downward turn in its popularity ratings. Considering that it tried all the tricks in the book, including several dirty ones, to cross[Read More…]
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Monday congratulated the people of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh for “choosing development”, as the BJP was poised to win assembly elections in both states. She said by voting in favor of BJP, the people of the two states have “proved” that they want development.[Read More…]
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel on Monday said the Gujarat results could have “been different” if the Congress had aligned with his party. “If they (Congress) would have formed an alliance with the NCP, then it would have been fruitful, and things could have been different,” Patel told[Read More…]
Jaipur: A young man was arrested here on Sunday on the charge of disturbing public peace by climbing an overhead water tank in support of murder accused Shambhulal Raigar and threatening to commit suicide. After his arrest under Section 151 of the Indian Penal Code for disturbing peace and harmony, accused[Read More…]
Hyderabad: A prostitution racket was busted here with the arrest of four persons, including two actresses from Mumbai, police said on Sunday. The arrests were made during raids on two five-star hotels in posh Banjara Hills area late on Saturday night, police said. Those arrested include an actress from Bollywood[Read More…]
