An indigenous group from south Nepal declared on Thursday that it has withdrawn support for the government and plans to disrupt forthcoming district and municipal elections. The group is called United Democratic Madhesi Front and they claim not to threaten the government with collapse but they intend to wreck the[Read More…]
Captain Amarinder Singh sworn-in as Punjab chief minister on Thursday after the Congress party’s clear-cut win in the Assembly elections held last month. This is Amarinder’s second stint as chief minister. Along with Singh, eight other cabinet ministers also took the oath. Amarinder was the Congress party’s projected chief ministerial[Read More…]
After BJP’s clean victory in UP, it has turned its focus towards the state of West Bengal. In order to strengthen the party’s hold in Bengal, BJP national president Amit Shah will visit the state in April, hold rallies and chair important meetings with the state leadership to chalk out[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar has offered to resign, taking moral responsibility for the poll debacle in the state. Babbar also echoed Rahul Gandhi on the need for making structural changes to strengthen the party, but defended the Congress vice-president, saying leadership is not changed for losses in one[Read More…]
Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday raked up the issue of revocation of controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some areas ahead of the by-polls. Mufti, who has taken a strong position against militants, pitched for revocation of AFSPA, saying she required a window of[Read More…]
Irom Sharmila on Wednesday alleged that BJP has usurped power in her home state Manipur with the help of money and muscle power. Sharmila said the BJP’s assuming of power in the north-eastern state would further erode its fragile socio-political equilibrium, already vitiated by the special powers enjoyed by the[Read More…]
BJP leader N Biren Singh on Wednesday took oath as the new Chief Minister of Manipur at the Raj Bhawan in Imphal. Ending 15 years of Congress rule in Manipur, this is the first time the BJP has come to power in the north-eastern state. Y Joykumar Singh of the[Read More…]
Reacting on poll debacle in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Congress leader and sister of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, Priya Dutt on Wednesday said that the party suffers from auto immune disease. “Congress has shown repeatedly that it suffers from an autoimmune disease… Congress destroys Congress… We need to be treated[Read More…]
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that there was a need to relook at the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in the electoral process until faith is restored in it. He said that several countries in the west are using ballot system instead of EVMs. “Developed[Read More…]
Accused of rape, former UP Minister, Gayatri Prajapati has been arrested from Lucknow on Wednesday. Police arrested three partners of Prajapati on Tuesday in connection with the case. Earlier Prajapati’s two aides were arrested from Noida near Jewar on the Yamuna Expressway on March 7. Gayatri was absconding from February[Read More…]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday wrote Election Commission seeking that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) should not be used for the upcoming municipal polls in Delhi. The polls to the three municipal corporations of Delhi will be held in April. The Aam Aadmi Party national convener demand was[Read More…]
Srinivas Prasad, a BJP leader known as Kithaganahalli Vasu was hacked to death on Tuesday morning by unidentified assailants in Bengaluru rural district. The 45-year-old was a member of Bommasandra Municipal council. The incident took place after Srinivas Prasad received a call around 5 am in the morning. He left[Read More…]
The BJP and Trinamool Congress supporters clashed in the heart of Agartala on Monday following a disagreement over the saffron party’s flag hoisting. The incident left at least 20 people including 11 cops injured. The combat happened regardless of prohibitory orders that were in effect for the festival Holi. The[Read More…]
Former Congress leader S M Krishna will join the BJP on March 15, said Karnataka BJP President B S Yeddyurappa on Monday. “Krishna will join BJP fold on March 15 in New Delhi,” said Yeddyurappa to reporters following a rally in the run up to the Nanjangud and Gundlupet bypolls.[Read More…]