Probe ordered into how a college gave its accent for Congress president to interact with students after the Model Code of Conduct has been put in place
Agra: Former BJP Mayor of Aligarh, Shakutala Bharti challenged All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi to contest from Aligarh if he is set for a ‘humiliating defeat’. While addressing a gathering of women on the occasion of BJP Vishal Sankalp Mahila Sameelan on Friday, Bharti said that she[Read More…]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign, in a counter to Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s “chowkidar chor hai” jibe. “Your Chowkidar is standing firm and serving the nation. But, I am not alone. Everyone who is fighting corruption, dirt, social evils is a[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: In a blow to the Congress party, Prakash Chandra Behera its MLA from Salepur, has resigned from the primary membership of Congress party. He has sent his resignation to the Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi. Behera said, “After being removed as Cuttack District Congress Committee (DCC) President, I have been humiliated[Read More…]
Ahmedabad: Less than a week after Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel joined the Congress party, hackers attacked the official website of the Gujarat Congress and uploaded his picture, which appears to be taken from his alleged sex video that surfaced during the 2017 Gujarat Assembly Elections. Gujarat Congress spokesperson[Read More…]
Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Ranjeet Ranjan while speaking to media on Friday in Patna said, “Mahagathbandhan in Bihar will announce its list of candidates on 17th March. I think Pappu Yadav will become a part of the gathbandhan.”
Jaipur: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot could make his electoral debut and contest from Jodhpur or Jalore-Sirohi Lok Sabha constituency, reports suggested on Thursday. Earlier, while addressing a gathering in Jalore last week, the Chief Minister had raised the speculations when he said that he had wanted to[Read More…]
Mandya (Karnataka): Karnataka’s ruling Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) on Thursday announced Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil as its candidate from Mandya Lok Sabha constituency. “It was the party workers who had suggested Nikhil as the candidate. He (Nikhil) is keen to serve the people of the constituency,” said Kumaraswamy addressing[Read More…]
Srinagar: 2 months after Shah Faesal resigned from his post of IAS officer, the UPSC topper from Kashmir is all set to launch his new political party on Sunday. The party is expected to contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. For the last few days Faesal has been travelling[Read More…]
Strong anti-incumbency was seen against BJP that got shock defeat in Assembly polls here recently and could win just one seat out of eight while Congress got unexpected success
New Delhi: Citing a CAG report indicting Union Minister Smriti Irani for making a payment of nearly Rs 6 crore from MPLAD funds without a tender, the Congress on Thursday demanded her sacking and also registering an FIR against the BJP MP from Gujarat. “Time has come to sack Union Minister[Read More…]
New Delhi: As the possibility of an alliance in Delhi with the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections continues to carry rise and dip with twists surfacing each day, the Congress has asked Delhi unit workers their view over the issue through an audio clip released on[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan, who was considered close to party leader Sonia Gandhi, on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Vadakkan said he was deeply hurt at the way the Congress questioned the integrity of the armed forces after the suicide bombing at Pulwama led to India-Pakistan[Read More…]
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress strongman and Bhatpara MLA Arjun Singh is all set to join the BJP here in the presence of senior party leaders, party sources said on Thursday. The legislator was miffed with the Trinamool leadership as he was denied a Lok Sabha ticket from Barrackpore parliamentary constituency,[Read More…]
Local Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders accused the UP government of destroying projects build by the Akhilesh regime
Amravati: Election officials at Chittoor, were left astonished after a TDP delegation filled a complaint seeking the removal of all the ceiling fans from every government office as fan is the election symbol of the opposition party YSR Congress. The complaint comes after the portraits of party chief and Andhra[Read More…]
Itanagar: Ahead of the upcoming simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections which are to take place on April 11 in Arunachal Pradesh, Congress party received a major boost on Tuesday with senior politician and sitting National People’s Party (NPP) MLA Tanga Byaling joining the party along several other top politicians[Read More…]
Ruling alliance in Karnataka, JDS and Congress have announced their alliance for 2019 Lok Sabha elections. According to the reports, JDS’ Danish Ali met Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday in Kochi and finalised seat-sharing. JDS will contest on 8 seats and Congress will fight on the remaining 20 seats.[Read More…]
Hours after Sujay Vikhe-Patil, son of the Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil joined Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), in yet another setback to the Congress party before the Lok Sabha elections, senior politician and a 7 time MLA Kalidas Nilkanth Kolambkar has shown indications of joining the BJP.[Read More…]
Guwahati: On a day when Asom Gana Parishad leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta expressed his unhappiness over his party’s decision to ally with the BJP again, Assam finance minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the BJP, AGP and Bodoland peoples’ Front have already finalized seat-sharing for the[Read More…]
Meerut: Soon after Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar was taken into custody by the police on Tuesday afternoon while he was carrying Bahujan Adhikar Yatra, his health started to deteriorate and was taken to a private hospital in the city. Following the incident, the Bhima Army supporters blocked the Saharanpur-Meerut[Read More…]
With Lok Sabha Elections approaching soon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the influential personalities of the nation to encourage maximum voter participation. In a mage Twitter appeal on Wedneday, PM Modi tagged top politicians including Congress president Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, celebrities including Alia Bhatt and[Read More…]
New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who made her debut speech on Tuesday in Gandhinagar after becoming a party general secretary, also made her first tweets hours later. The tweets related to her first visit to Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram. “In the simple dignity of Sabarmati, the truth lives on,” she[Read More…]
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress star Lok Sabha poll candidate Mimi Chakraborty is brimming with enthusiasm for her new role, and says she is “ready with her sneakers on”. Chakraborty on Tuesday became Trinamool’s surprise choice for Jadavpur constituency, replacing Harvard University professor and eminent historian Sugato Bose. “I just want everyone[Read More…]
By Milinda Ghosh Roy Kolkata: The charisma of Mamata Banerjee, a well-oiled party machinery spread down to the grassroots, a strong support base among the minorities and a record of achieving thumping victories in all elections since coming to power is what makes Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress a formidable force[Read More…]