NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee has denied reports that the party’s state unit chief, Nana Patole, resigned from his post over the party’s poor performance in the recent assembly elections.The MPCC stated that these reports are false and being spread maliciously.There are reports suggesting that Nana Patole had resigned as president of Maharashtra…
LUCKNOW: Body of a Dalit girl in her 20s was found stuffed in a sack, and dumped near the Kanjara river bridge in Karhal area of Mainpuri on Wednesday, when polling was under way for the assembly by elections.Her father accused a local youth, Prashant Yadav, of the crime, claiming the killing was politically motivated.The…
Election commission inspects Union minister Amit Shah’s bag (Screenshot from video shared by the home minister) NEW DELHI: After Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, the Election Commission of India on Friday checked the helicopter of Union home minister Amit Shah after he arrived at Maharashtra‘s Hingoli for the campaign for the upcoming assembly election….
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday responded to allegations of selective frisking by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray and said the enforcement agencies were following strict SOPs to ensure level-playing field for all parties. “Aircraft and helicopters of top leaders across political spectrum are checked as part of standard operating procedure…
MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Saturday released its second list of candidates for the assembly elections. Fifteen candidates were named in the second list, taking the total declared candidates from Sena (UBT) to 80. The list was announced in Saamna, the party mouthpiece. The Sena (UBT) declared former two-term BJP MLA Anil Gote from…
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of Congress, Sharad Pawar’s NCP, and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena in Maharashtra has sealed the seat-sharing deal for the upcoming assembly elections. The three parties have agreed to contest on 85 seats each, the bloc announced on Wednesday.“We have decided that Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) and Shiv Sena…
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren RANCHI: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and wife Kalpana featured in the first list of 35 candidates released by JMM late Tuesday for the assembly elections on November 13 and 20.Hemant will contest from Barhait (ST) in Sahibganj district and Kalpana from Gandey in Giridih. Basant, Hemant’s younger brother, will also seek…
NEW DELHI: The countdown for the high-stakes assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand has begun with the Election Commission on Tuesday announcing dates for voting in the two states. While Maharashtra will vote on November 20, Jharkhand will see two-phase polling on November 13 and 20. The results for both the states will be out…
Farooq Abdullah (PTI/File) National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah on Saturday appealed to the Kashmiri Pandits to “come back home”. The Kashmiri Hindu community faced a mass exodus in the early 1990s when armed insurgency and terrorism peaked in the Valley, forcing them to flee Kashmir.In an assurance to the Kashmiri Pandits, Abdullah, who is…
NEW DELHI: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday released the names of six candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls without discussing with the INDIA bloc, which was constituted by the rival political parties of the BJP to present an alternative front in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.“Samajwadi Party has not discussed with INDIA…
