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Telangana CM says new Opposition platform soon
After meeting Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren at Ranchi, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday reiterated that a new platform will be announced soon to fight for a qualitative change at national level as the nation was undeveloped in last seven decades. Addressing reporters after giving Rs 10...
BJP lowering UP target for a mere win
Today Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is finishing his election campaign with a rally in Azamgarh’s Atraulia, a seat that the Bharatiya Janata Party has never won. By doing five public meetings on the last day of canvassing, CM Yogi will complete nearly 200 rallies and roadshows in...
Sasikala’s bid to revive AIADMK raises hope
Since her return from prison ahead of the state elections last year, VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran have been making manoeuvres; some direct, some subtle, and many obviously tactless to grab the reins of power of the AIADMK. In recent months, Sasikala has released audios of phone...
IT firms’ work from home ends
Work from home began for most employees when the first Covid-19 lockdown was announced. Now, almost after two years when there is a visible decline in the number of Covid-19 cases, several IT firms are gearing up to call their staff back to offices. However, in a slight respite to...
MVA Govt to explore options to restore OBC quota
The Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to explore legal options to restore the political quota of OBCs after the Supreme Court refused to accept the interim report of the State Backward Classes Commission for the 27 per cent reservation to the community in local body elections. During its meeting...
AIADMK meet seeks reinduction of Sasikala
During the AIADMK Theni district executives meet, it is said that a resolution has been passed urging party coordinator O Panneerselvam to take steps to re-induct the expelled leader VK Sasikala and TTV Dhinakaran back into the party. The AIADMK executive council meeting was held on March 2 at...
Mamata campaigns for Akhilesh Yadav in Varanasi
Mamata Banerjee blasted at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh as she addressed a gathering in support of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Varanasi on Thursday. The West Bengal CM alleged that she had to face the “destructive mentality” of BJP workers on Wednesday on her way to...
High crude prices may spur fuel blending
With the price of Brent crude surging past $113 per barrel on Wednesday amid concerns over supply disruptions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a steep hike in domestic fuel prices looking imminent, the Centre’s ambitious ethanol blending programme (EBP) may get a shot in the arm. The country...
BJP says it does not accept Bengal civic poll results
The BJP, decimated in the just-concluded civic poll in West Bengal by the ruling TMC, Wednesday said that it does not accept the result claiming that it does not reflect the true feelings of the people of the state and the election was a “farce”. State BJP president...
Mamata to attend Akhilesh’s Varanasi rally tomorrow
West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is all set for her second trip to Uttar Pradesh. On March 2, she will visit the Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi and on March 3, she will join the rally organised by TMC’s ally and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief...
BJD sweeps Odisha civic polls, BJP snubbed
The ruling BJD continued its winning streak in the Odisha panchayat elections, pulverizing opponents by winning 743 of 829 seats declared so far, State Election Commission (SEC) said on Tuesday. Of the state’s total 852 Zilla Parishad seats, the commission has completed the counting of votes in 829 seats....
Priyanka slams SP, BSP for failure to fight BJP
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday claimed the SP and the BSP have an understanding with the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and have not raised their voices against it in the last five years, fearing probes by central agencies. Referring to the death of some people during anti-CAA...
TMC MP condemns Bengal civic poll violence
West Bengal is waiting for the election results on Wednesday of 107 municipalities that went for polls on February 27. However, the opposition parties have raised the issue of widespread violence and rigging during the election. Interestingly, a day before the result, veteran MP of Trinamool Congress Sougata Roy...
Telangana CM in Delhi to meet Kejriwal, others
Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao. Intensifying his efforts to bring together like-minded parties for a anti-BJP front, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao reached Delhi on Monday night to meet leaders of various parties over next couple of days. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief left for the national...
Rahul releases Stalin’s autobiography ‘Ungalil Oruvan’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched the first volume of Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin’s autobiography Ungalil Oruvan (One Among You) in Chennai on Sunday. The first part of the autobiography contains his early life experiences. In it, he traces his school and college days, adolescence, early political contributions,...
Nadda accuses Akhilesh of harbouring terrorists
BJP president J P Nadda charged the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday with giving protection to terrorists and gangsters, and said Uttar Pradesh is witnessing the rule of law today and not of any family or individual. “Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, during his tenure as the (Uttar Pradesh)...
Prashant Kishor begins work for Telangana’s TRS assembly poll
Political consultant and strategist Prashant Kishor appears to have started the ground work to prepare a strategy for Telangana’s ruling party TRS for the next year’s Assembly election. He, along with actor-politician Prakash Raj, visited the Mallanna Sagar reservoir in Siddipet district on Sunday. The visit comes amid speculations...
Manipur Cong candidate expelled hours before polls begin
As per the ord Hours before the Manipur assembly polls get underway, Congress on Sunday night expelled its candidate for Wangoi AC, Salam Joy Singh, from the primary membership of the party with immediate effect on disciplinary grounds. Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee working president T Mangibabu Singh on Sunday...
