United Nations: The UN Postal System has issued two stamps with Diyas to mark the celebration of Diwali as “the quest for the triumph of good over evil”. India’s Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin said in a tweet on Tuesday: “Thank you @UNStamps for portraying our common quest for the triumph of[Read More…]
Washington: Social networking platforms Facebook and Twitter were busy battling misinformation and fake news as the US voted in the midterm elections on Tuesday. According to a report in USA Today late Tuesday, Facebook “swiftly removed misinformation, such as posts and memes, urging Republicans and Democrats to vote on the[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Victory of the ruling JD-S-Congress alliance in four of the five by-elections in Karnataka was a rejection of the opposition BJP’s negative politics, asserted a Congress leader on Tuesday. “A resounding win for the Congress-JD-S alliance in Karnataka. 4-1 thrashing to BJP. The people have rejected the negative politics[Read More…]
Shimla: The 16th All India Conference of the Students’ Federation of India held in Shimla from October 30 to November 2 and was attended by 655 delegates from 24 states. This is for the first time the all India conference of the SFI was held in Shimla and the second[Read More…]
In a major political development ahead of Madhya Pradesh polls 2018, senior BJP leader and former Chief Minister Babulal Gaur would join Congress soon, a leading newspaper reported on Tuesday. According to the report, Madhya Pradesh BJP has shown reluctance towards fielding either Babulal Gaur or his daughter-in-law Krishna Gaur[Read More…]
The incumbent Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) alliance in Karnataka on Tuesday registered its victory in two assembly seats and two Lok Sabha seats in the by-polls. The BS Yeddyurappa led Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party managed to win only one Lok Sabha seat, Shimoga. In Jamkhandi, Congress contestant Anand Nyamgouda[Read More…]
Varanasi: 11 eleven students have been debarred from the university for future courses who allegedly led a protest against sexual harassment at the campus in 2017. a report submitted by the standing committee confirms the final decision. Three months ago, BHU barred 11 students from taking admission in future courses,[Read More…]
The Shimoga Lok Sabha by-poll, which witnessed a clash among the sons of three former Chief Ministers – BY Raghavendra of the BJP, son of BS Yeddyurappa, Madhu Bangarappa of the JDS, son of the late S Bangarappa and Mahima Patel of the JDU, son of late JH Patel. The[Read More…]
Ranchi: Jharkhand cabinet under the Chief Minister Raghubar Das has decided to give monthly honorarium amount of 1,000 per month to 17,282 people of the tribal community working similarly as Manaki-Munda-Dakuvah. The cabinet has decided to double the amount of money given to Manaki Munda, Gram Pradhan, and Dakua. The[Read More…]
The much anticipated Karnataka by-polls, which provided a boost to incumbent JDS- Congress coalition. Bypolls in Ramnagara assembly, where the wife of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Anitha Kumaraswamy, who contested under the banner of JDS-Congress coalition won by a big margin of 1.05 lakh votes. Anitha Kumaraswamy is the first[Read More…]
Patna: Loktantrik Janata Party (LJP) MLA and Bihar government Minister for Animal and Fish Resources Pashupati Kumar Paras claim that Ramvilas Paswan is the second Ambedkar of the country. He said that LJP is not a small party, those thinking it as a small party are underestimating the potential. Interacting[Read More…]
The much anticipated Karnataka by-polls, which provided a boost to incumbent JDS- Congress coalition. Bypolls in Bellary (ST) Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka was held on Saturday and around 67 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the district. Earlier, it was speculated that, whoever wins, will win only after[Read More…]
Ranchi: Jharkhand PradeshCongress Committee (JPCC) chief Ajoy Kumar alleged the state government of Bhartiya Janata Party led by Raghubar Das of Scam worth Rs 1365 crores in the Shah brothers mining case. Congress will file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) post-Chhath Pooja in this matter and also will try getting[Read More…]
TRS leader Narayan Reddy stoned to death in Sultanpur Village of Pargi in Vikarabd. Police said the clash occurred between Reddy and his rival group. Police have ruled out any political involvement but cite personal enmity between the two groups. As per reports, the leader was involved in a feud[Read More…]
Bengaluru: The ruling Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and Congress alliance is upbeat on retaining their hold in the Saturday’s five by-elections ahead of vote count on Tuesday, an official said on Monday. “Higher voter turnout in the two assembly segments of Jamkhandi and Ramangara and moderate in the three parliamentary seats[Read More…]
Ranchi: The Jharkhand cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday approved setting up of a 25-ft statue of freedom fighter Birsa Munda at the old Birsa Munda Central Jail here, which is now being converted into a museum. “Along with the statue of Birsa Munda, 9-ft statues of[Read More…]
A Delhi court on Monday acquitted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a criminal defamation case filed by a former aide of former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted relief to the AAP leader citing lack of evidence against him. The Arvind Kejriwal was accused by[Read More…]
Ahead of Madhya Pradesh polls 2018, BJP released the third list of candidates on Monday, including senior leader Kailash Vijayvargiya and his son Akash Kailash Vijayvargiya from Mhow and Indore (2) respectively. The list includes a total of 9 candidates and the candidate for much anticipated Govindpura seat is not declared in the[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Haryana’s main opposition party, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), could be heading for a split, with the fight within the family of its President Om Prakash Chautala coming out in the open on Monday. Chautala’s elder son Ajay Chautala, who came out from the Tihar Jail on Monday[Read More…]
Ahead of Madhya Pradesh polls 2018, BJP released the second list of candidates on Monday, including Anoop Mishra from Bhitarwar constituency, who is relative of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Member of Parliament from Morena in Madhya Pradesh. The list includes a total of 17 candidates and the[Read More…]
On Sunday, at the inauguration event of Delhi’s Signature Bridge, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari and his supporters clashed with the members of Aam Aadmi Party. As reported by ANI, Manoj said, “In my constituency, I restarted construction of the bridge after it was stalled for many years and now Arvind[Read More…]
New Delhi: Dubbing the Election Commission (EC) as the “B team of BJP”, the Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday alleged the poll body was misusing its powers under Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s influence. Party leader and Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told the media that voting is a fundamental[Read More…]
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government’s crop insurance schemes for farmers is a bigger scam than even the Rafale scam, said renowned journalist and farmers issue activist P. Sainath here on Friday evening. “The present government’s policies are anti-farmer. The Pradhanmantri Bima Fasal Yojana is a bigger racket[Read More…]
Congress party on Saturday declared first list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh polls, including 155 names. Eminent leaders KP Singh from Pichhore, Jitu Patwari from Rau, Arif Aqueel from Bhopal North, Dr Govind Singh from Lahar and Ajay Singh from Churhat are included in the list. The decision of declaring[Read More…]
Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi during a media interaction earlier this week in Indore stated that Congress had not declared a Chief Ministerial candidate in Madhya Pradesh although having two clear faces as part of a ‘strategy’. Rahul Gandhi speaking on the lines of Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia said, “Why[Read More…]