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Bengaluru, Apr 8 (PTI) Voting for bypolls to two Assembly segments in Karnataka -- Bagalkot and Davanagere South -- will be held on Thursday, following a high-voltage campaign by both the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP. The polls were necessitated by the deaths of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti and Shamanur Shivashankarappa. Counting of votes will take place on May 4. Although the outcome of these by-elections is unlikely to have an immediate impact on state politics, the contest is see ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Mohsina Kidwai, who held key ministerial portfolios under former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 94. Kidwai, who was suffering from age-related ailments, breathed her last at Noida's Metro Hospital early in the morning, her son-in-law Razi Ur Rehman Kidwai said. Kidwai was laid to rest at the graveyard in Nizamuddin this evening with former party chief Rahul Gandhi att ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) Former Punjab MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who joined political outfit Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Party (BRP), claimed on Wednesday that her husband Navjot Singh Sidhu was not part of any political outfit. Spelling out a roadmap in Punjab, the former Congress leader told reporters here that the BRP will contest the 2027 assembly polls in the state. She advocated opium cultivation if her party forms the government after the next assembly elections. Kaur, who was expelled from the C ...Read More >
Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu Monday announced the formation of a new political outfit, the Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Party, the move coming just two months after Congress "expelled" her for anti-party activities. Her husband and former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu continues to be part of the Conbress party even though he has mostly remained politically inactive in the recent past. Navjot Kaur's move to form a party comes months ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, due early next year. Sidhu, who holds MB ...Read More >
Assam Election Key Seats: The Election Commission of India is set to hold the high-stakes elections to the 126-member Assam assembly on Thursday, with most seats slated to witness a direct contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress. The BJP is eyeing a third straight term, while the grand old party is looking to wrest the state, from where it was ousted in 2016. A total of 722 candidates, including Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi, Lea ...Read More >
Kohima, Apr 8: Security has been tightened for the bypoll to the Koridang Assembly seat in Nagaland's Mokokchung district, with night curfew in force in four villages following an election-related violence that claimed one life. A total of 30 polling stations have been set up for the bypoll on April 9, of which 13 have been identified as vulnerable and 17 critical. Two polling stations will be managed by all-women staff, the returning officer for the by-poll, Nockpai Konyak said. Security has ...Read More >
Kohima, Apr 8 (PTI) Security has been tightened for the bypoll to the Koridang Assembly seat in Nagaland's Mokokchung district, with night curfew in force in four villages following an election-related violence that claimed one life. Six candidates are in the fray for Thursday assembly bypoll necessitated by the death of sitting BJP MLA Imkong L. Imchen (75) on November 11. The BJP, which is part of the ruling People's Democratic Alliance (PDA), has fielded the deceased MLA's son Daochier I. I ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Wednesday lauded West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, calling her the Didi and the daughter of the people of Bengal, ahead of the upcoming assembly polls. Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee filed her nomination at the Survey Building from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the 2026 State Assembly elections. In a post on X, the party recognised it as a "decisive step" towards serving the people. As ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 8 (ANI): The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of failing to support the state on the issue of Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG), asserting that the opposition was indulging in "mere politics" instead of standing with the people of the state. "The BJP is only doing politics. They did not stand with the people of Himachal Pradesh on the Revenue Deficit Grant, which was the rightful cl ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Members of the Gujarati community held a protest outside the Congress office here on Wednesday alleging insult by the party's national president, Mallikarjun Kharge, during a recent election campaign in Kerala. Kharge courted controversy during a rally in Kerala's Idukki district on Sunday when he said that people of the state are "educated and clever" and cannot be misled, unlike those in Gujarat and some other places who are "illiterates". Protesters raised slogans suc ...Read More >
Bengaluru, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, R. Ashoka, on Wednesday said that the bye-elections in Davanagere South and Bagalkot are not merely routine electoral exercises, but a strong message from the people of Karnataka against the ruling Congress government. Speaking in Bengaluru, Ashoka alleged that the electorate is using the bypolls to signal a "bye-bye" to the government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Ashoka claimed that whil ...Read More >
Bhabanipur: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC candidate from Bhabanipur, Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday said that the party will move to the court if the names of valid voters are not restored in the electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination at the Survey Building from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the 2026 State Assembly elections, from where she ...Read More >
Bengaluru, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Taking objection to controversial statements of AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge against the RSS and BJP, Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, R. Ashoka, on Wednesday questioned if the hate speech law does not apply to "fake Gandhis and the slaves of fake Gandhis?" In his media statement, Ashoka questioned, "Dear Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, has the hate speech law been exempted for speeches that incite against Hindus? Or does the hate speech law not ap ...Read More >
Bhabanipur: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination at the Survey Building from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the 2026 State Assembly elections. Mamata Banerjee is contesting from the Bhabanipur seat, from where she will face a repeat clash with BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari. Adhikari had also challenged Mamata from Nandigram in the 2021 West Bengal polls, from where h ...Read More >
Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], April 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination at the Survey Building from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the 2026 State Assembly elections. Mamata Banerjee is contesting from the Bhabanipur seat, from where she will face a repeat clash with BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari. Also Read | Delhi Water Cut: Parts of National Capital Fa ...Read More >
Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], April 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC candidate from Bhabanipur, Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday said that the party will move to the court if the names of valid voters are not restored in the electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination at the Survey Building from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the 2026 State Assembly elections. Mamata Banerjee is contesting from the ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 8: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination from her native Assembly constituency of Bhabanipur in South Kolkata. The list of proposers in her nomination form reflected the "cosmopolitan" nature of Bhabanipur, which is considered a cauldron of people from almost the entire country. The proposers in her nomination form include Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim's wife, Ismat Hakim (representing the Muslims), actress-turned-politician and Trinamool Congre ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 8 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination papers as the TMC candidate for the Bhabanipur assembly seat, and said everything in her life began from here. Amid a sea of supporters raising slogans of 'Mamata Banerjee zindabad' and 'TMC zindabad', Banerjee led a roadshow from her Kalighat residence to the Alipore Survey Building, where she filed the nomination papers. She walked nearly 800 metres with folded hands and her trademark smile, gre ...Read More >
Bhabanipur (West Bengal) [India], April 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination at the Survey Building from Bhabanipur assembly constituency for the 2026 State Assembly elections. Mamata Banerjee is contesting from the Bhabanipur seat, from where she will face a repeat clash with BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari. Adhikari had also challenged Mamata from Nandigram in the ...Read More >
Kolkata: A sweeping purge of electoral roll under the SIR has triggered sharp political and social fault lines in North 24 Parganas, with over 12.3 lakh names struck off across three phases since the first draft was published in Dec -- the highest in Bengal so far.The impact has been most severe in the Matua-dominated Bongaon subdivision, where four Assembly segments -- Bagdah, Gaighata, Bongaon North and Bongaon South -- account for a significant chunk of deletions. Three of these seats are cur ...Read More >
Amaravati, April 7 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday launched a new fleet of fire department vehicles and advanced equipment here as part of efforts to upgrade emergency response infrastructure. The vehicles were flagged off from the Amaravati parade ground under a broader modernisation initiative being undertaken at an outlay of over Rs 252 crores. "The new fire department vehicles and equipments were launched as part of strengthening the emergency response in ...Read More >
Kullu: A massive landslide triggered by continuous rainfall destroyed an under-construction steel truss bridge in the Bharmour region of Chamba district on Tuesday morning.The landslide struck around 7am, sending heavy boulders crashing into the structure. Fortunately, no casualties were reported. "Debris and boulders fell from a height of approximately 300 metres, striking the near-complete bridge. The impact damaged the abutment, causing the entire structure to collapse into the river," Bharmo ...Read More >
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has expressed reluctance to examine records produced by the central government in connection with the alleged dual citizenship controversy involving Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. The matter was heard by the Lucknow bench of the high court in the chamber on Monday after the Centre submitted that the issue was sensitive. The next hearing has been scheduled for April 15. In its order uploaded on the court's website on Tuesday, ...Read More >
Guwahati: A political controversy arose on April 7, Tuesday evening after Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate criticized Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his alleged remarks targeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. In a statement posted on social media, accompanied by a video, Shrinate said: "Himanta Biswa Sarma, You have not only displayed your mental bankruptcy and frustration by calling Mallikarjun Kharge ji, this country's tallest Dalit leader, Congress president, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): National Student Union of India (NSUI) workers on Tuesday staged a protest outside Assam Bhawan against the search conducted by Assam Police at the residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera. During the protest, the workers also burned an effigy of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and expressed their opposition to the police action. Also Read | Rahul Gandhi Condemns Donald Trump's 'Civilisation' Threat Against Iran, Says Nuclear Weapon Use Is Never Justi ...Read More >
The ED registered its money laundering case on the basis of an August 2019 FIR filed by the Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing . The First Information Report alleged fraudulent sale of SSKs by the then officers and directors of the MSCB at throwaway prices to their relatives/private persons without following due procedure. But the EOW later filed a closure report in the alleged ₹25,000 crore scam citing a lack of evidence, which a special court for MPs/MLAs cases recently accepted. Rohit ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): National Student Union of India (NSUI) workers on Tuesday staged a protest outside Assam Bhawan against the search conducted by Assam Police at the residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera. During the protest, the workers also burned an effigy of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and expressed their opposition to the police action. Earlier, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh lashed out at the BJP-led government and termed Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sa ...Read More >
Kochi: Munnar town turned into a spectacle of colour and sound on Sunday as the NDA held a high-energy rally for its Devikulam candidate S Rajendran ahead of BJP Tamil Nadu leader K Annamalai's visit. Hundreds of workers poured into the hill town, accompanied by folk performances and rhythmic percussion. More than a show of strength, the rally highlighted Rajendran's enduring grassroots appeal and the shifting political undercurrents in Idukki. Once seen as a largely bipolar battleground, Iduk ...Read More >
At Sholinghur, Ms. Kanimozhi assured voters that the work on the proposed Bypass Road in Sholinghur town would be started once DMK returned to power Thoothukudi MP and DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi Karunanidhi asserted on Tuesday that victory by the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) in the forthcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, will set an example for other States, affected by BJP-led Central government's policies, to take up the fight against the national party vigorously ...Read More >
Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee has ignited a political row by questioning the veracity of BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh's injury claims, sparking debate over political honesty and accountability in West Bengal. Photograph: ANI PhotoKey PointsAbhishek Banerjee questions the legitimacy of BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh's injury claims, citing inconsistencies in social media photos.Banerjee accuses Ghosh of being absent during critical times for his constituency, leading to public anger.The TMC leader ...Read More >
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