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Davanagere: In a significant show of strength ahead of the by-election, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar jointly campaigned in the minority-dominated areas of Davanagere South Assembly constituency, drawing a large crowd and enthusiastic response from voters. A massive public meeting was organised at Akhtar Raza Circle in the city, where both leaders sought votes for Congress candidate Samarth Shamanur. As Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar arrived at the venue, the ...Read More >
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath (L) & Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav (R) | File Pic & ANI This month's assembly polls in four states and one Union Territory may have grabbed the headlines for the moment, but the real challenge for the ruling BJP is India's politically most crucial election in Uttar Pradesh next year. Shrill claims by party leaders and its cheerleaders predicting a landslide win for a third successive term could turn out to be premature. This is mainly because of the ent ...Read More >
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the "valuable" right to vote cannot be "washed out" in a manner that creates an "oppressive" situation for citizens as it allowed tribunals set up in West Bengal to hear appeals of voters in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) exercise to even examine fresh documents after verification. The order was passed by a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on being informed that 19 tribunals headed by former high court chief ju ...Read More >
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued an oranage alert heavy rains in Pune and yellow alert for Thane and Raigad among other districts. The weather department said that light to moderate rain and thundershowers are likely to affect Mumbai and its adjoining districts over the next two days, forecasting thunderstorm activity accompanied by lightning and gusty winds across several parts of Maharashtra till April 3. IMD said that several interior districts including Nashik, ...Read More >
Lucknow, Apr 2 (PTI) Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP on Thursday of attempting to influence elections in various states in collusion with the Election Commission (EC) and asserted that his party is preparing to counter such "conspiracies" to establish a "PDA government" in Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a press conference here after meeting the party cadre, Yadav said the members of the SP have reiterated their commitment to strengthening the "PDA" (Backwards, Dalits, Minor ...Read More >
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has emerged as a key player in a high-stakes contest with one of the highest success rates among parties in Kerala. Kerala Elections 2026: Kerala is preparing for a high-octane electoral clash between the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF). The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has emerged as a key player in the high-stakes contest. The IUML is contesting 27 seats in the upcoming election, including Ko ...Read More >
New Delhi: State-owned Power Finance Corporation on Thursday said that its independent director Bhaskar Bhattacharya has resigned, citing plans to contest in the coming assembly polls in West Bengal. Bhattacharya was appointed on May 13, 2025, for one year by the Ministry of Power. Also Read: SIR protest: SC slams West Bengal govt over gherao of judicial officials, terms incident calculated "Bhaskar Bhattacharya, Independent Director on the Board of PFC, has tendered his resignation from the ...Read More >
Bagalkot: The bye-election to the Bagalkot Assembly constituency has turned into a high-stakes political contest, with both the ruling Congress and the BJP mounting aggressive campaigns to secure victory. The seat fell vacant following the death of senior Congress MLA, H.Y. Meti, a close associate of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The Congress has fielded his son, Umesh Meti, banking on sympathy and the Chief Minister's extensive campaigning. Siddaramaiah has already completed two days of campaig ...Read More >
Bagalkot (Karnataka), April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The bye-election to the Bagalkot Assembly constituency has turned into a high-stakes political contest, with both the ruling Congress and the BJP mounting aggressive campaigns to secure victory. The seat fell vacant following the death of senior Congress MLA, H.Y. Meti, a close associate of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The Congress has fielded his son, Umesh Meti, banking on sympathy and the Chief Minister's extensive campaigning. Siddaramaiah has ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 2 (UNI) After a two-day government holiday, filing of nominations for the April 23 high stakes Assembly elections resumed on Thursday, with a host of candidates including Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Founder-President and actor-politician and Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin filing their papers from their respective constituencies. While Vijay, who has entered the foray from two seats in his maiden electoral plunge, filed his nomination papers from Tiruchi East ...Read More >
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said the incident was a "brazen attempt to challenge the authority of this Court" and aimed at demoralising judicial officers engaged in election-related duties. The Supreme Court on Friday took a serious view of the violence and intimidation faced by seven judicial officers, including three women officers who are deployed to adjudicate claims in the Election Commission's SIR process in West Bengal's Malda district. Terming the incident a brazen and delib ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The SC slammed the govt for clogging courts with needless appeals and imposed Rs 25,000 cost for challenging a well-reasoned Punjab and Haryana high court order that had quashed the Centre's decision to terminate a CISF official who helped a couple elope . The official was removed from his job in 2010 on grounds of misconduct for being absent from duty and for conniving with the daughter of a CISF constable.He had allegedly helped her elope and marry his friend at Arya Samaj Mandir. H ...Read More >
CHENNAI: BJP's Tamil Nadu election in-charge Piyush Goyal released a "chargesheet" accusing the DMK government of systemic corruption, financial mismanagement, and harbouring an explicit anti-Hindu bias. The BJP also accused the state government of illegal sand mining and deep-rooted graft across departments. Unveiled at the BJP state headquarters in Chennai on March 31, the chargesheet alleged "massive irregularities" in the DMK regime, including over Rs 1 lakh crore in state liquor marketing ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Contrary to West Bengal govt's apprehensions that scrutiny of deleted voters' claims for inclusion in voters' lists would not be completed before filing of nominations for assembly elections later this month, Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Calcutta high court chief justice has informed that all 60 lakh-odd claims would be adjudicated by April 7.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said the Calcutta high court CJ has informed that out of 60,0 ...Read More >
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by Anita Advani to recognise her long-term relationship with the late actor Rajesh Khanna as marriage.Justice Sharmila Deshmukh ruled that by Advani's pleadings, it "is evident that the substantive relief sought is of being declared as widow of (Khanna), which is a necessary sequitur of the declaration...", but the relationship doesn't satisfy the tests formulated by Supreme Court over recognition of a live-in relation as a marriag ...Read More >
New Delhi: India has begun the world's largest national population count, which could reshape welfare programs and political representation across the country. The previous census in 2011 recorded a population of 1.21 billion. It's now estimated to be more than 1.4 billion, making India the most populous nation . The new census had been planned for 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and logistical challenges. Here's how India's census works and why it is significant: Counting m ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: RJD Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Yadav on Wednesday alleged that the Modi government waived loans worth Rs 26 lakh crore for industrialists, during a discussion in Rajya Sabha on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill. "To benefit its capitalist friends, the government has effectively written-off an amount equivalent to nearly half of the country's annual budget," he asserted, asking the government how much of this Rs 26 lakh crore belongs to the country's farmers, laborers, st ...Read More >
Kolkata: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday launched his Assembly election campaign in West Bengal, addressing a rally in Murshidabad district in support of Humayun Kabir's Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP). At a public meeting in Naoda, Owaisi accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having a political understanding. "The Trinamool Congress supremo and the Prime Minister are hand in glove in New Delhi and Bengal. In 2005, Mamata Banerjee threw files on t ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Wednesday welcomed senior advocate and former Punjab Leader of Opposition H.S. Phoolka into the party, calling it a significant moment in the ongoing fight for justice and truth. Chugh said Phoolka has fought tirelessly for over four decades for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and played a key role in ensuring punishment for hundreds of perpetrators. He said Phoolka's joining the BJP reinforces the values ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India has begun the world's largest national population count, which could reshape welfare programs and political representation across the country. The previous census in 2011 recorded a population of 1.21 billion. It's now estimated to be more than 1.4 billion, making India the most populous nation. The new census had been planned for 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and logistical challenges. Here's how India's census works and why it is significant: T ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday alleged in Rajya Sabha that Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was systematically undermining its social justice mandate, citing a 25 per cent decline in SC/ST enrolment, irregularities in reserved faculty appointments and remarks by the Vice-Chancellor that he said were at odds with the university's founding principles. Raising the matter during Zero Hour, Singh noted the irony th ...Read More >
A Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) delegation on Monday submitted a memorandum to the Telangana governor, demanding the immediate removal of state revenue and housing minister, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, pending inquiry into allegations of illegal mining and encroachment against his construction firm. The delegation to the Lok Bhavan was led by party working president KT Rama Rao (KTR). The delegation alleged that Raghava Constructions, owned by Srinivas Reddy, undertook mining activity in restrict ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (AP) - India has begun the world´s largest national population count, which could reshape welfare programs and political representation across the country. The previous census in 2011 recorded a population of 1.21 billion. It's now estimated to be more than 1.4 billion, making India the most populous nation. The new census had been planned for 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and logistical challenges. Here´s how India´s census works and why it is significant: Th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI(AP) -- India has begun the world's largest national population count, which could reshape welfare programs and political representation across the country. The previous census in 2011 recorded a population of 1.21 billion. It's now estimated to be more than 1.4 billion, making India the most populous nation. The new census had been planned for 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and logistical challenges. Here's how India's census works and why it is significant: Th ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 31 (ANI): Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu election in-charge Piyush Goyal, alongside State President Nainar Nagenthran, on Tuesday, released a "chargesheet" in Chennai targeting the DMK government ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections. Accompanied by leaders including K Annamalai and Tamilisai Soundararajan, Goyal described the upcoming Assembly election as a "turning point" in the state's history, expressing confidenc ...Read More >
New Delhi, India - Over three million Indian officials will spend about a year collecting data on the country's population - the largest in the world - in a massive door-to-door survey. This round of census was meant to take place in 2021 but was delayed party due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The last census was conducted between 2010-11. The survey's data is crucial to the democracy which forms policy and social interventions based on the results. The once-in-a-decade exercise will begin on Apri ...Read More >
Lucknow, Mar 31 (PTI) BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday said effective implementation of reservation policies for Dalits, tribals and backward classes is not possible without a "Bahujan government", while accusing ruling governments of weakening these provisions. Addressing a meeting of party office-bearers at the BSP state office here, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister alleged that both central and state governments were making reservation "ineffective and inactive". "Without a government o ...Read More >
Chennai, Mar 31 (UNI) The ruling DMK and the prinicpal Opposition AIADMK are bracing up for intense battle as the two major Dravidian parties are locked in a direct contest in 121 of the total 234 seats in the April 23 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu With the filing of nominatons commencing for the high stake four-cornered contest, the on field battle between the two ar rivals, which had been ruling the state alternatively for the last six decades, gained momentum as both the parties gear up f ...Read More >
The land in questioned was classified as 'Mahar Watan' and its illegal possession was taken in the name of former state minister Khadse's daughter Sharda from the 82-year-old woman, they said. When contacted by PTI for his comments, Khadse claimed he has nothing to do with the land deal and termed the case as an act of political vendetta. Notably, 'Watan' lands are 'inam' (gift from a ruler to a subject). It refers to land traditionally granted to Mahar community members (now in Scheduled Cast ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: In a brutal act, a 29-year-old Navy employee, Chintada Ravindra, allegedly murdered a woman, chopped her body into pieces, burnt some parts including the head, and stored the remaining in his refrigerator at LV Nagar under Gajuwaka police station limits in Visakhapatnam on Sunday afternoon. The victim has been identified as Polipalli Mounika (31), a Dalit unmarried woman from Sanjeevayya Colony at Thatichetlapalem in Visakha-patnam. The accused, Chintada Ravindra (29), a Petty O ...Read More >
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