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Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday alleged that a secret deal has been reached between BRS and BJP for the Jubilee Hills constituency, which is set to witness a bypoll on Nov 11."BRS worked as the B-team of BJP in the Lok Sabha 2024 elections, and now an understanding has been reached between the two parties for the by-election in Jubilee Hills constituency. BRS got 37% votes in the 2023 assembly polls, and within four months its vote share fell down to 17% in the Lok Sabha elec ...Read More >
Srinagar: The ruling National Conference on Sunday announced senior party leader Agha Syed Mehmood as its candidate for the bypoll to the Budgam assembly segment in Jammu and Kashmir. The bypoll will be held on November 11. The BJP has named Aga Syed Mohsin as its candidate, while the PDP has fielded Aga Muntazir Mehdi for the seat, which has been traditionally dominated by Shia leaders. National Conference's candidate Mehmood is a senior Shia leader. "On the directions of the party leadersh ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has instructed its observers to closely monitor the entire election process and ensure the transparent, free, and fair conduct of polls in Bihar and bye-elections in eight assembly constituencies across the country. "Following their deployment to various constituencies, all Observers have already completed their first round of visits to their allotted constituencies and now they are back stationed in their respective co ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: In a show of strength, Congress candidate Naveen Yadav took out a massive rally before filing his nomination for the Jubilee Hills bypoll, at the Shaikpet MRO office on Friday. The byelection is scheduled for November 11. Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and G Vivek, Hyderabad Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi, Rajya Sabha MP Anil Kumar Yadav, Congress veteran V Hanumantha Rao and several other key leaders participated in the rally. During the rally, Ponnam Prabhakar urged the voters to support ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 19 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday said that a resolution will be passed in the state Assembly seeking to amend the Constitution for lowering the minimum age to contest Legislative Assembly elections to 21 from 25. He termed his proposal to change the minimum age as need of the hour and insisted that the youth should play a vital role in the active politics of the country. CM was speaking after participating in Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Yatra commemoration ...Read More >
Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah stated he will not ally with the BJP, citing its destructive impact on the region. He is considering making the J&K CM a party in the Supreme Court case for statehood restoration. Abdullah also criticized linking statehood to the Pahalgam attack and the closure of tourist spots. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said he will not repeat the mistake of People's Democratic Party by aligning with the BJP as it has destroyed the region and ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A flurry of political activity was witnessed in Nuapada on the auspicious occasion of Dhanteras on Saturday,with BJP candidate Jay Dholakia and Congress nominee Ghasiram Majhi, among others, filing their nominations for the Nov 11 bypoll.Jay Dholakia, son of late BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia, led a massive procession from Khariar Road to the district magistrate's office, joined by over 10,000 supporters and senior BJP leaders. State BJP president Manmohan Samal, former president Basant ...Read More >
Devyani Rana, who entered active politics after her father's death in October last year, was appointed the J&K vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in January. The Bharatiya Janata Party Wednesday announced Devyani Rana -- daughter of late Nagrota MLA Devender Singh Rana -- and Aga Syed Mohsin, a Shia Muslim leader from Kashmir, as its candidates for the upcoming assembly by-elections in Nagrota and Budgam constituencies of Jammu & Kashmir. Devyani Rana, who entered active politi ...Read More >
Tarn Taran: In a dramatic turn ahead of the Nov 11 by-election for the Tarn Taran assembly constituency, Mandeep Singh, brother of jailed Sandeep Singh, who gained notoriety for allegedly killing Hindu leader Sudhir Suri in Amritsar and was later linked to the custodial death of inmate Suba Singh in Central Jail, Patiala, filed his nomination papers on Saturday as an independent candidate.Equally surprising was the entry of Komalpreet Singh Chahal, a close relative of late Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ...Read More >
Prominent industrialist Rajinder Gupta, who is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate for the Rajya Sabha by-election, does not own a car or any agricultural land. A matriculate, the chairman emeritus of the Trident Group has also not taken any loans. The man, whose family wealth was today declared at Rs 5053.03 crore, will be amongst the richest persons to have been elected to the Rajya Sabha after the election results are declared on October 24. After the scrutiny of the nomination papers, wher ...Read More >
Jammu, Oct 18: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a grand rally, attended by a huge gathering of enthusiastic party workers and supporters at Nagrota, following the filing of nomination papers by Devyani Rana, the BJP candidate for the Nagrota Assembly by-elections. J&K BJP President Sat Sharma, Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma, General Secretaries Sanjita Dogra and Gopal Mahajan, Assembly Election Incharge & MLA Sham Lal Sharma, and Co-Incharge & DDC Chairperson Bharat Bhushan, among ...Read More >
Jammu, Oct 18: The Nagrota Assembly constituency is all poised for an interesting electoral battle after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Devyani Rana on Saturday filed her nomination for the upcoming by-election, followed by the nomination of former minister and JKNPP-I president Harsh Dev Singh. Earlier, in the day, Harsh Dev, accompanied by a large number of supporters, also filed his nomination for the Nagrota Assembly seat. Dev has been working in this constituency for a long time a ...Read More >
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said his government will revoke the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA) as soon as the Union territory gets statehood. Commenting on his party's commitment to the Act made in its election manifesto, the CM said that his government can do it only once law and order is its domain. "We need to have a full statehood to remove it (the PSA). Security and law and order should be with the elected government. The day these powers are vested with us, ...Read More >
Jammu: JKNPP-I president and former minister Harsh Dev Singh and BJP candidate Devyani Rana on Saturday filed their nomination papers for the bypoll in Nagrota Assembly constituency here, officials said. After submitting their papers before the returning officers, both the leaders addressed separate public meetings to seek support of the voters. The by-elections in Nagrota and Budgam assembly constituencies will be held on November 11 and the counting of votes will take place on November 14. ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 18 (PTI) Confusion prevailing in the INDIA bloc showed little signs of let up on Saturday, with just two days to go before the filing of nomination papers for the second and final phase of assembly elections comes to a close. The multi-party coalition, which had of late been blaming its inability to declare a seat-sharing arrangement on the need to "accommodate new allies", was given up on by the JMM, which announced it will go it alone and contest six seats in Bihar. The RJD, which ...Read More >
The Election Commission on Saturday said voters in Bihar, where polls will be held in two phases next month, are entitled to paid holidays on polling days, and employers who contravene this legal provision can be fined. It added that voters in eight assembly constituencies across various states, where bypolls are being held on November 11, are also entitled to a paid holiday. "As per section 135B of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, every person employed in any business, trade, indus ...Read More >
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) Vice-President, Omar Abdullah, said on Saturday that his party will nominate its candidate for the by-election in Budgam Assembly seat on Monday. Two assembly seats of Nagrota in the Jammu division and Budgam in the Valley fell vacant after the incumbent BJP MLA from Nagrota, Devender Singh Rana passed away on October 31 last year and the NC MLA, Omar Abdullah, resigned from the Budgam seat after winning it during the 2024 ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In a boost to Congress prospects, AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday announced that his party will not contest the Nov 11 byelection to the Jubilee Hills assembly seat.Owaisi emphasised the Congress govt still has three years to implement development initiatives in a constituency, he said, that had been neglected during the 10-year tenure of the previous BRS govt.Though he stopped short of explicitly endorsing Congress candidate Naveen Yadav, Owaisi urged him ...Read More >
The rift became more pronounced after the NC unilaterally announced its three Rajya Sabha candidates and offered the fourth seat -- deemed unwinnable -- to the Congress. This, according to Congress leaders, contradicted earlier assurances given to their top leadership and further widened the rift between the two coalition partners. Speaking to the media on Monday, J&K Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra stated that the NC's recent conduct has cast doubt on its commitment to the INDIA bloc. He ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: In Gujarat's latest cabinet shake-up, Saurashtra-Kutch has bagged nine of the 26 ministerial berths, the highest among all regions, in a clear nod to its political and electoral significance. With both the chief minister and deputy chief minister representing Central and South Gujarat, the reshuffle signals a conscious bid to balance influence. It also underscores theBJP'srenewed focus on a region that has long been a barometer of voter sentiment.Of the eight cabinet ministers aside f ...Read More >
Jaipur: Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje said Tuesday that the candidate for the Anta assembly bypoll will be decided by BJP state president Madan Rathore and Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma.According to sources, Sharma and Rathore met Raje at her residence on Friday to discuss the Anta bypoll. Former minister Prabhulal Saini and former zila pramukh Nand Lal Suman are the frontrunners as the party's candidate, sources say."The ticket will be decided by our state president Madan ji Rathore ...Read More >
Jaipur: One may call it a political exile for former CM of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje, but it seems that when it comes to her home ground, she still holds the keys, as the BJP candidate named for the Anta by-election is known to be a Raje loyalist. The BJP has fielded Morpal Suman for the Anta Assembly seat by-election scheduled on November 11th. Anta is part of the Jhalawar-Baran Loksabha constituency represented by Vasundhra Raje's son, Dushyant Singh, while Raje herself is MLA from Jhalrapat ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Friday approved a list of 40 star campaigners for the upcoming 71-Nuapada Assembly Constituency by-election in Odisha. The announcement was made by Bhakta Charan Das, President of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC), through an official press release issued on Friday. The list features several prominent national and state-level leaders, including Bhupesh Baghel, Sachin Pilot, Kanhaiya Kumar, A. Revanth Reddy, Mallu Bhatti Vikramar ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen will not contest the by-election to the Jubilee Hills Assembly seat, announced party president Asaduddin Owaisi, who clearly hinted at backing the Congress party to stop the BJP's growth. Congress candidate Naveen Yadav met Owaisi on Friday before filing his nomination for the November 11 by-election. The Congress candidate was accompanied by party leader and former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin, who unsucce ...Read More >
The Telangana High Court was addressing a lunch motion petition filed by BRS candidate for Jubilee Hills, Maganti Sunitha Gopinath, and BRS working president K T Rama Rao. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday informed the Telangana High Court that it is examining allegations of nearly 12,000 illegal bulk additions and fraudulent voter entries to the electoral rolls for the forthcoming Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency by-election. Further, the Commission stated to a Division Ben ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by BRS working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) and party candidate Maganti Sunitha that alleged widespread irregularities in the voter list for the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency. The court observed that the Election Commission of India (ECI) was already examining the objections in accordance with the law, and hence, no specific judicial intervention was necessary. The petitioners had sought a judicial directive to inv ...Read More >
Srinagar- "This is a five-year government; if you want to judge us by our manifesto, judge us after five years," Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said. Omar defended the performance of the National Conference-led government as it completed one year in office, emphasizing that the people should evaluate the administration after its full five-year term. Addressing a press conference, Omar said the government has worked to the best of its ability under challenging circumstances in the Union Territory ...Read More >
JAMMU, Oct 16: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday announced the resumption of traditional bi-annual Darbar Move practice after the gap of more than four years. Addressing a press conference, the Chief Minister, said that the cabinet has given nod for the revival of the century-old practice. "The file was sent to the Lieutenant Governor and has been approved. The government is reviving the practice soon," he said. The Cabinet had recommended a return to the full-fledged Darbar Move in Se ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Union minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday asserted that the upcoming Jubilee Hills by-election could be a turning point in Telangana politics. Meeting booth presidents and party workers from the Erragadda division, he said the by-election has sparked widespread discussion across the state, though no one wanted it."It was necessitated by the unfortunate demise of the local legislator. The BRS, which ruled for ten years, and the Congress, which has been around for decades, have done lit ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The entire episode of endowments and forests minister Konda Surekha has not only become a major embarrassment to the ruling Congress government in Telangana, but has opened a pandora's box of issues happening inside the cabinet. After the late night incident of task force police personnel looking for N Sumanth, Konda Surekha's Officer on Special Duty (OSD) who was removed from service at her residence, and her daughter Sushmitha getting into an argument with the police officer; sever ...Read More >
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