Congress party on Monday appointed new office bearers in OBC department of several Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC). Party has also appointed chairmen for Unorganised Workers Congress in several PCCs. Earlier, Congress President, Rahul Gandhi stated that Congress will empower unorganised workers, mainly connecting them with technology and policies, providing them the voice[Read More…]
Ahead of Telangana elections, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader Gottimukkala Padma Rao resigned from the party on Sunday over the issue of the ticket distribution system of the party. Following resigning from TRS, Rao attacked the caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) and said “Party is heading in a wrong direction”.[Read More…]
Ahead of Madhya Pradesh polls, campaigning for the assembly elections concluded on Monday. Central state which goes to poll in the single phase, voting for 230 seats will be held on November 28 and the results will be declared on December 11. Major contenders including Congress and BJP are going alone[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram: Shoranur Member of Legislative Assembly PK Sasi is suspended for six months by the Communist Party of India (CPM) following the charges of sexual misconduct by a woman leader. The state secretariat after examining the explanation of MLA Sasi has made the announcement of his suspension on Monday. The[Read More…]
Ayodhya: Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad alias Ravaan is reaching Ayodhya today to see the law and order situation. He will be meeting with the Faizabad district administration and will try to visit the temple site. Azad will visit the temple site with a copy of the constitution. Speaking with[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram: Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) Member of Legislative Assembly from Shoranur PK Sasi, who was facing a sexual assault complaint by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) woman leader, is cleared from the charge by the Two member commission. The report submitted by the commission said that[Read More…]
Ajmer: Amidst Rajasthan Election campaign, Congress President Rahul Gandhi is accompanied with former CM Ashok Gehlot and Rajasthan PCC Chief Sachin Pilot paid their respect at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah. Rahul Gandhi reaches Ajmer Sharif Dargah, offers ‘Chadar’ and prayer at Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz Majar.
Rohtak: Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) expelled leader Ajay Chautala tried to woo Jats at a rally organized by the All India Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS) and shared the stage with Bhartiya Janata Party leader and Union Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh. Ajay Chautala urged the massive gatherings to be[Read More…]
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party will not allow the Telangana government to implement a 12 per cent reservation for minorities, party President Amit Shah said on Sunday. Addressing election rallies at four places in the state, he said the BJP would neither provide quota on the basis of religion nor[Read More…]
Ahead of Telangana polls, Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti (MRPS) founder and senior Dalit leader Manda Krishna on Saturday announced its support to the Congress led grand alliance in the state. The Madigas in Telangana, led by Manda Krishna, have been demanding the categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SC) to ensure judicious distribution[Read More…]
Jaipur: Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot, one of the chief ministerial aspirants in the state, maintains there is no confusion between him and former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over the December 7 assembly elections and the decision on who will be the chief minister will be taken by the party[Read More…]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his monthly radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat’ is apolitical and that he has always raised issues of social relevance through it. “When ‘Mann Ki Baat’ was started, I had decided that it would not carry anything political, or any praise for[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday proposed a plan of installing 221-metre bronze statue of Lord Ram in Ayodhya, state Principal Secretary (Information) Avanish Awasthi told media in Lucknow. As per the plan, the height of the actual statue would be 151 metres, its overhead umbrella would be 20 metres while[Read More…]
Former CBI joint director VV Lakshminarayana is likely to launch a new political outfit on November 26 in Vijayawada of Andhra Pradesh. The former IPS officer and his aides will officially declare a new party, namely ‘Jana Dhwani’ or ‘People’s Voice’, media reports claimed. The former CBI official is popular among[Read More…]
The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) on Saturday expelled 24 leaders over involvement in anti-party activities. As per the reports, Congress leaders, who are contesting against the official candidates of the party and grand alliance including Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Jana Samithi TJS and Communist Party of India (CPI) in the[Read More…]
Jaipur: The Rajasthan Congress on Saturday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against BJP President Amit Shah accusing him of flouting the model code of conduct by “provoking voters against the opposition party” in the poll-bound state during his recent Bikaner rally. The Congress also filed a complaint against[Read More…]
Rajya Sabha parliamentarian and rebel Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh has approached Rashtriya Seva Bharati (RSB), an outfit of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to hold out their social work projects from his property in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh. As per the report of a leading newspaper, “He wanted to do[Read More…]
Kolebira: After the announcement of the bypoll by the Election Commission of India for the Kolibera Assembly by-polls, the political parties in Jharkhand have become very active in finalising heir candidates. The seat fell vacant after the Jharkhand Party’s MLA Enos Ekka was convicted in a murder case of a para[Read More…]
Ahead of Telangana elections, all the major parties including Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and Congress are trying hard to woo Muslim voters. Muslim community comprises 12.7 of the total population in the state. Of the 119 members’ assembly of Telangana, Muslim community plays a deciding role around 30 constituencies of[Read More…]
The spread of fake news is increasing day by day in the poll-bound Rajasthan and as the electoral battle of the Royal state reaching its crest. Doctored videos images, photo quotes pertaining to national leaders and candidates are being spread in the state. The Media Certification and Monitoring Committees (MCMCs)[Read More…]
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav’s petition is turned down by the Patna High Court on Friday in favor of the government order which asked him to vacate his bungalow. Tejashwi Yadav residence in Patna is allotted to Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi and CM Nitish Kumar’s government order for[Read More…]
Dhanbad: Bhartiya Janata Party MLA from Baghmara Dhullu Mahto has alleged party’s’ Member of Parliament Ravindra Pandey of framing him in the sexual harassment allegation. Mahto said that the entire conspiracy of framing him under sexual harassment charge is being orchestrated by MP Pandey. Internal rift deepens in BJP Jharkhand[Read More…]
Ahead of Madhya Pradesh elections, a group of religious figures including thousands of saints from across the state led by Computer Baba declared support to the Congress in Jabalpur on Friday. Swami Namdev Tyagi, famously known as Computer Baba, who had earlier declared to uproot the incumbent BJP government from[Read More…]
A couple of days before the show is set to take place by right-wing parties to demand the construction of Ram temple, the location has been put under heavy protection. Around 700 policemen are currently protecting the area. Vishwa Hindu Parishad, supported by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has organised a Sabha this[Read More…]
Hyderabad: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday said the Congress carved out Telangana state, though it had to pay a political price for it. On first visit to Telangana after it came into being as a separate state in 2014, the former Congress president said it accorded[Read More…]