National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) national president Fairoz Khan has reportedly stepped down after slapped with sexual harassment allegations. According to the reports, Khan, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, submitted his resignation on Monday. Last week, Khan was accused of harassing and exploiting at least 5 girls from NSUI. The[Read More…]
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Two Goa Congress MLA resign after meeting BJP chief Amit Shah in Delhi
New Delhi: The two of the Congress MLA, Dayanand Sopte and Subhash Shirodkar reached Delhi on Monday midnight and met the Bhartiya Janata party national president Amit Shah at his residence in the morning, amidst the speculation of joining BJP. If the speculation of two Congress MLA joining the BJP[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: Why Naxal prone areas are crucial for assembly polls?
Ahead of assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, where voting is scheduled on November 12 and 20, has become a triangular contest and various Naxal hit areas are considered as key to the election outcome. Bastar, Sarguja, Bijapur and Korba are the most affected areas and considered as Red corridor of state.[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Rahul Gandhi confident Congress will return to power
Datia (Madhya Pradesh): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday exuded confidence that the party will return to power in Madhya Pradesh after the November 28 Assembly elections. “The government that the Congress will form in the state will be responsive to farmers, small traders, women and party workers,” Gandhi said[Read More…]
Karnataka by-polls: Congress fields VS Ugrappa from Bellary seat
The seat sharing between JDS and Congress party is final and VS Ugrappa is set to contest the infamous Bellary seat reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST), as Congress candidate from the ruling alliance of Karnataka for the upcoming by-polls scheduled to be held on November 3. JDS has got two[Read More…]
Karnataka by-polls: Congress hands Shivamogga and Mandya to JD(S)
Janata Dal-Secular bags the two Lok Sabha seats from its alliance partner Congress for the upcoming scheduled Karnataka By-polls and will be fielding Madhu Bangarappa from Shivamogga and LR Shivarame Gowda from Mandya seat. Two former chief minister sons are contesting against each other for Shivamogga seat. Madhu is the[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Polls: Ajit Jogi’s wife Renu Jogi likely to join Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
In a major development on Sunday in Raipur, Janta Congress Chhattisgarh chief Ajit Jogi has hinted that Renu Jogi would join his party ahead of the assembly elections. Kota MLA Renu Jogi may not get Congress ticket and following that she would be moving to the Janata Congress Chhattisgarh, sources[Read More…]
Assembly Polls: Rajasthan Congress put ball in Rahul Gandhi’s court’s over candidates selection
Ahead of assembly polls in Rajasthan, issues pertaining to ticket distribution are increasing day by day in Congress. As per the sources, Congress is facing the problem of too many candidates asking for party tickets in the upcoming assembly election in Rajasthan, Congress leaders told media. However, earlier Congress chief Rahul Gandhi stated that no[Read More…]
Crisis of governance in Goa created by BJP: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday accused the BJP leadership of creating a constitutional breakdown and crisis of governance in Goa with its refusal to replace ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar with at least a caretaker Chief Minister. Charging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership’s “sheer greed for power”[Read More…]
Assembly Polls 2018: Is Ajit Jogi spoiling game for Congress in Chhattisgarh
The poll season has totally arrived in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram, where assembly elections are scheduled for November and December 2018 and several politicians are busy in picking the appropriate group for himself. Earlier, politicians like Padma Joshi, Ghanshyam Tiwari and many more have switched from their[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Congress Working President joins BJP
Raipur: In a major setback for the Congress in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, the state party’s Working President and a key tribal leader Ramdayal Uike joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday. Uike, a four time MLA, joined the BJP in Bilaspur in presence of BJP President Amit Shah, Chhattisgarh Chief[Read More…]
Kerala: LDF may field Nambi Narayanan against Shashi Tharoor in 2019 polls
Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) is planning to field former ISRO scientists Nambi Narayanan against the Shashi Tharoor, an incumbent from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. The name is in the discussion at least among the top leadership of the ruling partners CPM and CPI, confirms a highly placed[Read More…]
Telangana assembly polls: Padmini Reddy joins BJP, returns to Congress within few hours
In a major political development on Thursday in Hyderabad, Padmini Reddy, wife of senior Congress leader Damodar Raja Narsimha, who joined BJP in the afternoon, returned back to Congress on the same day, as her supporters were feeling hurt after the decision. The political drama started on Thursday morning, as[Read More…]
Poll season: Assembly elections to decide fate of Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sachin Pilot
As the election fever is around the corner, assembly polls of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are going to be the decider for Congress leaders like Sachin Pilot and Jyotiraditya Scindia. However voters’ preference in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram in the upcoming months will set the tone for[Read More…]
Jignesh Mewani apologises to people of Bihar’ questions PM’s silence on sensitive issues
Begusarai: Independent MLA from Vadgam constituency, Gujarat Jignesh Mevani apologises to people of Bihar about the ongoing forcible migration from Gujarat, while he was addressing a rally with Kanhaiya Kumar former Jawaharlal Nehru Students Union president and his friend in Begusarai, Bihar. Jignesh asks for an explanation from the Prime[Read More…]
Income Tax searches at TDP MP’s houses in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad, Oct 12, The Income Tax Department officials on Friday conducted searches at the residences and offices of TDP MP C.M. Ramesh in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The tax officials began simultaneous searches at his residences in Hyderabad and at Potladurti in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, informed sources said.[Read More…]
#MeToo: Women don’t go to work to be harassed, says Smriti Irani
Mumbai, Oct 11, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday supported women coming out with their stories of sexual harassment at workplace, saying that they go to work to live their dreams and earn their living respectfully and not to get harassed. Irani was interacting with the media at a[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh Polls 2018: CM Helpline is promoting govt’s schemes, alleges Congress
The innovative initiative like CM Helpline, which was launched for redressal of public grievances and to directly connect with the people was introduced in Madhya Pradesh in August 2014. However, the initiative like CM helpline has now become a medium of promoting government’s scheme, alleged Congress on Thursday. Congress spokesperson[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh Polls 2018: Congress to release candidates list soon
Ahead of Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, the Congress is expected to declare their respective candidates’ first list on Friday, October 12. As polling date is coming near, the party is busy finalising names of their candidates in New Delhi, sources claimed. As per the sources, the party has done a[Read More…]
Telangana Polls 2018: Senior Congress leader Damodar Raja Narsimha’s wife joins BJP
Following the declaration of the one -family -one -ticket norm of the All India Congress Committee in the upcoming polls, senior Congress leader of Telangana, Damodar Raja Narsimha’s wife C Padmini Reddy joined BJP on Thursday. Padmini has been very active in Telangana politics since 2014 assembly elections and was[Read More…]
Poll season: Priyanka Gandhi to campaign for Congress in Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh assembly polls which are scheduled for November 2018, all major contenders including BJP, Janta Congress Chhattisgarh and Congress have geared up for the battle. And to take the battle further, Congress has played a masterstroke after including Priyanka Gandhi’s name in star campaigners list, sources claimed. As per the[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Another diktat on girl above ten wearing jeans top
Mali community of Alirajpur in Madhya Pradesh has issued a diktat for the girls above the age of 10 to not wear jeans and a top. This new order is issued ahead of Garba program being celebrated all across the state. The new order also implied on wearing jeans and[Read More…]
Birthday Special: Relevance of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan in current political situation
‘Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan’ was born on October 11, 1902, in Sitabdiara village, Bihar. His father Harsu Dayal Srivastava was a junior staff in the State Government. He married to Prabhavati Devi in 1920. Popularly known as ‘Lok Nayak’, Jai Prakash Narayan was a great freedom fighter and a[Read More…]
Telangana Assembly Polls 2018: Congress asks 100 seats for himself, irks grand alliance partners
The proposed ‘grand alliance’ for Telangana assembly elections comprised of Congress, TDP, TJS and CPI is witnessing a massive battle among each other. And on Tuesday, troubles clearly came out in light, when Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) president Prof M Kodandaram blamed Congress over adopting the callous attitude towards its[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Assembly Polls 2018: State to witness a triangular contest for the first time
Chhattisgarh assembly polls which are scheduled for November 2018, has become a hot spot in political circles. Earlier, in 2013 Congress and BJP both were the main contenders in assembly polls, however, equations have changed this time (2018) and Chhattisgarh is ready to witness a triangular contest, after the formation[Read More…]