Shinde emerges strong as BJP settles for 28 LS seats in Maharashtra
From the earlier 32 seats that it wanted to contest in the Lok Sabha polls Maharashtra, the big brother BJP has now settled down for 28 seats, leaving the remaining 20 seats to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and NCP (Ajit Pawar). If anything, it is Maharashtra chief minister Eknath...
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In Leningrad of Bihar, Left contends with saffron surge
A strong presence of the Left had earned Begusarai the epithet “Leningrad of Bihar” but the Red brigade here is now grappling with the saffron surge. The BJP fielded Union Minister Giriraj Singh again from Begusarai, while CPI nominated Awadhesh Rai, as the united opposition candidate in the seat where the...
Memories of YSR haunt Jagan's re election bid
As electioneering intensifies, residents of Kurnool parliamentary constituency vividly recall the efficient governance of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, the two-time former Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, who tragically lost his life in a helicopter crash in September 2009, merely 74 km from here. Rajasekhara Reddy, fondly known as YSR, had...
In Goa, BJP banks on Modi charisma
As the two Lok Sabha seats in Goa go to polls in the third phase of the general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is banking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “charisma”, while the INDIA bloc has made the state government's failures in providing employment and corruption-free governance as its...
Maneka Gandhi files nomination
BJP candidate Maneka Gandhi filed her nomination papers from the Sultanpur Lok Sabha seat here on Wednesday. Gandhi took out a roadshow to reach the collectorate and filed her papers in front of District Election Officer Krittika Jyotsna. NDA ally NISHAD Party president Dr Sanjay Nishad and Apna Dal leader and cabinet...
Congress tried to defame Indian culture and civilisation, says Yogi
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday attacked the Congress, saying after it became "directionless" post-Independence, it has now become "leaderless" as well and accused the party's leaders of attempting to defame Indian civilisation and culture. "Unfortunately, the country's oldest political party (Congress) went directionless after Independence and today it...
Congress, MNF coalition to run Lai autonomous council in Mizroam
After a prolonged political deadlock in Mizoram's Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC), officials on Wednesday announced the formation of a Congress-MNF coalition administration to run the 25-member council. LADC is one of the three autonomous district councils constituted under the Sixth Schedule of the constitution for Lai people in the southern...
MP Opposition leader Singhar says he is not joining BJP
Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh assembly Umang Singhar of the Congress on Wednesday rejected speculations of joining the BJP and took potshots at Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia whose 2020 switch over led to the collapse of the Kamal Nath government. He alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was spreading rumours...
