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Patna (Bihar) [India], October 20 (ANI): The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has released its list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections, fielding 143 contenders across the state. The official list was released on the last day of nominations for the second phase. 24 Women candidates are among the 143 named as contestants. With this announcement the shape of the Mahagathbandhan alliance is also clear with RJD contesting 143, Congress 61, CPI ML 20 and the remaining likely to go to M ...Read More >
Bihar assembly election 2025: Several other parties like CPI and CPI-ML have already announced the candidates, while no formal seat-sharing deal has been shared with the people. Bihar assembly election 2025: Ending suspense, Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Monday announced its list of 143 candidates for the upcoming Bihar election. The biggest party in the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, the RJD has made the candidate list public, fielding Tejashwi Yadav from Raghopur in Vaishali district. ...Read More >
Bihar elections: Case Filed Against Tej Pratap Yadav For Using Police Beacon During Bihar Poll ProcessionTej Pratap Yadav has been booked for violating the Model Code of Conduct after using a vehicle with a police logo and beacon during his nomination rally in Mahua. The Bihar 2025 polls will see a strong contest between NDA and Mahagathbandhan. Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son and Janshakti Janta Dal (JJD) chief, Tej Pratap Yadav, has been booked for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct ...Read More >
Patna: The Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan), Bihar's principal Opposition bloc, appears headed for "friendly fights" in several seats, as its constituent parties have failed to finalise a seat-sharing agreement. The situation has been further complicated by announcements from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) on Sunday that they will contest the upcoming Assembly elections independently -- drawing sharp criticism from the BJP. The Mahagathbandhan, which ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 19: Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Sunday announced that the state will join the PM SHRI scheme to get the due central funds, but asserted that it would not backtrack from the existing educational policy in the state. While CPI, an important constituent of ruling LDF expressed reservations about this policy shift, its representative in ministry, Revenue Minister K Rajan, said the matter was not discussed in the cabinet. BJP both welcomed the minister's ...Read More >
MUMBAI: After taking up the issue of alleged voter list fudging directly with the Election Commission (EC), political parties, mainly the opposition, have decided to take the matter to the people. Questioning the integrity of the poll body, they will hit the Mumbai streets on November 1 in a march similar to the one led by Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi in August. All the senior leaders such as Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Raj Thackeray and Harshwardhan Sapkal are expected to participate in the m ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Closing ranks ahead of the civic elections, the opposition bloc of Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP) will hold a joint rally with Raj Thackeray-led MNS on Nov 1 against "arbitrary and corrupt administration of Election Commission".The announcement was made Sunday, just after Raj accused EC of inserting 96 lakh fake voters in the electoral lists across Maharashtra for the benefit of those in office. "An attempt is being made to finish off regional parties... 8-10 lakh fake voters have bee ...Read More >
KOCHI: A convent-run sch-ool's curbs on wearing the hijab in Kerala's Kochi have spiralled into a religious and political dispute, with three students seeking transfer certificates and CPI alleging the controversy is being stoked by Sangh Parivar to deepen communal divides.The row began recently when a class 8 student attended St Rita's Public School in the Kochi neighbourhood of Palluruthy wearing a hijab, which the management said violated its dress code.The girl's parents complained to CM Pin ...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 >
New Delhi, Oct 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Mahagathbandhan, an alliance of Bihar's opposition parties, is all set to witness political contests among its own candidates if the constituents continue to remain obdurate. More than a dozen seats are reported to be set for a direct contest between the allies, with nomination to continue for one more day for the second phase of the Assembly election to be held in November. From Parliamentary to Assembly polls, from the INDIA bloc to Mahagathbandhan, sev ...Read More >
Telangana witnessed a statewide bandh on Saturday. The protest was called by BC JAC against the High Court's stay on a 42 percent reservation for Backward Classes in local body elections. The ruling Congress, BRS, and BJP extended their support to the bandh. Leaders from various parties participated in protests, demanding the implementation of the reservation. Essential services remained unaffected. A statewide bandh called by the BC JAC to protest against the High Court's stay order on the 42 ...Read More >
Gadwal: All-Party Leaders Thank Public for Supporting BC Reservation Bandh - Vow to Continue Struggle Until 42% Reservations Are Achieved Leaders of various political parties and social organizations in Jogulamba Gadwal district extended heartfelt thanks to business owners, educational institutions, police personnel, political party leaders, organizations, and individuals who cooperated with the bandh held in support of 42% reservations for Backward Classes (BCs). Speaking at a press conferenc ...Read More >
Patna, October 19: Having failed to hammer out the seat-sharing pact for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, the main Opposition Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan) looks headed for a friendly fight in multiple constituencies. The Opposition bloc, comprising Congress, RJD, CPI, CPI(ML), Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), is yet to formally announce seat-sharing distribution, thereby increasing the possibility of friendly fire in at least eight constituencies. According to reports, RJD and Congress ...Read More >
Bihar Election 2025: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) released a list of 25 candidates on Sunday for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls. The AIMIM Bihar unit approved 25 candidates, including Mohammed Kaif for Siwan, Anas Salam for Gopalganj AC, Advocate Shams Aagaz for Kishanganj, Rashid Khalil Ansari for Madhubani, Mohammad Manzoor Alam for Araria, among others. Also Read: Meet Ex-Security Guard Who Built 400-Crore Empire, Now Jan Suraaj's Pick For THIS Seat In Bihar Electio ...Read More >
Patna: Amid a struggle over seat-sharing in the opposition Mahagathbandhan, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Mrityunjay Tiwari on Sunday said that the alliance parties must understand that the Lalu Prasad Yadav-led party mainly contests in Bihar and won't ask for seats in states like Karnataka and Rajasthan. Speaking to ANI, Tiwari said that such situations emerge in this era of coalition politics, and they would be resolved once top leaders in the Mahagathbandhan sit together, as there is sti ...Read More >
Chennai: The state govt introduced a bill in the state assembly on Wednesday to amend the Tamil Nadu Private Universities Act, 2019, aiming to simplify norms for establishing private universities.Under the proposed amendment, brownfield universities can be established by converting existing colleges into universities, a provision not available in the current Act, which only allowed the establishment of private universities afresh. The bill noted that "of late, existing private colleges in the st ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The CPI state committee has urged the state government to withdraw the amendment to the Tamil Nadu Private Universities Act, 2019, which was passed in the Assembly on Friday. In a statement, CPI state secretary M Veerapandian said the amendment, which removes the requirement for private universities to possess a minimum of 100 acres of land, would have far-reaching consequences for higher education in the state. He warned that the amendment could dilute government oversight in crucial ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: For the first time since the formation of the state, political parties cutting across ideologies, including the Congress, its alliance partners CPI and CPM, the opposition BRS and BJP, and several other organisations such as employees' unions, BC organisations, and student outfits like AIOBCA, participated in the 'Telangana Bandh' on Saturday, demanding 42% reservations for BCs. While the early hours saw the shutdown of various commercial establishments, normalcy began to return by t ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 19 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja stated that the Mahagathbandhan's primary objective is to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, accusing them of posing a threat to the Constitution. Speaking to ANI on Saturday, D Raja said, "BJP-RSS is posing grave threats to the Constitution. Our main objective is to defeat the BJP-RSS combine in the Bih ...Read More >
Patna: Two days ahead of the last date of filing nomination papers for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections, all eyes are on the rebels. Reports about resentment among ticket aspirants are coming from almost every part of the state. The three major parties - ruling BJP and JDU and the main opposition RJD - are keeping a close eye on the possible rebels. In the first phase of polls on November 6, around 121 assembly seats will go to polls. While NDA has announced its candidates for the f ...Read More >
As per reports and repeated indications by Rashtriya Janata Dal -- the senior partner in Mahagathbandhan, the Congress is likely to get a less number of seats than the last elections due to its performance in the 2020 assembly polls. In the last state election, the INC managed to secure only 19 out of 70 seats it contested. With just over a day before for the nomination for first phase of Bihar election ends, the lack of consensus among the Opposition bloc ( Mahagathbandhan) over various aspect ...Read More >
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 19 (ANI): Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya said that there are "contradictions" within the National Democratic Alliance and Mahagathbandhan. The JMM leader said that they will review the alliance in the State. Bhattacharya told reporters on Saturday, "...There are contradictions within the NDA as well as within the Mahagathbandhan. There is infighting in many seats...We will also review the alliance in the state. Because ev ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 18 (ANI): The contest for the Bihar Assembly elections is intensifying daily as the Congress party releases its second list amid the ongoing Mahagathbandhan seat-sharing crisis. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to kickstart his election campaign from October 24. In the latest list, the Congress party has fielded Shaswat Kedar Pandey from Narkatiaganj, whereas it has announced Qamrul Hoda as the candidate from Kishanganj. Irfan Alam, Jitender Yadav an ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): The Congress on Saturday released its second list for the Bihar assembly elections, announcing candidates for Narkatiaganj, Kishanganj, Kasba, Purnia and Gaya Town assembly seats. The party has fielded Shaswat Kedar Pandey from Narkatiaganj and Qamrul Hoda from Kishanganj. Irfan Alam, Jitender Yadav and Mohan Shrivasta will contest elections from Kasba, Purnia and Gaya Town constituencies respectively. Earlier, on October 17, the Congress party released it ...Read More >
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 18 (ANI): Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Saturday said that it will contest the Bihar polls on its own and not as part of Mahagathbandhan. The announcement came after the Mahagathbandhan, which includes RJD and Congress, failed to seal a pact for the first phase of the Bihar polls, with the nomination process ending on Friday. The constituents of Mahagathbandhan are engaged in a "friendly fight" on some seats. Also Read | Diwali 2025 Bank Holidays: Banks To ...Read More >
Youth Congress and Democratic Youth Federation of India activists on Thursday held separate protests here demanding strong action in connection with the death of a 26-year-old RSS worker, Anandu Aji. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph: Kind courtesy OpenClipart-Vectors and Holger Langmaier/Pixabay.com Aji, a software engineer from Thampalakkad in Kottayam district, was found dead in a lodge at Thampanoor in Thiruvananthapuram on Oc ...Read More >
Patna: Folk singer Maithili Thakur, along with RJD MLA Bharat Bind joined the BJP on Tuesday. She is likely to be fielded from Alinagar in Darbhanga. Sitting MLA Mishri Lal Tadav has quit BJP. Earlier, it was speculated that the BJP would field her from her home seat Benipatti, but retained sitting MLA Vinod Narayan Jha in its first list of 71 candidates announced Tuesday. Alinagar is the home of Maithili's maternal uncle.Maithili turned 25 recently. Her father Ramesh Thakur is also her guru and ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 18 (UNI) The statewide bandh called by the Backward Classes (BC) Joint Action Committee (JAC) demanding a fair share of 42 percent reservations for BCs in the upcoming local body elections brought Telangana to a standstill today. Except for essential services, almost all sectors remained shut as political parties across the spectrum -- including Congress, BJP, BRS, CPI, CPM, TJS, CPI (M) New Democracy, and Maoist outfits -- extended their support. Several community, student, trib ...Read More >
Leaders accuse both the SEC and the ECI of failing to maintain transparency and allowing manipulation of voter dataIn a rare show of unity, Maharashtra's opposition leaders came together on Tuesday to raise serious allegations of large-scale irregularities in the voter lists for the local body elections. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray jointly led the charge, accusing both the State Election Commission (SEC) and the Election Commi ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Kolhapur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to three prime accused in the 2015 murder of communist leader Govind Pansare. The single judge bench of justice Shivkumar Dige emphasised that prolonged incarceration without trial could not be justified indefinitely, and said the three arrested accused - Dr Vinrendrasinh Tawade, Sharad Kalaskar and Amol Kale - would have to furnish new sureties for availing bail. Kalaskar, however, will not come out of jail, as he has ...Read More >
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