Despite Muslims comprising approximately 20% of Mumbai’s population and dominating several constituencies, major parties like the Congress and NCP have fielded only a handful of Muslim candidates. MUMBAI: The Muslim population in Mumbai is roughly 20% and there are around 10 seats in the city where the community has a population going up to 25%…
MUMBAI: Farm loan waiver, bigger govt health insurance and schemes focussed on women, farmers and youth are likely to be part of Congress manifesto that will be released by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and leader of opposition in LS Rahul Gandhi at an MVA rally at BKC on Nov 6.NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and…
SRINAGAR: The governing alliance of National Conference (NC), Congress and CPM along with opposition PDP announced Wednesday their decision to boycott the Union territory’s (UT) foundation day celebrations Thursday, reiterating their demand for the restoration of statehood to J&K.PDP MLA Waheed Parra questioned the rationale behind the administration’s decision to observe the UT’s foundation day,…
NEW DELHI: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi launched a fierce attack on Congress party for its allegations against Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday. He pointed to the EC’s detailed 1,642-page response to Congress’s accusations, calling it evidence of grand old party’s “vengeful pride” and “suspiciously covert” motives.Trivedi raised questions…
NEW DELHI: The Congress in-charge for Maharashtra, Ramesh Chennithala, on Wednesday slammed the Mahayuti alliance — comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction), and Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) — dubbing it “Bhrashtyuti”. He asserted that the coalition had sidelined its partners and failed to address significant governance challenges as the…
NAGPUR: As the final nominations are in, it has become clear that Congress has failed to secure enough seats on the MVA bargaining table. Congress managed to eke out around 100 seats in the MVA alliance. In comparison, BJP walked away with around 150 in the seat-sharing haggling match within the Mahayuti. While it’s clear…
NAGPUR: After raising the banner of revolt and snapping his four-decade-old ties with the Congress to contest from Nagpur Central in the Maharashtra elections, veteran politician Anees Ahmed missed the deadline to file nomination Tuesday on a Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) ticket by two minutes.“My nomination was not accepted by the returning officer as I…
NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge took direct aim at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, accusing him of shielding Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch amid a growing wave of allegations.Kharge’s accused PM Modi of failing to address purported malpractices within Sebi under Buch’s leadership.“@narendramodi ji, You cannot shield…
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday lauded the voters of Wayanad constituency for supporting her brother Rahul Gandhi while an alleged campaign to tarnish his reputation was unleashed.While addressing a public gathering in Wayanad, Priyanka said that Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is grateful to the people of Wayanad as they…
BENGALURU: Admitting its mistake in erroneously marking 1,200 acres of farmers’ land in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district as Waqf Board assets, the state govt announced Monday that it will withdraw notices issued to the farmers.Govt’s hasty U-turn from the planned takeover of the land in Tikota taluk’s Honavada follows protests by farmers and Congress’ fear of…
