MUMBAI: Five months ago, the Mahayuti alliance had to settle for a dismal score of 17 of the state’s 48 LS seats, its poor tally dragging down the BJP’s numbers at the Centre and leaving the opposition confident of a repeat in the assembly polls. Yet, just a week ago, BJP made a comeback by…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Tuesday took a jibe at exit polls – which have had a chequered history regarding the accuracy of their predictions, the case with recent Haryana polls being no different – saying that they are neither based on science nor make public disclosures regarding their methodology, but create a “distortion” by…
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…
NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday rejected Congress‘s claims of tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the Haryana assembly elections.Speaking to news agency ANI responded to questions being raised by opposition parties over EVMs and said, “the public answers the questions by participating in the voting. As far as the EVMs…
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consult opposition leaders and political heads on the “extremely sensitive and critical” matter of bilateral relations with Canada.Amid escalating tensions between the two nations, Ramesh said in a post on X, “The Indian National Congress certainly hopes and…
Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) NEW DELHI: Encouraged by the decision of the family of Mallikarjun Kharge to return five acres of state-owned land in Bengaluru allotted to it, BJP on Monday went on the offensive against the Congress chief by demanding his resignation, while also alleging that the controversial deal is yet another confirmation of…
PURULIA: Two years after the murder of Congress councillor Tapan Kandu in Jhalda in Bengal’s Purulia district, his widow – Purnima Kandu (42) – also a councillor from the same party, died due to “unknown cause” on Friday.On Friday, Purnima and her children, Dev (24) and Deepa (21), went to a Durga Puja pandal in…
NEW DELHI: Is the Congress on the backfoot over another land-related controversy? The decision of Rahul Kharge, son of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, to withdraw the request for allotment of five acres of land in Bengaluru, has put the spotlight back on the grand-old-party’s land troubles. The BJP has been quick to take swipes at…
Omar Abdullah is set to take oath as the new chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir on October 16. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at 11.30 am. National Conference‘s Omar Abdullah on Monday posted on X a letter sent by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inviting him to take oath on October 16.“Was pleased to…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday condemned the felicitation of two men accused of murdering journalist Gauri Lankesh in 2017. Sharing the video where the accused, out on bail, were being offered saffron cloth and garlanded, the grand old party said, “Saffron represents courage and sacrifice, not crime and cowardice. Right wing is destroying Hinduism piece…
