Congress is set to record a crushing win in Haryana while the NC-led alliance in Jammu & Kashmir could be well placed to form the government in the Union territory, according to exit polls released Saturday.If the polls turn out right – a big if – it would buttress the feeling that momentum is against…
NEW DELHI: Exit polls on Saturday predicted that the Congress will be sweeping back into power in Haryana after a gap of 10 years, while its alliance with the National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir seems to be in a strong position and may form the next government, which last held assembly elections 10 years…
NEW DELHI: In a surprise development, Sonia Gandhi had a half-hour meeting with senior Congress functionary Selja Thursday, the last day of campaigning for the assembly polls in Haryana, kicking off a buzz on social media and party circles.While details of the meeting were not known, Selja was unhappy during the campaign and skipped the…
Haryana Assembly Elections 2024: The Haryana government has announced the closure of all government and private schools on October 4 and 5, 2024, in light of the upcoming state assembly elections. Many schools will be used as polling stations, and this decision is intended to help ensure a smooth election process.To allow enough time for…
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh (file photo) CHANDIGARH: Rape-murder convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim‘s latest plea for 20 days of parole, less than a month after he returned to Rohtak’s Sunaria Jail after a 21-day furlough, has led Haryana‘s chief electoral officer Pankaj Aggarwal to ask state govt to explain what “compelling” circumstances,…
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh (file photo) CHANDIGARH: Rape-murder convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim‘s latest plea for 20 days of parole, less than a month after he returned to Rohtak’s Sunaria Jail after a 21-day furlough, has led Haryana‘s chief electoral officer Pankaj Aggarwal to ask state govt to explain what “compelling” circumstances,…
CHANDIGARH: Former Haryana minister Ranjit Singh Chautala and seven other leaders were expelled by BJP for six years on Sunday, after they decided to contest the October 5 Assembly polls as independent candidates.Haryana BJP said its chief Mohan Lal Badoli had expelled the leaders with immediate effect.Besides Chautala, Sandeep Garg (contesting the polls from Ladwa),…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were raised at Congress events and asked the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, “why he was silent.” Addressing a public rally in poll-bound Haryana‘s Badshahpur, he said that the Congress and Rahul Gandhi used to talk…
PM Modi at a BJP poll rally in Hisar in Haryana on Saturday (PTI photo) HISAR: With his poll rallies in Haryana and Jammu on Saturday coinciding with the anniversary of the surgical strikes carried out by the Indian armed forces against POK-based terror launch pads in 2016, PM Narendra Modi hit out at Congress,…
NEW DELHI: With just days left for Haryana polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday sought to enthuse the BJP cadre saying that the party would get a third term in the state as people realise that its two previous ones marked a break from the corruption which had become the hallmark of the Congresss…
