The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced the date for the bypoll on the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. The polling will held on November 13.The seat was vacated after Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, chose to retain the Rae Bareli seat in Uttar Pradesh following his victory in both…
BENGALURU: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s family-run trust Sunday withdrew an approved request for a five-acre site within Bengaluru’s Aerospace Park for a proposed “multi-skill development centre“, less than a fortnight after Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah‘s wife surrendered 14 plots amid an investigation into her land-swap deal with Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda).“We withdraw our proposal and…
NEW DELHI: After meeting the Election Commission of India (ECI) officials on Wednesday the delegation of the Congress party said it has submitted the complaints of EVMs from seven Haryana assembly constituencies to the poll body.Bhupinder Hooda, who was leading Congress’s Haryana poll campaign, said the Election Commission has assured them that it would look…
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (ANI photo/ File) NEW DELHI: YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday came out in support of the Congress party‘s “EVM manipulation” claims, saying paper ballots should be brought back into the electoral process to “instil confidence”.Referring to the Haryana assembly election results, which defied exit polls predictions in Congress’s…
Bhupinder Hooda (L), Rahul Gandhi, and Kumari Shelja. (Photo/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Following the party’s unexpected loss in the Haryana elections, Congress’s INDIA bloc partner in Maharashtra targeted it, suggesting a re-evaluation of election strategy. Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece, Saamana, in its editorial, targeted Congress on Wednesday. Coming down heavily on Bhupinder Hooda and Congress leadership,…
NEW DELHI: The victory in the Haryana assembly elections has been snatched from the Congress party and the system has been misused, MP Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday and added that the party has been made to lose but it “has not lost. “As the BJP seems to retain Haryana, the Congress again blamed the…
NEW DELHI: The early trends of Haryana assembly elections on Tuesday showed a neck and neck fight between Bharatiya Janata party and Congress. While, BJP is leading in Haryana, Congress and National Conference alliance has maintained its lead in Jammu and Kashmir.The Bharatiya Janata Party is aiming to secure the third consecutive term with Nayab…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a pointed criticism on the Congress party during his visit to Maharashtra’s Washim district, accusing the grand old party of fostering divisive politics and being run by a “gang of urban naxals.”Addressing a public rally, Prime Minister alleged that Congress is intentionally…
NEW DELHI: Amid the reports of a rift in the Haryana Congress, the Sirsa Lok Sabha MP Kumari Selja has asserted her position as a potential candidate for the chief minister’s post in Haryana, should the Congress emerge victorious in the upcoming assembly elections. In an interview with news agency ANI, Selja said that while…
NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricket captain and Congress leader Mohammad Azharuddin skipped summons from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday in connection with a money laundering case related to alleged financial irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), according to official sources quoted by PTI.The 61-year-old former MP was summoned to record his statement under…
