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Mumbai/Pune, Apr 9 (PTI) The Opposition Congress on Thursday opted out of the bypoll to the Baramati assembly seat in Maharashtra at the last moment, giving a virtual walkover to ruling NCP candidate and Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar though a contest will still take place as 22 other nominees remain in the fray. After initially appearing firm to contest the April 23 bypoll, necessitated due to the death of former Deputy Chief Minister and sitting Baramati MLA Ajit Pawar, the husband of Sunetra, the C ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 9 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said the opposition had an opportunity to get its demand of registration of an FIR in Ajit Pawar plane crash fulfilled in exchange of withdrawal of the Congress candidate from the Baramati assembly bypoll. He said there was a chance before the opposition parties to "unmask" the BJP. Raut was responding to reporters' query about the Congress' withdrawal of its candidate, Akash More, from the bypoll to the Baramati assembly segme ...Read More >
Agartala, Apr 8 (PTI) Tipra Motha Party (TMP) founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma on Wednesday said he was confident that Tiprasa people would vote for his party in the forthcoming Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council elections. Polling for 28 seats of the council will be held on April 12, while counting is scheduled for April 17. The TMP had won the tribal council elections in 2021 by securing 18 seats in the 30-member body, while the BJP won nine seats and sat on the opposit ...Read More >
An all-party consensus marked the passage of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in Parliament in 2023. The Act reserves 33% of seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies for women. A special sitting of Parliament is due this month to fast-track its implementation. But the candidates' lists of major political parties in the four states and one Union territory going to the polls this month tell a different story: None of the main parties in the fray -- the BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congr ...Read More >
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Assam election 2026: Assam is set to vote in a high-stakes Assembly election on April 9, with the political landscape witnessing a significant churn following the 2023 delimitation exercise. The redrawing of constituency boundaries has not only reshaped electoral equations but also led to crowded contests in several seats and forced many leaders to shift constituencies, setting the stage for a fiercely competitive battle. Assam election 2026 Assam will vote in a single phase across 126 constit ...Read More >
PATNA: BJP MP Ravi Kishan on Tuesday welcomed the move to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, saying that this will allow more women MPs to bring forward issues of their constituencies. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced that Parliament will convene a special session on April 16 to take up the Women's Reservation Bill. Ravi Kishan told ANI, "The Prime Minister's idea has infused all women with a new energy. Now there will be 33 per cent women's representa ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 7 (ANI): BJP MP Ravi Kishan on Tuesday welcomed the move to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, saying that this will allow more women MPs to bring forward issues of their constituencies. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced that Parliament will convene a special session on April 16 to take up the Women's Reservation Bill. Also Read | Air India CEO Campbell Wilson Resigns Ahead of Term End in 2027 Amid Challenging Phase for Airl ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 7 (ANI): BJP MP Ravi Kishan on Tuesday welcomed the move to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, saying that this will allow more women MPs to bring forward issues of their constituencies. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced that Parliament will convene a special session on April 16 to take up the Women's Reservation Bill. Ravi Kishan told ANI, "The Prime Minister's idea has infused all women with a new energy. Now there will be ...Read More >
The opposition had submitted notices against the CEC. Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected separate notices from the opposition to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his post. The opposition had submitted notices to the Lok Sabha speaker and the Rajya Sabha chairman against the CEC, alleging "partisan and discriminatory conduct in office", "deliberate obstruction of investigation of electoral fraud" and "mas ...Read More >
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected separate notices moved by the Opposition seeking removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The notices, submitted on March 12, 2026, were signed by 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha members, alleging partisan conduct, obstruction of electoral fraud investigations and disenfranchisement. In separate orders, both presiding officers declined to admit the motions under Article 324(5) ...Read More >
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday, April 6, rejected the impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, with no reasons cited for the rejection, drawing sharp condemnation from the Opposition, which accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "mocking Parliament." The rejections came through virtually identical bulletins issued by both Houses, stating that "after due consideration of the notice of Motion and a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla have rejected the impeachment motion notice submitted by opposition members seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The notice of motion for impeachment of Gyanesh Kumar was signed by 130 Lok Sabha members and 63 members of the Rajya Sabha. Also Read | Breach of Discipline During PM Modi Rally: Kerala Police Begins Probe Into Officials' 'Fight' During Prime Min ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected the opposition's impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.It was the first time a notice seeking the removal of the Election Commission chief was issued with the signature of 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha members.The 10-page impeachment motion accused Gyanesh Kumar of seven counts. The charges ranged from partisan conduct of the CEC to mass disenfranchisement of voters in different states. This ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla have rejected the impeachment motion notice submitted by opposition members seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The notice of motion for impeachment of Gyanesh Kumar was signed by 130 Lok Sabha members and 63 members of the Rajya Sabha. The notice of motion in Lok Sabha - filed on March 12, 2026, under Article 324(5) of the Constitution of India, read with ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday rejected the impeachment motion notice submitted by opposition members seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The motion, filed on March 12, 2026, under Article 324(5) of the Constitution of India, read with Article 124(4), Section 11(2) of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, and the Judges (Inquir ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday rejected the impeachment motion notice submitted by opposition members seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The motion, filed on March 12, 2026, under Article 324(5) of the Constitution of India, read with Article 124(4), Section 11(2) of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, and the Judges (Inquir ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 6 (PTI) Under fire from the Opposition, activist Anjali Damania on Monday claimed that she had used AI-based large language model (LLM) Claude to analyse call data records (CDR) of arrested self-styled godman Ashok Kharat. Addressing a news conference here, Damania said she would never do anything illegal and slammed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for indulging in "politics of convenience". Damania, who claimed to have received the CDR on WhatsApp from a person claiming to be a p ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 6 (PTI) Activist Anjali Damania on Monday claimed she used Artificial Intelligence-based large language model (LLM) Claude to analyse call data records (CDR) of arrested self-styled godman Ashok Kharat. Addressing a press conference here, Damania, while asserting that she would never do anything illegal, slammed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for indulging in "politics of convenience". Damania, who claimed she got the CDR on WhatsApp from a person claiming to be a private detecti ...Read More >
Sarma brings three decades of electoral experience, having led several successful campaigns for both the Congress and the BJP after switching sides in 2015. However, this is the first time the 57-year-old is contesting as a sitting chief minister, raising the stakes significantly. In contrast, Gogoi, 43, the son of former chief minister Tarun Gogoi, has won three successive Lok Sabha elections since entering politics in 2014. This election marks his Assembly debut, as he leads a Congress attemp ...Read More >
Dibrugarh: The newly carved Khowang Assembly constituency is set for a keen contest between sitting BJP MLA Chakradhar Gogoi and Asom Jatiya Parishad (AJP) president Lurinjyoti Gogoi, with both sides intensifying campaigns ahead of polling. Lurinjyoti Gogoi, who contested the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Dibrugarh but lost to Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, has shifted focus to the Assembly polls and is making his debut from Khowang. The constituency, with an electorate of around 1.7 lakh v ...Read More >
Kannur (Keralam) [India], April 5 (ANI): CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat on Saturday praised the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Keralam, highlighting its focus on people-oriented development as the key reason for widespread public support ahead of the 2026 assembly elections. Speaking to ANI, Karat said, "All over Kerala, there's a very big campaign, and there is no doubt about it that the people are coming out in huge numbers in support of the LDF for a third term, and that is based on t ...Read More >
Kannur (Keralam) [India], April 5 (ANI): CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat on Saturday praised the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Keralam, highlighting its focus on people-oriented development as the key reason for widespread public support ahead of the 2026 assembly elections. Speaking to ANI, Karat said, "All over Kerala, there's a very big campaign, and there is no doubt about it that the people are coming out in huge numbers in support of the LDF for a third term, and that is based on t ...Read More >
A high-stakes political confrontation is brewing between the BJP-led NDA government and the Congress over the implementation of the Women's Reservation law, turning what was hailed as a landmark reform into a fierce electoral and constitutional battle. At the heart of the clash is the Centre's decision to convene an extended budget three-day Parliament session from April 16, triggering sharp objections from the Opposition. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has defended the move, sayi ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress indicated on Friday that it might back amendments to the women's reservation bill even as it said holding a sitting of Parliament before the end of the current assembly election cycle would clearly violate the model code of conduct. Asserting that the government's push for a rushed delimitation exercise would have "dangerous consequences", Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said that the party did not want any disturbance in the present ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress indicated on Friday that it might back amendments to the women's reservation bill even as it said holding a sitting of Parliament before the end of the current assembly election cycle would clearly violate the model code of conduct. Asserting that the government's push for a rushed delimitation exercise would have "dangerous consequences", Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said that the party did not want any disturbance in the present ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Congress is set to contest the upcoming bypolls for the Baramati assembly constituency, necessitated by the death of former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, despite widespread appeals for an unopposed election for his widow and political successor, Sunetra Pawar. This effectively puts the Congress at odds with its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies, the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT), which have both decided not to contest the by-elections as a mark of respect for ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A day after AAP removed him as deputy leader of the party in the Rajya Sabha, Raghav Chadha declared that he would not be cowed by attempts to silence him, drawing a fierce backlash from his colleagues.Senior AAP members accused Chadha of being scared of PM Narendra Modi and not raising issues tied to the party's stand. They mentioned his failure to sign the notice seeking the removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, and defying the party line on walkouts over issues in the House. Chadha was acc ...Read More >
New Delhi: The split within AAP came out in the open as party's Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said he was raising people's issues in the House and party retaliated saying he was not toeing AAP line. A day after AAP dropped him as deputy leader and informed Rajya Sabha secretariat not to allot party's time to him, the MP retaliated and released a video in his defence. "Whenever I get a chance to speak in Parliament I raise public issues. Maybe I raise topics not usually raised, but is raising pu ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said the NDA would not allow the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) to change Assam's demography. Addressing a rally in the election-bound state's Barpeta, Adityanath alleged that the two Opposition parties had played with Assam's culture. "The Congress and the AIUDF tried to change Assam's demography by allowing infiltrators to come here. The infiltrators committed a robbery on your rights. They tried to ...Read More >
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2026, which amends 80 Central Acts to decriminalise offences and replace them with graded civil penalties, by a voice vote. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 27. During the debate, Opposition members questioned the move to convert criminal liability into a penalty, which makes it "easy" for corporations to get away with a fine. They added if the Bill is passed, it would take away the work of the cou ...Read More >
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