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TMC MP Derek O'Brien said, "Today, we went to the Chief Election Commissioner. He told us 'get lost' within 7 minutes of the meeting. The meeting started at 10:02 AM and ended at 10:07 AM," he said. "When we told him that you are transferring officials, and how you would want to conduct a free and fair election? And then he said, leave from here... What I saw today is a shame. I challenge the Election Commissioner to release the video or audio of what happened today," he said. "One of our coll ...Read More >
West Bengal is set to vote in two phases on April 23 and 29, with counting scheduled for May 4. "When even judicial officers are not safe, how can you expect that common people will be safe under TMC rule? What happened in Malda is an example of TMC's maha jungle raj," Modi said, referring to the incident where judges were allegedly held for hours during protests over voter roll revisions. He further alleged that "democracy is bleeding every day on the sacred soil of Bengal" and accused the Ma ...Read More >
Earlier on Wednesday, a meeting between a TMC delegation and the EC ended in a heated exchange. TMC MP Derek O'Brien said chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar told them to "get lost" after seven minutes, while the EC accused O'Brien of shouting and trying to stop the CEC from speaking. The TMC handed letters from Mamata Banerjee and raised concerns about poll officials allegedly linked to the BJP. Tensions between the TMC and the EC have intensified over the Special Intensive Revision (SI ...Read More >
Jamshedpur: Persistent delays in running of passenger trains on the Chakradharpur-Tatanagar section has turned into a chronic issue for the past three years.Passengers claimed that late running of passenger trains has persisted despite public agitations. People accused the Chakradharpur railway division of South Eastern Railway of prioritising freight trains over passenger services."The distance between Chakradharpur and Tatanagar is 62 km and ideally it should take an hour for an express train ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Senior BRS leader T. Harish Rao on Tuesday hit out at the state government after being placed under house arrest ahead of a planned visit to Parigi to take part in a dharna to protest the government move to acquire land for an industrial estate. He alleged that "the Congress rule under Revanth has become synonymous with repression and betrayal" and claimed that "democracy is being murdered in Telangana. Congress promised "democracy' as its so-called seventh guarantee, but is now atta ...Read More >
While interacting with mediapersons at the residence of Randhawa here, Bittu said, "The state government ordered an inquiry under the supervision of the chief secretary, but neither the chief secretary nor any other senior officer ever visited the family. We cannot hope for justice in such a situation." He said, "The government should answer why the police have not arrested Bhullar's 75-year-old father Sukhdev Singh Bhullar and PA Dilbag Singh who are accused in the case?" Taking on the Punjab ...Read More >
Birbhum (West Bengal) [India], April 5 (ANI): BJP Leader Bishwajeet Saha slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a sit-in protest outside the local police station after Birbhum Police arrested three Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) workers after a political rally, saying that Banerjee is getting the BJP workers arrested to prevent voting. The BJP supporters on Saturday held a sit-in protest outside the local police station in Birbhum after the police arrested three party workers. BJP ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The election to the municipal chairperson and vice-chairperson posts in Khanapur municipality descended into chaos once again on Saturday, April 4, prompting authorities to postpone the process to Sunday, April 5, following scenes of disruption inside the municipal office during polling. There are 12 councilor divisions in Khanapur municipality, out of which Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) won four, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won four, Congress won three and an independent won a seat, ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 4 (PTI) The Punjab BJP on Saturday staged a protest in Amritsar against the AAP government over the recent suicide of a warehousing corporation official, demanding justice for his family. The entire state leadership, including Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar, national general secretary Tarun Chugh, Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu and Punjab BJP working president Ashwani Sharma, participated in the 'dharna' at the Hall Gate in Amritsar. Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the distric ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is reportedly dissatisfied with Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand, who is alleged to have failed to effectively handle demonstrations held in front of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office in the city. The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the opposition BJP have been holding repeated demonstrations since Monday outside the newly shifted office of the West Bengal CEO at the Shipping Corporation of India building on Strand Ro ...Read More >
New Delhi: A day after the central government passed the controversial CAPF (General Administration) Bill, 2026, in the Rajya Sabha, the Ex-Paramilitary Forces Welfare Association decided on Thursday to launch a vigorous nationwide movement protesting the bill. To start with, the families and members of the Ex-Paramilitary Forces Welfare Association will stage a sit-in demonstration on April 9 at Delhi's Rajghat, coinciding with the CRPF's Shaurya Diwas (Valour Day). They will also initiate a s ...Read More >
Srinagar, Mar 29: The Jammu & Kashmir National Health Mission Employees Association (JKNHMEA) has announced a 48-hour continuous sit-in protest / strike starting from April 1 across all districts of Jammu & Kashmir, as a decisive and united step to press for the long-pending and genuine demands of NHM employees who have tirelessly served the healthcare system under the most challenging circumstances. Despite repeated assurances and continuous representations, the issues confronting NHM employee ...Read More >
Shimla/Bilapsur/Una (HP) April 1 (PTI) Tension prevailed at Himachal Pradesh's borders with Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday after the revised entry tax for vehicles came into effect, triggering protests and multiple traffic disruptions at multiple points. Angry residents from Punjab staged a "chaka jam" at the Garmoda toll on the Kirathpur-Nerchowk road in Bilaspur district in the morning, demanding exemption for vehicles registered in border districts. The protesters questioned the continuati ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday alleged that BJP cadres were caught submitting tens of thousands of Form-6 applications to add new voters to electoral rolls, raising questions about the fairness of the process. Moitra claimed, "Yesterday and the day before, BJP's cadres were caught red-handed with 30,000 to 40,000 Form-6. With Form-6, any new voter can get themselves added to the voter list. Even if there are a lot of young people in one b ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters on Wednesday launched an indefinite protest near the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office in Kolkata, alleging large-scale irregularities in the submission of Form 6 applications and demanding strict action against those involved.The protest, now in its second day, comes amid rising political tensions following violent clashes between TMC and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in the area.Protesters, including booth-level officers (BLOs) aligned w ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday alleged that BJP cadres were caught submitting tens of thousands of Form-6 applications to add new voters to electoral rolls, raising questions about the fairness of the process. Moitra claimed, "Yesterday and the day before, BJP's cadres were caught red-handed with 30,000 to 40,000 Form-6. With Form-6, any new voter can get themselves added to the voter list. Even if there are a lot of young people in one b ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 1 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters on Wednesday launched an indefinite protest near the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office in Kolkata, alleging large-scale irregularities in the submission of Form 6 applications and demanding strict action against those involved. Also Read | Gas Cylinder Price Today, April 1, 2026: Check Commercial LPG Prices in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Other Cities. The protest, which entered its second day, comes amid heig ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 1 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters on Wednesday launched an indefinite protest near the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office in Kolkata, alleging large-scale irregularities in the submission of Form 6 applications and demanding strict action against those involved. The protest, which entered its second day, comes amid heightened political tensions following violent clashes between TMC and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in the area. Protest ...Read More >
New Delhi, The fine for letting a dog roam in a public street without a leash, which currently is ₹50 under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, will increase to ₹1,000 if the Parliament passes the Jan Vishwas Bill, 2025. This change is part of the Jan Vishwas Bill, 2026, which was introduced by Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The bill proposes several amendments to the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act of 1957. Under the proposed am ...Read More >
With the Assembly election less than a year away, statues of historical figures have once again become catalysts for political mobilisation among caste groups in western Uttar Pradesh. On Sunday, tension arose in Sikauti, a small village in the Sardhana Assembly constituency of Meerut district, when the local administration removed the 'Jat' tag from a statue of Maharaja Suraj Mal, which was to be inaugurated at an event organised by the International Jat Sansad. Seen as a symbol of Jat resist ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 12 (PTI) As the LPG supply crisis continues to affect commercial establishments, domestic consumers are now also feeling the heat due to booking issues, with distributors flooded with consumer queries. Although oil companies claim the shortage is limited to commercial cylinders, distributors say many areas are also facing a shortage of domestic cylinders. LPG distributors said they were being flooded with consumer queries but had no clear answers to offer. "Eighty per ...Read More >
Agitated 'displaced' poor people of Vinoba Navodaya Colony, joined by a host of leaders of various mass organisations, staged a dharna at Ambedkar statue in Khammam on Monday demanding justice. Taking up cudgels on behalf of the 'displaced' dwellers, Telangana Jagruthi president Kalvakuntla Kavitha and Dalit Shakthi Programme State president Visharadan Maharaj among others squatted on the main road expressing solidarity with the protesters. Traffic movement on the main road was disrupted for s ...Read More >
Kolkata, Mar 2 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a blistering attack on the EC over deletions in the post-SIR rolls, alleging a "nexus" between the poll panel and the BJP to disenfranchise genuine voters, and help the saffron party in the upcoming assembly elections. Banerjee, in her first reaction after the publication of West Bengal's post-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on February 28, claimed that the deletions had been carried out "deli ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 2 (ANI): Congress on Monday carried out a protest march from Bankshall Court to the West Bengal State Election Commission in Kolkata, against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, demanding an explaination over the alleged removal of voters' names from the list. Congress leader Ashutosh Chatterjee questioned the Election Commission's (EC) silence on the alleged removal of genuine voters' names from the electoral rolls and said that there w ...Read More >
Shimla, Feb 23 (PTI) Hundreds of truck operators on Monday took to the streets in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district against the hike in toll charges collected at entry points from vehicles registered outside the state and warned of blocking the national highway if the decision is not rolled back. The Congress government led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, during a cabinet meeting held on February 13, approved the toll tax barrier policy 2026-27, according to which the light motor vehi ...Read More >
Terming the court's decision a "moral and legal victory," Congress leaders accused the Centre of misusing investigative agencies to target political opponents. The Haryana unit of Congress Wednesday staged a protest outside the BJP state headquarters, Panchkamal, in Panchkula, following a Delhi court's refusal to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) chargesheet in the National Herald money laundering case. Terming the court's decision a "moral and legal victory," Congress lead ...Read More >
Odisha: Congress protest over National Herald case leads to scuffle with police Bhubaneswar, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hundreds of Congress party workers on Wednesday engaged in a scuffle with the Odisha Police after they were stopped midway while marching to gherao the state office of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here. The Congress workers and leaders staged the protest alleging "political harassment" of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. The ...Read More >
Thane Local Body Elections: An office of a BJP candidate contesting the upcoming local body polls in Maharashtra's Thane district was attacked by unidentified assailants around midnight on Wednesday. A security guard has been injured in the attack, said police. According to police, the office belongs to Pawan Walekar, a BJP candidate for the Ambernath Municipal Council polls scheduled on December 20. The CCTV cameras installed outside the Walekar's office in the Ambernath area caught the incide ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Hundreds of taxi drivers staged a protest near Sadahalli toll plaza on the Bengaluru-Hyderabad highway Tuesday morning, demanding rollback of the parking and pick-up rules for pre-booked private cabs at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA).They alleged that the "skewed" policy -- which seems to unduly favour app-based aggregators -- is negatively impacting the livelihood of 30,000 independent and traditional taxi drivers, who have been servicing the airport for decades, including th ...Read More >
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday (December 11, 2025) filed in the SIR enumeration form, according to officials at the State's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) office. Mamata threatens dharna if eligible voters are struck off the voter list after SIR Ms. Banerjee's participation in the SIR process on the last day of the collection of filled-in enumeration forms was, however, not without controversy. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership on Friday (December 12) pointed o ...Read More >
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