EC unhappy with truant city slicks, plans to entice more

EC unhappy with truant city slicks, plans to entice more

Saturday, 04 May 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

The country's election watchdog has expressed its disappointment over voter apathy in metropolitan cities, including the National Capital region (NCR) cities, noting it as a pointer to the rigid levels of apathy in India's high-tech city in the first two phases of Lok Sabha polls. With the dismal poll average, the...

Maliwal cries foul as L-G sacks 223 DCW ‘illegal’ staff

Friday, 03 May 2024 | Saumya Shukla | New Delhi

With its topmost leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal still in Tihar, the AAP has received yet another blow as the Women and Child Development (WCD) Department of the Delhi Government has terminated the services of 52 "illegally" appointed contractual employees of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). The termination has...

BJP denies ticket to WFI ex-chief, names his son

BJP denies ticket to WFI ex-chief, names his son

Friday, 03 May 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

Ending weeks of speculation, the BJP on Thursday denied ticket to sitting MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh who has been embroiled in a sexual harassment controversy and fielded his son Karan Bhushan Singh from Kaiserganj in Uttar Pradesh. For the first time since 2009, the BJP dropped its heavyweight leader and...

Not at home in Amethi, RaGa may try Rae Bareli

Not at home in Amethi, RaGa may try Rae Bareli

Friday, 03 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Amid the suspense over Congress nominees from Amethi and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, party sources indicated that Rahul Gandhi is likely to contest from the seat he lost last time and face sitting BJP MP and Union Minister Smriti Irani. With Friday being the last date of filing of nominations,...

Pak wants Rahul as PM to weaken Govt: Modi

Pak wants Rahul as PM to weaken Govt: Modi

Friday, 03 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Ahmedabad/New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday dubbed the Congress party a "disciple" of Pakistan, and targeted Rahul Gandhi saying the neighbouring country was eager to make the 'shehzada' of the grand old party India's next Prime Minister as the country's enemies want a weak Government in the neighbourhood. Modi's comments in...

Prajwal ready to join probe; his family invokes truth, gods

Thursday, 02 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Bengaluru/New Delhi

On a day when Karnataka Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to cancel the diplomatic passport and take swift action against the Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna who is facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, the latter took to social media to announce that...

Amethi, Rae Bareli nominees may be named today

Amethi, Rae Bareli nominees may be named today

Thursday, 02 May 2024 | PNS | New Delhi

The Congress asserted on Wednesday that within 24 hours, the candidates for the Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituencies would be announced by the party's Central Election Committee (CEC), which empowered Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to finalise the candidates for Amethi and Rae Bareli. "My expectation is that in the...

Cong takes another hit, two ex-MLAs quit party

Cong takes another hit, two ex-MLAs quit party

Thursday, 02 May 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

Just when the campaigning is peaking for the May 25 polls in national Capital, the Congress which is contesting on three of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi as per arrangements with INDIA Bloc partner Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), faltered further as exodus continued on Wednesday. Two former MLAs and...

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