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Former Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy launched a scathing attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu accusing him of ''running a spurious liquor racket, misleading the public with blatant lies, and attempting to hijack credit for the State's data centre project''. Addressing a press conference at the party office at Tadepalli near here on Thursday, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged that the Chief Minister and his associates were oper ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The resistance within the Congress to joining hands with the Thackeray cousins for the BMC polls is growing more strident. In the latest instance, former Mumbai Congress president Bhai Jagtap declared that the party should contest the polls alone not only in Mumbai but in other cities as well. "We should go solo," he said. "This is not my stand alone. Several others are of the same opinion, and this was conveyed during the political affairs committee meeting of the party on October 13. ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 23: National Conference (NC) president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said the Congress party continues to back the ruling alliance in Jammu and Kashmir for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, even as signs of unease surfaced between the two partners ahead of the crucial vote. The remarks came a day after the Congress skipped a meeting of the coalition government's MLAs called by the NC. The party accused the ally NC of reneging on an earlier understanding to allocate a "safe seat ...Read More >
Srinagar: The first Rajya Sabha polls since Jammu and Kashmir's downgrading to a Union territory status are scheduled for Friday with political observers anticipating three seats for the ruling National Conference (NC) and one for the BJP, provided their strategies remain on course. The elections for the four Rajya Sabha seats in J&K have been divided into three notifications. Chowdhury Mohammed Ramzan of the NC is in a direct contest with Ali Mohammed Mir of the BJP in one of the seats. For ...Read More >
Minister Lokesh Naidu, who is on a seven-day visit there, says Australian govt may ease restrictions on import of prawns. Andhra Pradesh, where the shrimp industry has been hit by US President Donald Trump's tariffs, is looking to Australia as an alternative market. During a seven-day tour of the country, N Lokesh Naidu, the state's IT and HRD Minister and the son of CM Chandrababu Naidu, said the Australian government may ease restrictions on the import of prawns. Lokesh said that a long-stan ...Read More >
Srinagar: As Jammu and Kashmir gears up for its Rajya Sabha elections on Friday -- the first since the 2019 bifurcation of the erstwhile state into Union Territories -- the political landscape has been marked by calculated alliances, lingering rifts, and high-stakes negotiations. These long-overdue biennial polls, announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in September, aim to fill four vacant seats in the Upper House that have remained unoccupied since February 2021 following the reti ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 23 (PTI) Mumbai BJP vice-president and former corporator Ravi Raja on Thursday asserted the party-led Mahayuti coalition will win the city civic polls due to its focus on development and claimed the Congress clout has considerably diminished and it has become a regional player. Raja, a former Leader of Opposition in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) who joined the BJP in 2024 after spending over 40 years in the Congress, noted development is clearly visible in Mumbai and ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 23 (PTI) The opposition INDIA bloc on Thursday declared RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav its chief ministerial candidate for Bihar assembly polls, in what is being seen as a last-ditch effort to put an end to squabbles and project unity ahead of the elections. Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, who has been camping in Patna since Wednesday to iron out differences with the RJD, said the decision had the approval of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi. Addr ...Read More >
Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas (LJPRV) chief Chirag Paswan on Wednesday hit out at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, mocking his poll promises of regularising contractual employees and Jivika Didis as "dreams of Mungeri Lal". Speaking to reporters in Patna, Paswan said, "First, he would at least form the government and then think of it. The Grand Alliance leaders are busy fighting among themselves. As a result, the Mahagathbandhan has been completely destroyed. Despite this, if Tejashwi Yadav thinks he ...Read More >
Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal has alleged that not only the PM SHRI scheme but every new incident in Kerala is part of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Communist Party of India (Marxist) secret understanding. Speaking at a press conference here, Venugopal accused the left government of cooperating with the BJP on multiple fronts while pretending to oppose it publicly. Venugopal clarified that the Congress was not implementing the PM SHRI scheme. "It's wrong to say Congress is implementing ...Read More >
Speaking to the media during a Diwali interaction at his official residence 'Varsha' in Mumbai, CM Fadnavis also took aim at the Opposition over concerns regarding the electoral rolls. "As far as I know my party... Delhi is still far away. I will continue as Maharashtra CM till 2029," CM Fadnavis said, brushing off speculation about a possible move to national politics, the PTI reported. CM Fadnavis stated that the existing coalition of the BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, and Ajit Pawar's NC ...Read More >
Patna: After days of squabbling that left them pitted against one another in five assembly constituencies of poll-bound Bihar, the Congress and the RJD on Wednesday tried to mend fences and put up a cohesive fight against the formidable ruling NDA. Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, apparently under instructions from the party's top leadership, flew down to hold talks with RJD president Lalu Prasad and his son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav.Accompanied by AICC Bihar in-charge Krishna Allava ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 22 (PTI) After days of squabbling that left them pitted against one another in five assembly constituencies of poll-bound Bihar, the Congress and the RJD on Wednesday tried to mend fences and put up a cohesive fight against the formidable ruling NDA. Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, apparently under instructions from the party's top leadership, flew down to hold talks with RJD president Lalu Prasad and his son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav. Accompanied by AICC Bihar in-charge ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 22 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJP-RV) chief and Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Wednesday stated that the Mahagathbandhan alliance has completely collapsed in Bihar, with serious infighting ongoing within the bloc. Paswan also questioned the absence of Rahul Gandhi in the Bihar battleground, adding that Congress sending Ashok Gehlot would not yield any fruitful results in the upcoming polls. "The way an infighting is going on in the Mahagathbandhan a ...Read More >
Pamidi: YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Anantapur District President Anantha Venkatarami Reddy alleged that TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu is already gripped by the fear of defeat, even though the next general elections are still three and a half years away. Addressing a public meeting at Pamidi, as part of the 'One Crore Signatures Public Movement' against the privatization of government medical colleges, Reddy said Naidu is appealing to people "not to play Vaikunthapali," indicating his growing ner ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India has announced that Bihar's next Assembly election will be held in two phases, on November 6 and November 11. With just a few weeks left, all the major parties have fully thrown themselves into campaign mode in a bid to capture public support and secure victory. Bihar stands out as the only major Hindi-belt State where the BJP has never secured a majority on its own. For more than two decades, the party has mostly governed as a partner in coalition with Nitish Kum ...Read More >
NC has fielded its Jammu District Development Council member Shamim Begum as its candidate for the bypoll Jammu and Kashmir's ruling National Conference on Monday fielded its Jammu District Development Council (DDC) member Shamim Begum for the by-election to the Nagrota Assembly constituency, which is going to polls along with Budgam on November 11. This followed the Congress party's decision to stay away from the by-election, leaving the Nagrota seat to its ally, National Conference, in an ef ...Read More >
The Naga People's Front (NPF) and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio's Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), formed in 2017 by NPF rebels who supported Rio, merged under the NPF banner on Saturday. The two major regional parties of Nagaland - the Naga People's Front (NPF) and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio's Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), formed in 2017 by NPF rebels who supported Rio - merged under the NPF banner on Saturday. Announcing the merger during the NDPP's General Co ...Read More >
With the Bihar elections on the horizon, the National Democratic Alliance is gearing up for what they believe will be a landmark victory. Confidence in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi runs high among party stalwarts. In contrast, the opposition Mahagathbandhan is criticized for its splintered approach and lack of a cohesive leader. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday affirmed the National Democratic Alliance's victory in the Bihar elections, stating ...Read More >
PATNA: Just a fortnight before the first phase of polling in Bihar, partners in the INDIA bloc, which seemed to be in a disarray till Sunday, appeared going into the damage-control mode on Monday with some withdrawing candidates against each other on certain seats.RJD announced its list of 143 candidates, leaving the remaining 100 for its allies. It dropped 31 MLAs and nominated new candidates. Congress has fielded candidates for 61 seats, while the Left comprising the CPI-ML, CPI and CPM announ ...Read More >
Jammu, Oct 20: Nagrota assembly segment is all set to witness a triangular contest, following the entry of the National Conference (NC) candidate on the last day of filing nomination on Monday, for the by-polls, scheduled to be held on November 11, 2025. NC fielded its District Development Council (DDC) member Shamim Begum as its nominee after the Congress late Sunday (October 19, 2025) night announced to leave the Nagrota assembly poll arena for its alliance partner. Bharatiya Janata Party (B ...Read More >
Mumbai: A row has broken out within the ruling Mahayuti coalition in Maharashtra, as allies have slammed a BJP MP who held a "purification ceremony" at Shaniwar Wada, after a video showed Muslim women offering namaz at the Pune fortress that was the seat of the Peshwas. The Nationalist Congress Party and the Shiv Sena criticised Megha Kulkarni for her action and asked the BJP to restrain their Rajya Sabha MP from Pune. "We are asking the BJP to rein in her. We are also asking the police that s ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Sunday addressed speculation over his chief ministerial ambitions, saying discussions on such matters should happen "at the right occasion". Speaking in Patna, Paswan told ANI, "Every party wants its leader to become the chief minister. I myself wanted my father to become the chief minister or even the Prime Minister. Discussions on these topics should be held at the right occasions."Paswan reaffirmed his suppor ...Read More >
Jammu: The Congress has decided not to contest the Nagrota assembly by-election in Jammu and Kashmir, even though the National Conference has offered it the seat. Both the coalition partners had fought last year's assembly elections together, but the alliance has been going through a rough patch ever since the National Conference (NC) refused a safe seat to the Congress for the Rajya Sabha elections. Elections to the four Rajya Sabha seats in the Union Territory will be held on October 24. Byp ...Read More >
Patna: As the opposition INDIA bloc continues to struggle with seat-sharing and "rebellion" within Congress and RJD, the NDA has found ready ammunition to target its rivals ahead of the assembly elections in the state on Nov 6 and 11.BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal described the NDA as the "five Pandavas" and the Grand Alliance as a fragmented alliance while union minister Giriraj Singh took aim at RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his son Tejashwi Prasad Yadav over the fissures in the opposition amid ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 19: Chinks in the INDIA bloc's armour became all too obvious on Sunday in poll-bound Bihar, where disgruntled aspirants in the RJD and the Congress, the two largest constituents, had a field day charging the leadership with having put tickets up for sale. With less than 24 hours left for the filing of nomination papers for the second and final phase to be over, the multi-party coalition was still unable to declare things like a chief ministerial candidate and the formula of seat-shar ...Read More >
Bihar gears up for Assembly Elections. Chirag Paswan's party questions Tejashwi Yadav's chief ministerial candidacy. The alliance has not confirmed Tejashwi Yadav's name. Internal clashes plague the alliance. Congress released its first list of 48 candidates for the upcoming elections. Key constituencies are being strategized for. The elections are scheduled for November 6 and 11. As Bihar gears up for Assembly Elections, Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) on Saturday attacked th ...Read More >
The whispers about a change in leadership in Karnataka are no longer whispers. They are loud, persistent, and politically loaded. Several Congress MLAs have openly stated that Siddaramaiah must soon hand over the reins to Shivakumar -- a statement that has once again brought to the surface the long-running undercurrent within the Congress government over the question of succession. When Shivakumar visited the Hasanamba Temple this week, his words reignited the buzz. "Only I and God know when I ...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 >
Hyderabad: Congress Bihar election observer and Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy asserted that the Mahagatbhandhan coalition, comprising the Congress, RJD, and Left parties, is poised to secure a decisive victory in the Bihar Assembly elections. Beginning his tour from Patna, Minister Srinivasa Reddy participated in the nomination event for Amit Giri, the Congress candidate supported by the Mahagatbhandhan, representing the Nutan Assembly constituency in the West Champaran district of Bihar, ...Read More >
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