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New Delhi / Thiruvananthapuram: CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar wrote to NHRC Chairman V Ramasubramaniam on Friday, demanding an independent inquiry into the death of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker Anandu Aji in Kerala and the alleged sexual abuse within the organisation. Sandosh Kumar addressed a letter to the NHRC chief, stating that the circumstances surrounding the death of Anandu Aji, allegedly by suicide, and the "serious" human rights violations, warrant an "immediate, independent, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar on Friday wrote to NHRC Chairman V Ramasubramaniam, demanding an independent inquiry into the death of an RSS worker in Kerala and allegations of sexual abuse within the organisation. In a letter addressed to the NHRC chief, the Rajya Sabha MP said the circumstances surrounding the death of Anandu Aji, allegedly by suicide, and the "serious" human rights violations, warrant an "immediate, independent, and transparent inquiry" under the supervision of the commis ...Read More >
PATNA: The Bachhwara constituency in Bihar's Begusarai district may witness a friendly contest among the INDIA bloc constituents in the upcoming assembly polls as the Congress fielded its youth wing leader Prakash Garib Das from there, while CPI's former MLA Awadesh Roy filed his nomination papers from the seat. Congress sources said the party leadership has been in talks with its alliance partners, including the RJD and the Left, and the CPI nominee may withdraw his nomination from the constit ...Read More >
Muzaffarpur: The Congress released its first list of 48 candidates for the Bihar assembly elections on Thursday night -- just hours before the deadline for filing of nominations for the first-phase polling comes to an end -- fielding its state party chief Rajesh Ram from Kutumba assembly constituency and state legislature party leader Shakeel Ahmad Khan from Kadwa seat. The announcement came even before a final seat-sharing arrangement within the Opposition grand alliance has been finalised ami ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 16 (ANI): As the deadline for filing nominations for the first phase of polling in the Bihar Assembly elections nears, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released its list of star campaigners, while the Mahagathbandhan is yet to announce its seat-sharing arrangement. The BJP, which leads the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar, along with Janata Dal (United), has named prominent figures, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home M ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The short-duration winter session of the State Assembly on Tuesday began with the House paying homage to 41 people who lost their lives in the Karur stampede two weeks ago. Assembly Speaker M Appavu adjourned the proceedings after paying homage to sitting AIADMK MLA T K Amul Kandasami, who passed away on June 21. Moving a condolence resolution to honour those who died in the Karur stampede, the Speaker said Chief Minister M K Stalin had rushed to Karur on the same day and met the fami ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A day ahead of the final date for filing nominations for the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections, there appears to be a pall of uncertainty over seat-sharing agreements, leading to the chances of "friendly fights" in a few constituencies. Among Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) partners, with principal components like the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RJD), Congress, and the Left clawing for a lion's share, smaller partners are worried about their own prospects. The B ...Read More >
CHENNAI: With DMK allies including Congress demanding to appoint Tamil Nadu police officials to monitor the CBI enquiry into the Karur stampede incident, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday said that his government would consult legally and would approach the Supreme Court in this regard. The apex court on October 13, directed the CBI to investigate the recent Karur stampede during a rally organised by actor Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam in which 41 persons died. The Supreme Co ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In a blow to the CPI (Maoist), three senior state committee members, carrying a reward of Rs 20 lakh each, surrendered to Telangana Police on Friday. The surrender comes amid deepening rifts within the Maoist leadership.K Venkataiah alias Vikas, a native of Siddipet, M Venkatraju, a native of Hanumakonda, and his wife Todam Ganga were active in Chhattisgarh before their surrender. Venkataiah was in charge of South Bastar divisional committee, Venkatraju headed the Chaitanya Natya Mand ...Read More >
The National Democratic Alliance has announced its seat distribution for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. BJP and JD(U) will contest 101 seats each. LJP (Ram Vilas) gets 29 seats, with RLM and HAM allocated six seats each. This agreement aims to form an NDA government in Bihar once again. Polling is scheduled for November 6 and November 11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in the national capital on Sunday to attend the Central Election ...Read More >
RANCHI: Registering their presence once again in the Saranda jungles, the CPI (Maoists) unleashed violence by setting ablaze another mobile tower in Bahda village under the Chotanagara area late on Monday night, creating panic among locals. Earlier on Saturday, the Maoists had torched a mobile tower in Kolbonga village under the Jaraikela police station area. These attacks coincide with the Maoists' 'Resistance Week', being observed by them across five states, including Jharkhand. According t ...Read More >
Bihar Congress president Rajesh Kumar said the party has finalised the seats it will contest in the upcoming assembly elections, with approval from alliance partners and the central election committee. A formal announcement is expected in a day or two. The INDIA bloc, led by RJD, includes Congress, Left parties, VIP, and may add JMM and RLJP, with seat-sharing adjustments for new allies. Bihar Congress president Rajesh Kumar on Thursday claimed that the party has finalised the seats it will be ...Read More >
Ahead of the Bihar Assembly Election, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party in charge of the election, Dharmendra Pradhan, and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and co-incharge Keshav Prasad Maurya, on Wednesday, chaired a BJP Election Committee Meeting at the party office in Patna. Patna (Bihar) [India]: Ahead of the Bihar Assembly Election, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party in charge of the election, Dharmendra Pradhan, and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and co-incharge Kes ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 9 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) has convened an emergency party meeting at its Patna office on Thursday to discuss the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections and organisational matters. Speaking to reporters after arriving in Patna on Wednesday evening, LJP(RV) President and Union Minister Chirag Paswan said that discussions in the meeting would focus on election strategies, seat distribution, and candidate selection. "A meeting has been called by the party's ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 7 (ANI): As Bihar prepares for the upcoming Assembly elections, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor emphasised that the polls are not about individual leaders but the future of the state's youth. "Voting will not be done for Lalu-Prashant Kishor. Voting will be done by people for their children, for their education and employment, for a change in Bihar. It will be for the beginning that we dream of - that in the coming 10 years, Bihar will be among the 10 lea ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) The CPI (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation has rejected an offer to fight on 19 seats in the upcoming assembly polls as a part of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagathbandhan, a party source said. It was not a "dignified proposal," the person said. According to the source, the Left party was offered the same number of seats it contested for in the 2020 assembly polls. "At least three of our seats were also changed," the source said. In 2020, the Communist Party of Ind ...Read More >
CEC Gyanesh Kumar concluded his Bihar tour. He announced new initiatives for the upcoming assembly elections. The voters' list underwent purification after 22 years. EPIC cards will be delivered within 15 days. Mobile deposit facilities will be at polling booths. Elections will conclude before November 22. These measures will be replicated nationwide. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday announced that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise had "purified" Bihar's vot ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday informed that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists throughout the country after announcing the schedule for the Bihar Assembly elections. The 243 Assembly seats in Bihar will go to the polls in two phases on November 6 and November 11, with the counting of votes scheduled for November 14. Addressing the press conferences, the C ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): The race for one of the most prestigious political battles of the year has begun with the Election Commission announcing the dates for the Assembly Elections in Bihar. The 243 Assembly seats will go to the polls in two phases on November 6 and November 11, and votes will be counted on November 14. It promises to be a keen contest with the NDA alliance consisting of the BJP, Janata Dal (United), Lok Jan Shakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustan Awami Morcha and Rash ...Read More >
Bihar Election 2025: A pre-election survey conducted by IANS-Matrize News Communications predicted a sweeping victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, giving the ruling coalition a 49 per cent vote share and an estimated 150-160 seats in the 243-member assembly. The poll, titled "Bihar Vidhan Sabha Chunav Opinion Poll-2025," indicates that the NDA, led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and the BJP, is likely to consolidate power in the state ...Read More >
Patna: The Election Commission (EC) on Monday announced the Bihar Assembly election schedule in two phases -- polling on November 6 and 11, and counting of votes on November 14. Officials indicated that the decision to hold the polls in just two phases, something which has not been done in the past two decades, is due to the effective curbing of the Naxal menace in the state. Let us take a look at the numbers in the Bihar legislative assembly over the years and what the EC's schedule entails i ...Read More >
Gyanesh Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), said on Sundat the elections in Bihar will be concluded before November 22, coinciding with the end date of the State Assembly. The CEC highlighed that Bihar has 243 assembly constituencies, including 38 reserved for SCs and 2 for STs. Addressing a press conference in Patna, the CEC Gyanesh Kumar said, "Bihar has 243 assembly constituencies - 2 for STs and 38 for SCs. The term of the Bihar Legislative Assembly ends on November 22, 2025, and elec ...Read More >
With days before the Election Commission of India (ECI) declare the dates for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar, it appears that gaps have appeared in the Mahagathbandhan, as two Left parties - Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) - have demanded that they should be allocated 35 seats. While the CPI said it wants to contest on 24 seats, the CPM has demanded 11 seats. The demand was made by the two Left parties at a joint conference. During the presse ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 1 (PTI) Telangana Director General of Police B Shivadhar Reddy on Wednesday urged members of the outlawed CPI (Maoists) to surrender. Shivadhar Reddy, who assumed charge as the new DGP, said that due to efforts by the Telangana Police, several Maoist cadres -- including those from Chhattisgarh and Central Committee member Padmavati alias Sujata -- have come out and surrendered over the last five to six months. Reddy, a 1994-batch officer who was serving as chief of the Telangana ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Within hours of the State Election Commission (SEC) announcing the panchayat poll schedule, BC welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar and animal husbandry minister Vakiti Srihari urged all political parties to file affidavits in the high court affirming their support for the 42 per cent reservation Bills passed in the assembly and council.At a media conference in Gandhi Bhavan, joined by BC association leaders, the ministers also appealed to petitioners to withdraw the case filed against t ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Recalling that all political parties have supported the BC quota in Assembly, BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar appealed to parties and caste organisations to cooperate and extend support in implementing 42% reservation for BCs. He urged petitioners in court to withdraw the cases for smooth implementation of quota in the local body poll. Speaking to media persons at Gandhi Bhavan, Ponnam urged all political parties, including the BJP, BRS, CPI, CPM, and Jana Samiti to file affidav ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Within hours of the State Election Commission (SEC) announcing the panchayat poll schedule, BC welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar and animal husbandry minister Vakiti Srihari urged all political parties to file affidavits in the high court affirming their support for the 42 per cent reservation Bills passed in the assembly and council.At a media conference in Gandhi Bhavan, joined by BC association leaders, the ministers also appealed to petitioners to withdraw the case filed against t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja on Monday demanded that the government "accept" a proposal made by Naxals and warned that if the BJP and RSS continues to be in power, the "future of India will be imperial". D Raja told reporters, "I demand that the government accept the proposal made by the Naxals. What is this Naxal Mukt Bharat? Already, they spoke about the Congress Mukt Bharat. What happened to Congress Mukt Bharat? Tomorrow they ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah ruled out ceasefire with Maoists, CPI general secretary D Raja on Monday questioned the decision, pointing to the Naxals' offer of holding a dialogue with the government. "Maoists want dialogue with the government. They have proposed a ceasefire... Why the Indian government cannot accept?" Raja said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday rejected the ceasefire offer given by Maoists, saying if the extremists want to surrender ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah ruled out ceasefire with Maoists, CPI general secretary D Raja on Monday questioned the decision, pointing to the Naxals' offer of holding a dialogue with the government. "Maoists want dialogue with the government. They have proposed a ceasefire... Why the Indian government cannot accept?" Raja said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday rejected the ceasefire offer given by Maoists, saying if the extremists want to surrender and lay down ...Read More >
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